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 SUSTAIN YOURSELF

 ECO SHOTS: THE PROBLEM IN PICTURES

 POPULATION'S LOSS IS EARTH'S GAIN

 REMINERALIZING THE EARTH

 POPULATION GROWTH

 LINKS TO GROUPS

 A POKER PLAYER'S GUIDE TO ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT

 THE IGNORED GREENNESS OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION

RECENT HEADLINES

DECLINE IN OCEAN OXYGEN FOUND

MONSANTO GOES AFTER FARMERS FOR ACTING LIKE FARMERS

FOOT PEDAL FAUCETS SAVE WATER IN THE KITCHEN

ECOLOGY CONCERNS DRAW ATTENTION TO FOOD SHIPPING TRADITIONS

WARM CLIMATE CAN BRING BEETLE INFESTATIONS THAT LIMIT FORESTS' ABILITY TO ABSORB CARBON

SURVEY: NEARLY HALF OF EPA SCIENTISTS REPORT POLITICAL INTERFERENCE

CARBON AND METHANE IN AIR UP SHARPLY

QUESTIONS RAISED ABOUT SAFETY OF ASTRO-TURF

AID GROUP SAYS IT WILL HAVE TO CUT FOOD TO 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE

Arctic & Antarctic

ANTARCTIC RISE IN FRESH WATER WORRIES SCIENTISTS

NEW ARCTIC SEA ICE UNABLE TO SURVIVE SUMMER SUN

FAST MELTING GLACIERS ENDANGER GLOBE

ICE LOSS IN ANTARCTICA MATCHES THAT IN GREENLAND

SUMMER ARCTIC SEA ICE COULD DISAPPEAR BY 2012

ANTARCTICA'S PENGUINS FADING BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE

ANTARCTICA'S PENGUINS FADING BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE

TWO THIRDS OF WORLD'S POLAR BEARS WILL DISAPPEAR BY 2050

GREENLAND IS RISING WITH LOSS OF ICE

Bio fuels

ANOTHER ETHANOL VICTIM: DUCKS & PHEASANTS

TWO NEW ECO-STUDIES SLAM BIOFUELS

ETHANOL HAVE AN UNEXPECTED BAD EFFECT ON AMAZON

ETHANOL PLANTS SUCK UP WATER

WORST FOOD PRICE INFLATION IN HISTORY

ETHANOL REDUCING FOOD FASTER THAN GLOBAL WARMING

Climate change

EARLY GLOBAL WARMING SPOTTER SAY IT'S WORSE THAN WE THINK

PRINCE CHARLES SAYS ECO CRISIS SHOULD BE TAKEN AS SERIOUSLY AS WAR

RECOVERED HISTORY: SECRET PENTAGON REPORT SEES ECO DISASTER COMING

2007 WAS WARMEST YEAR EVER FOR EARTH'S LAND AREAS

EVEN CLIMATE ACTIVISTS DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW BAD IT IS

REPORT DETAILS BUSH'S MANIPULATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE INFORMATION

CLIMATE CHANGE MAY WIPE OUT OR DAMAGE 60% OF AMAZON BY 2030

SCIENTISTS UNITE ON DANGER OF CLIMATE CHANGE

CLIMATE CHANGE'S UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE

WASHINGTON POST STILL DOESN'T GET CLIMATE CHANGE

WHY THE EARTH IS RUNNING OUT OF TIME

'VERY UNLIKELY' WE CAN AVOID CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE

RECORD NUMBER OF FLOODS, DROUGHTS AND STORMS AROUND THE WORLD - AND YEAR ISN'T OVER

Drought

TREE RINGS SUGGEST SOUTH CAROLINA HAVING WORST DROUGHT IN 800 YEARS

LAKE MEAD MAY BE DRY BY 2021

Energy

COSTA RICAN CLEAN ENERGY USE APPROACHES 99%

HOW DANGEROUS ARE THE NEW FLUORESCENT BULBS?

