‘Environment News’ Category

Earth Day – Pledge Your Act of Green

Pledge an Act of Green for Earth Day

Get involved in Earth Day this year by pledging an Act of Green – Earthday.org is hoping to get one billion people across the world pledging to help save their world!

Why You Should Recycle Your Mobile Phone

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Learn why it is so important to recycle your old cell phone rather than just throwing it in the garbage…

The Toyota Prius – to Buy or Not to Buy

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Is buying a Toyota Prius really good for the environment or is it all just misleading hype?

Radiation Spike Detected off the Coast of Japan

Yet another spike in the radiation levels in the ocean near Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant has been detected and is keeping scientists and laymen alike on edge..

Tokyo Parents Advised to Not Give Infants Radioactive Water

Parents in Tokyo have been advised to not let their infants drink tap water after high levels of radiation were found in it.

Seaworld Cruelty: Dolphin’s Smiles Misleading

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CNN Editor’s note: Fisher Stevens is an actor, director and producer. He is a producer of “The Cove,” an Oscar-nominated film that won the best documentary award from the National Board of Review in 2009. He co-founded Naked Angels theater company in 1986 and co-founded GreeneStreet films in 1996. (CNN) — Before I started working [...]

U.N. Climate Chiefs Sorry About Glacier Errors

From CNN: The U.N.’s leading panel on climate change has apologized for misleading data published in a 2007 report that warned Himalayan glaciers could melt by 2035. In a statement released Wednesday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said estimates relating to the rate of recession of the Himalayan glaciers in its Fourth Assessment [...]

Maximus the Grizzly Shot and Left to Rot

I got this in my email box today and had to share, even though it’s sad, it’s important. It’s a message from Defenders of Wildlife: Maximus the grizzly bear was “a big, beautiful, wild bear,” according to grizzly specialist Mike Madel. “He kept to himself, stayed out of trouble.” But he was gunned down in [...]

What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

Are you aware that in the Pacific Ocean there is a massive, well, mass of floating plastic and other debris. It’s located in the northwest part of the Pacific Ocean, approximately a thousand miles off the coast of California. It’s been dubbed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and it makes up perhaps thousands of miles [...]

Drugs in Water Affecting 41 Million People

When you have left over medications from the doctor, what do you do with them? Do you flush them down the toilet? Dump them in the trash? Millions and millions of people do. This is leading to some pretty serious problems due to the fact that these meds decompose in our soil and water supplies [...]

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