 Oceans Of Trash Attempts to locate a missing airplane that crashed have highlighted the problem of oceanic trash. Huge gyres of garbage the size of Texas, including a lot of plastic that takes ages to decompose, make this pollution a growing problem for both humans and marine creatures. (06-06-2009) |
 Antarctic Ice Shelf Disappears An Antarctic ice shelf has quickly vanished, another is disappearing and glaciers are melting faster than anyone thought due to climate change, according to U.S. and British government researchers. (04-04-2009) |
 Obama Signs Land Conservation Bill Hundreds of thousands of acres of land are set aside for wilderness protection under the bill. (03-31-2009) |
 One Quarter Of Mammals Threatened One in four mammals in danger of disappearing because of habitat loss, hunting and climate change. The findings were presented at the World Conservation Congress in Barcelona. They are the most detailed study of mammals conducted by the conservation union in more than a decade. (10-06-2008) |
 Power Cars With Wind Power Plug-in electric and hybrid electric vehicles should be powered by electricity from wind power rather than using carbon emitting natural gas, as T. Boone Pickens has been advocating in television advertising. New car technology is matched by new wind-turbine technology, setting the stage for an automotive-fuel economy powered largely by cheap wind energy. The Energy Department notes that North Dakota, Kansas and Texas alone have enough wind energy to easily satisfy national electricity needs. (09-08-2008) |
 Shell Eco Ad Deemed Deceptive A British organization charged with regulating truth in advertising has criticized Shell's advertising about its planned exploitation of tar sands, an unconventional source of petroleum found in great quantity in Alberta, Canada. La pub écologique de Shell jugée «mensongère» Selon l'autorité britannique de régulation de la publicité (ASA), la publicité de Shell utilise le terme «ambigu» de développement durable sans donner «d'éléments qui montrent comment Shell maîtrise concrètement ses émissions de CO2 dans ses projets de sables bitumineux»... (08-14-2008) |
 Children Losing Touch With Natural World Children have lost touch with the natural world and are unable to identify common animals and plants, according to a survey. Sir David Attenborough warned that children who lack any understanding of the natural world would not grow into adults who cared about the environment. (08-03-2008) |
 Acidifying Oceans Endanger Coral Reefs Studies concerning the effects of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide on oceans has concluded that coral reefs are gravely endangered by the resulting acidification of the water. The reefs become soft and vulnerable because they are calcium-based and cannot withstand even subtle increases of acidity. (07-12-2008) |
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