THE COLOR OF BETTER LIGHTING

WAVE ENERGY EXPERIMENTS MOVE AHEAD

ELECTRIC CARS COULD SUPPLY ENERGY AS WELL AS USING IT

ENERGY FROM PAVEMENT HEAT

Extinction & specie loss

EUROPEAN BIRD MIGRATION DROPS

BEEKEEPERS SUFFER 35% LOSS OVER WINTER

GIRAFFE POPULATION DOWN 30% IN DECADE

NEARLY HALF OF EUROPE'S COMMON BIRDS DISAPPEARING

GLOBAL WARMING COULD WIPE OUT HALF OF ALL SPECIES

HUMANS LIVING BEYOND THEIR ECOLOGICAL MEANS

SPECIES EXTINCTION OCCURRING 1,000 TO 10,000 TIMES FASTER THAN EXPECTED

BUMBLEBEES MISSING IN ACTION: COULD HAVE BIG EFFECT ON OTHER THINGS

Food

HUNGER CAUSES RISING ANGER AROUND THE WORLD

FOOD DISTANCE NOT AS BIG A FACTOR AS THOUGHT

BRITISH STUDY SAYS FOOD ADDITIVES HURT CHILDREN'S INTELLIGENCE

BIOFUELS FUEL FOOD GLOBAL FOOD DISASTER

HUGE FOOD SHORTAGE IN MUCH OF WORLD

FUEL AND LOCAL FOOD: SOME FACTS

MIDWEST AGRICULTURE BIG CONTRIBUTOR TO GULF DEAD ZONE

RISING CARBON DIOXIDE MAY HURT NUTRITION IN MAJOR CROPS

THE EARTH'S DISAPPEARING TOPSOIL

STUDY FINDS SOY CUTS SPERM COUNT

WASTED FOOD A BIG ECOLOGICAL NEGATIVE

Forests

AFRICA LOSING ONE PERCENT OF ITS FORESTS EACH YEAR

General

HOW NOT TO DEAL WITH THE ECOLOGICAL CRISIS: MAKE IT WORSE

IRELAND BANS TRADITIONAL LIGHTBULBS

DIVORCE IS BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

BILL GATES, MONSANTO & THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION BUILD A DOOMSDAY VAULT IN THE ARCTIC

Genetic modification

GM CROPS LESS PRODUCTIVE THAN NORMAL ONES

GM DANGERS NOT ISSUE IN U.S. LIKE IN EUROPE

SECRET FILES REVEAL BRITISH GOVERNMENT COLLUSION WITH CORPORADOS OVER GM CROPS

NUTRIENT VALUE OF MANY FOODS HAS DECLINED

Health

POLLUTION CONTRIBUTES TO 40% OF GLOBAL DEATHS

GETTING LEAD OUT OF YOUNG MAY HAVE CAUSED DROP IN CRIME

Natural areas

A LAWYER'S VIEW OF NATURE

BUSH REGIME PLANS TO RUN POWER AND PIPE LINES THROUGH PARKS & OTHER NATURAL AREAS

Local

TREES BLOCKING NEIGHBOR'S SOLAR PANELS MUST BE CUT

Nature, general

FALL COLORS MAY BE DICTATED BY KIND OF SOIL

Nuclear

THE CASE AGAINST NUCLEAR POWER

YUCCA MOUNTAIN PROJECT SCALED BACK

EDWARDS ONLY TOP DEM WHO OPPOSES NUCLEAR POWER

PUSH ON FOR NUCLEAR PLANTS

STUDY FINDS EARTHQUAKE FAULT LINE UNDER YUCCA MOUNTAIN

Oceans

SUNSCREENS MAY BE BLEACHING CORAL REEFS

ONLY ABOUT 4% OF OCEANS UNDAMAGED BY HUMANS

THE PACIFIC'S GARBAGE PATCH

LA TIMES SERIES ON THE ALTERED OCEAN

OCEANS FOUND TO BE ABSORBING FAR LESS CARBON DIOXIDE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil

OUR OIL PAGE

Pesticides

LINK BETWEEN PESTICIDES AND PARKINSON'S DISEASE FOUND

HARMFUL PESTICIDES FOUND IN EVERYDAY FOOD PRODUCTS

Politics

18 STATES SIGN PLEDGE TO PRESSURE FEDS ON CLIMATE CHANGE

PRIVATE EYE FIRM SPIED ON ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS

In 2007, the top Sunday TV hosts asked presidential candidates 2275 questions. Only three mentioned global warming. – League of Women Voters

TOP RATED ECO-SENATORS

REPORT DETAILS BUSH'S MANIPULATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE INFORMATION

Population

POPULATION FIGURES POINT TO WATER SHORTAGES

POPULATION CRISIS IN AFRICA

A FEW HARD FACTS ABOUT CONSUMPTION

WHY DO ENVIRONMENTALISTS AVOID THE POPULATION ISSUE?

JARED DIAMOND IN NY TIMES - The estimated one billion people who live in developed countries have a relative per capita consumption rate of 32. Most of the world's other 5.5 billion people constitute the developing world, with relative per capita consumption rates below 32, mostly down toward 1. . .Each of us 300 million Americans consumes as much as 32 Kenyans. With 10 times the population, the United States consumes 320 times more resources than Kenya does. . .

If India as well as China were to catch up, world consumption rates would triple. If the whole developing world were suddenly to catch up, world rates would increase elevenfold. It would be as if the world population ballooned to 72 billion people (retaining present consumption rates).

Preservation

THE IGNORED GREENNESS OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION

Recycling

CHINA BANS PLASTIC BAGS

LONDON BANS PLASTIC BAGS

SEATTLE A LEADER IN RECYCLING

Renewable energy

ENERGY FROM PAVEMENT HEAT

BIOFUELS PRODUCE MORE GREENHOUSE GASES
THAN FOSSIL FUELS

WHY RENEWABLE ENERGY IS NOT ENOUGH

Sustain yourself

SUSTAIN YOURSELF PAGE

Transportation

LONDON CONGESTION CHARGE UP THREE-FOLD FOR BIGGEST POLLUTING VEHICLES

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PLANNING ELECTRIC BIKE SHARE PROGRAM

STUDY SHOWS BIG IMPACT OF ROAD TRANSPORTATION ON ENVIRONMENT

FOUR MORE EUROPEAN CITIES GO FOR CONGESTION PRICING

THE ECO SOLUTION THAT DARES NOT SAY ITS NAME. . . IN AMERICA, AT LEAST

Water

U.S. NEARING LIMITS OF WATER SUPPLY

A FUTURE OF WATER WARS?

