Environment

Biofuel Carbon Footprint Not So Bad, Say Researchers

Blasting biofuels for significantly contributing to greenhouse gas emissions is sooooo 2006, according to a new Michigan State University analysis.   Much like the environmental hype in the 1990s about how much better we would be with ethanol, the scorn he ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 16 2009 - 5:23pm

European Earth Observation 2009

2009 will be an eventful year for Earth observation at the European Space Agency. ...

Blog Post - Bente Lilja Bye - Jan 18 2009 - 6:59pm

Declining Male Fertility Linked To Water Pollution In UK

New research by Brunel University, the Universities of Exeter and Reading and the Centre for Ecology&Hydrology says there is a stronger link between water pollution and rising male fertility problems. The study outlines how a group of testosterone-bloc ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 18 2009 - 11:31pm

Conservancy Petitions Obama Administration To Designate Critical Habitat For Florida Panthers

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida has filed a petition with Secretary Salazar of the United States Department of the Interior to provide additional legal protection for the endangered Florida panther to help prevent its extinction. Only an estimated 90 ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 27 2009 - 2:43pm

Yellow Pages Goes Green

Every six months or so, I come home to find a stack of new phone books waiting for me by my front door.  My shoulders slump as soon as I catch sight of them- because honestly, I practically never use them.   I drag them inside, swap out the previous year&# ...

Blog Post - Kimberly Crandell - Jan 22 2009 - 11:43am

This Arabian Prince Has An Idea To Save The Environment

New research by an Arabian prince could see the millions of date stones disposed of in Saudi Arabia each year instead used to decrease air and water pollution.  Abdulrahman Bandar Al-Saud, 34, is studying for a PhD at Queen’s University Belfast’s School of ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 24 2009 - 6:00pm

Conservation = racism?

I read this in today's Daily Telegraph: Campaigns to protect native species 'are racist' ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Jan 27 2009 - 2:58am

What Has Nature Done For Us Lately? This Tool Can Tell Us

The idea of ecosystem services is a promising conservation concept but has been rarely put into practice. In   Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, researchers have created a tool they say can report some of the first quantifiable results that place v ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 2 2009 - 10:30am

Food Miles- Is Buying Local Better For The Environment?

If you care about the environment, you probably have become familiar with the phrase 'food miles'- along with production methods, it has become a key factor in what environmentally conscious people do to get quality food with less impact on the e ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 2 2009 - 10:50am

Transforming EPA's chemical safety processes

22 January 2009 marks a new day on the EPA watch according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO): ...

Blog Post - Hatice Cullingford - Feb 5 2009 - 4:25pm