June 15th 2011
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What is Amazing Forest?
Yes, the Amazon rainforest is being cut down as you read this. 17% is already gone. The world's lungs - as it's referred to - is decreasing in size. Yes, everyone knows this. But what can we really do about it? The Amazing Forest is a chance ...
The National Trust has announced that this summer looks set to be the best for butterflies in more than 30 years as population's boom, sales of butterfly products increase and butterfly imagery is adopted by big high street brands.
At the half way point in the butterfly season there has been ...
The National Trust has revealed that it will be broadcasting the birth of a foal live over the internet as part of its MyFarm experiment.
Queenie, the only Shire Horse mare at Wimpole Home Farm in Cambridgeshire is preparing to give birth, and the live streaming - which can be viewed now ...
Endangered and protected species are being offered a lifeline by Britain’s largest farmer, The Co-operative Group.
The Group has set up a team of “Habitat Heroes” on six of its farms across the country, to help preserve some of the UK’s most iconic species, including water voles, otters, bats and red ...
National Trust has joined campaign groups in an effort to encourage the Government to recognise Britain's coasts and seascapes as more than just a view.
More than sixty years after laws were passed to protect Britain's landscapes the UK Government and devolved administrations in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland need to ...
New National Trust research* reveals that the number of Brits taking a two-week holiday has decreased by 18% over the past five years with 51% of Brits not planning to take a fortnight’s holiday in 2011.
The study reveals a new trend for Brits taking multiple single day holidays throughout the ...
The National Trust and the Art Fund have launched a £2.7 million fundraising campaign to save an iconic Old Master painting for the nation.
'The Procession to Calvary' by Pieter Brueghel the Younger is the star attraction at Nostell Priory in Yorkshire, owned by the National Trust since 1954, where it ...
September 24th 2010
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Banrock Station, the eco-conscious wine brand, has launched a range of three new wines available exclusively at The Co-operative from 18th August 2010. Money from the sale of every bottle of these wines will go to help preserve the British bee population as part of The Co-operative’s Plan Bee campaign to ...
Center Parcs was the first organisation to be awarded The Wildlife Trust’s Biodiversity Benchmark for all its sites in 2009 and has achieved this accreditation again this year. Following rigorous audits at all 4 UK sites, the Biodiversity Benchmark was presented to Center Parcs in recognition of its continual efforts ...
The possible extinction of the woodland caribou in Alberta, Canada is the latest environmental disaster threatening to disrupt the oil industry, according to a new report issued today (15/7/10) by The Co-operative.
Woodland caribou, once common in the boreal forest of Alberta, are now threatened with extinction in the region by rapidly ...
Cutting edge technology is shedding light on the daily flight paths of puffins around the National Trust’s Farne Islands, off the Northumberland coast, and providing clues that could be vital to the seabirds’ survival.
Over the last year, scientists have used the technology to build up a picture of where the ...
April 1st 2010
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An army of new urban beekeepers supported by The Co-operative could help to reverse the worrying decline in the British honeybee population.
As part of its on-going Plan Bee campaign, The Co-operative has today (1 March) announced a further £225,000 to fund bee research, as well as a step up in its ...
Reflecting its strong commitment to providing valuable information about wildlife and wildlife conservation efforts, International Masters Publishers, Inc. (IMP) recently announced its support for wildlife conservation and education programs. IMP has made a generous donation to the Missouri-based Crown Ridge Tiger Sanctuary.
Crown Ridge was founded in 2004 by Joe Scott Sr. ...
The National Geographic Society has partnered with the Sierra Nevada Conservancy and Sierra Business Council to capture the history and heritage of the Sierra Nevada Region in order to create an interactive Web site and print map. The Sierra Nevada Geotourism Project seeks to celebrate the Sierra Nevada as a ...
ChatterBirds.com is a new online community designed and developed to provide birdwatchers with tools to help share their passion for birds. Bringing people closer together in an innovative style, chatterbirds.com enhances the hobby of bird watching in a dynamic, informative and interactive fashion unique to an online birding resource.
The community offers tools to support the ...
The Sierra Business Council and Sierra Nevada Conservancy hosted the Sierra Solutions Conference October 3-4. Over 200 members gathered from across California to share insights and learn from leaders in housing, sustainable development, carbon sequestration, and sound energy policies and practices.
The Sierra Business Council’s (SBC) mission embraces community, environment and the ...
The High Sierra Energy Foundation has been working on transitioning Mammoth Lakes from its dependency on propane as a primary home-heat to geothermal energy, obtained locally. Currently about 75% of Mammoth Lakes heat source comes from propane—going to local energy would radically effect not only the emissions from the production ...
After the wildfires in the summer of 2000, which burned over 350,000 acres and 70 structures in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana, a resident of Darby, Montana began to research ways in which to tie fire hazard reduction work with economic development in the valley. Discovering that waste wood was ...
August 21st 2008
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Acid Rain,
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Erosion,
Eutrophication,
Global Warming,
Green Building,
Green Solutions,
Green Technology,
Greenhouse Effect,
Greenhouse Gas,
Groundwater Contamination,
Intensive Farming,
Kyoto Protocol,
Land Degradation,
Noise Pollution,
Overpopulation,
Overuse of Resources,
Ozone Layer,
Pathogen,
Policy,
Pollutant,
Pollution,
Projects,
Radioactive Waste,
Recycling,
Resource Depletion,
Services,
Soil Contamination,
Waste,
Water Pollution,
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EPR Environment News is a new blog, part of EPR Network, that is going to be focused on and will be covering the environment news and stories from press releases published on EPR Network.
EPR Network (EPR stands for express press release) is one of the nation’s largest ...