WHY DRINKING BOTTLED WATER ISN'T THE ANSWER TO DRUG POLLUTION IN STREAMS

AMERICA'S WATER POLLUTED BY VAST ARRAY OF DRUGS

BOTTLED WATER 'MORALLY UNACCEPTABLE

ASIAN COUNTRIES COULD FACE MASSIVE WATER CRISIS

STUDY SUGGESTS INDIA HAS VASTLY OVERESTIMATED AVAILABLE WATER

GEORGIA FACES POSSIBLE RECORD WATER SHORTAGE

MAYOR BEGS ATLANTA RESIDENTS TO SAVE WATER

Wind

SHIPS TO BE POWERED BY KITES

AN EARLIER EXAMPLE

LINKS

ECOLOGY FACTS

CLIMATE MAP
ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT
EDF SCORECARD

GLOBAL WARMINING LINKS
GLOBAL WARMING MAP
ENDANGERED SPECIES
ENDANGERED SPECIES II

POPULATION GROWTH
SCORECARD
SMOG IN LARGEST CITIES
NEW SCIENTIST ARTICLES ON CLIMATE CHANGE
TOP RATED ECO SENATORS

ECOLOGY MEDIA

BLAZING TATTLES
CLIMATE PROGRESS
CONSCIOUS CHOICE
DAILY GREEN

ECOLOGIST
ECOSHOCK

ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS NETWORK
NEW SCIENTIST

RESURGENCE
TREE HUGGER

VANISHING BEE BLOG

ECOLOGY GROUPS

ANTI-ENVIRONMENTAL MYTHS
CTR FOR HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT & JUSTICE
CLEAR THE AIR

DEVELOPMENT CTR FOR APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
EARTH ISLAND
EARTH POLICY INSTITUTE
ECOPLEDGE
ENVIROMENTAL DEFENSE FUND

ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH
GLOBAL WARMING EXHIBIT

GREEN BUILDING SITES
GREEN BUSINESS
GREEN INFORMATION
GREENPEACE
GREEN SCISSORS
GREENWAY
INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIBLE TECHNOLOGY

LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS
PUB EMPLOYEES FOR ENV RESPONSIBILITY

SIERRA CLUB
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL
UN ENVIRONMENTAL SITE
WILD AID

WILDERNESS SOCIETY
WILD FIRE CENTRAL
WOMENS ENVIORNMENT DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION

WORLDWATCH

Climate Crisis
CLIMATE ARK
GLOBAL WARMING
HEAT IS ON

Depleted Uranium
MILITARY TOXICS PROJECT

NATIONAL GULF WAR RESOURCES CENTER

Food
AGRI SURF

CORPORATE AGRICULTURE RESEARCH PROJECT
FARM SUBSIDY DATABASE

FOOD RESEARCH & ACTION CENTER
FOODSPEAK
OREGON FARM WORKERS
ORGANIC CONSUMERS

ORGANIC FARMING RESEARCH FOUNDATION
NAT COALITON AGAINST MISUSE OF PESTICIDES
PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK

RURAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INTL
RURAL COALITION

SUSTAINABLE FARMING CONNECTIONS
UNITED FARM WORKERS

Genetic Manipulation
13 MYTHS ABOUT GENETIC ENGINEERING
ALLIANCE FOR BIO-INTEGRITY
CAMPAIGN TO LABEL GE FOODS
GE FOOD ALERT

GENE WATCH (UK)
TRUE FOOD NOW

Marine
CORAL REEF ALLIANCE

COUSTEAU SOCIETY
OCEANA
OCEAN'S FUTURE
OCEAN MAMMAL INST

OCEAN WILDERNESS NTWK
SEA FLOW
SEA SHEPHERD
SURF RIDERS FOUNDATION

US AGAINST WHALING
WHALE ALLIANCE

Nuclear
ALLIANCE FOR NUCLEAR RESPONSIBILITY
DOWNWINDERS

NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION
NUCLEAR INFO RESOURCE CTR
NUCLEAR NEIGHBORHOODS
NUCLEAR WASTE MAPS

Oil
GREENEST CARS
HEALTH & ENERGY

OIL EMPIRE
PERMATOPIA

Population
CTR FOR ADVANCEMENT OF STEADY STATE ECONOMY

GROWTH IS MADNESS
UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND

Rainforests
RAINFOREST ACTION COALITION

Remineralization
REMINERALIZE THE EARTH

Water
WATER FOR ALL