June 15th 2011
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Ecological Crisis,
Ecosystems,
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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 ...
Team Sky, the UK's only Pro Tour Cycling Team, has changed its colours from blue to green for this year's Tour of Britain to help raise awareness of Sky Rainforest Rescue, which aims to help save one billion trees in the Amazon rainforest.
The Sky Rainforest Rescue kit as worn by ...
For the first time ever, riders competing in The Tour of Britain for Team Sky will be raising awareness of deforestation in the Amazon by wearing a Sky Rainforest Rescue inspired kit. The tour kicks off in Rochdale on Saturday 11th September and ends in London the following weekend.
Sky Rainforest ...
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 ...
National Savings and Investments (NS&I), the government-backed savings provider, is delighted to be named as the first customer within the Government to meet Sustainable Mail™ environmental standards.
Sustainable Mail™ has been designed by Royal Mail to help businesses increase the use of environmentally-friendly materials in mailings, while reducing the amount of ...
Richard Branson pledged his support for the Prince of Wales “Frog” Campaign. Richard stated “As you all know, for many years I have been concerned with climate change and its impact. The plight of the world’s rainforests is a massive influence on this and perhaps the single most important factor ...
Since the introduction of Christmas trees to these shores by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1841, the Christmas tree has played a big part in Festive celebrations all across the UK. Now in 2009, 169 years later on, Displaysense plan to put used and unwanted Christmas trees to further use, rather ...
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 Sierra Business Council’s Sierra Solutions got under way October 3rd at the Mammoth Mountain Conference Center. The first item on the agenda was getting 20 high school students from urban and rural areas throughout California out on the trail hiking and exploring the Sierra.
On a day that saw usually quiet ...
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 22nd 2008
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Climate,
Deforestation,
Ecological Crisis,
Ecosystems,
Environment,
Environmentalist,
Global Warming,
Greenhouse Effect,
Intensive Farming,
Overpopulation,
Overuse of Resources,
Ozone Layer,
Resource Depletion
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ACSA challenges causes of Global Warming, confronts Al Gore on consequences of his spreading misinformation.
Famed research foundation proposes the real threat is, due to the net loss of nearly 10 billion acres of trees since 1492 AD, that humans have damaged the Oxygen/Carbon cycle, which within ...
August 21st 2008
Categories:
Acid Rain,
Air Pollution,
Biodiversity,
Climate,
Companies,
Conservation,
Contamination,
Deforestation,
Ecological Crisis,
Ecosystems,
Endangered Species,
Energy,
Environment,
Environmental Law,
Environmentalist,
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,
Wildlife
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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 ...
