Providing news and information while helping aspiring writers and journalists, http://thesop.org/index.php?category=environment http://thesop.org/index.php?category=environment http://thesop.org 118 67 http://thesop.org/images/thesop_118x67.jpg Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:30:00 GMT Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon encouraged all heads of State to attend the closing days of next months United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen. http://thesop.org/environment/2009/11/12/un-chief-ban-encourages-heads-of-state-to-attend-climate-summit http://thesop.org/environment/2009/11/12/un-chief-ban-encourages-heads-of-state-to-attend-climate-summit mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:19:00 GMT As a year-long campaign to safeguard the worlds biological diversity gets underway, Secretary-General called on countries and people all over the planet to engage in a global alliance to protect life on Earth. http://thesop.org/environment/2009/11/10/un-chief-ban-wants-to-protect-worlds-biodiversity http://thesop.org/environment/2009/11/10/un-chief-ban-wants-to-protect-worlds-biodiversity mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Sun, 8 Nov 2009 03:33:00 GMT Last week, Massey Energy began dynamiting Coal River Mountain in West Virginia - the site of a proposed 328-megawatt wind farm - to prepare for a massive mountaintop removal coal mining operation. http://thesop.org/environment/2009/11/07/blasting-our-clean-energy-future http://thesop.org/environment/2009/11/07/blasting-our-clean-energy-future contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:15:00 GMT "Staying married is better for the planet because divorce leads the newly single to live more wasteful lifestyles, an Australian lawmaker said Tuesday." http://thesop.org/environment/2009/02/25/getting-a-divorce-is-bad-for-the-planet http://thesop.org/environment/2009/02/25/getting-a-divorce-is-bad-for-the-planet rreyes4966@aol.com (Robert Paul Reyes) Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:01:00 GMT Looking for tips on how to save time, money, and the planet while tending to your lawn and garden this summer? http://thesop.org/environment/2008/05/31/go-green-in-your-lawn-and-garden http://thesop.org/environment/2008/05/31/go-green-in-your-lawn-and-garden contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:02:00 GMT In anticipation of this Saturdays Global Day of Climate Action, the Center for Biological Diversity today released an extensive inventory of species threatened http://thesop.org/environment/2009/10/22/polar-bear-sea-turtles-spotted-owl-caribou-and-salmon-could-go-extinct http://thesop.org/environment/2009/10/22/polar-bear-sea-turtles-spotted-owl-caribou-and-salmon-could-go-extinct contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:01:00 GMT Dr. Mohammed Yunuss Grameen Energy. On stream in Bangladesh is a woman led company that is producing photovoltaic cells or solar panels to trap solar energy. http://thesop.org/environment/2009/10/11/future-capitalism-for-the-poor-solar-energy http://thesop.org/environment/2009/10/11/future-capitalism-for-the-poor-solar-energy esack55@yahoo.com (Yasmin Esack) Wed, 7 Oct 2009 01:38:00 GMT Shell executives blame otter for 'playing up' a 3-mile- wide oil spill. http://thesop.org/environment/2009/10/06/otter-puts-on-a-good-act http://thesop.org/environment/2009/10/06/otter-puts-on-a-good-act crazypenguinman@gmail.com (Tony Graff ) Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:00:00 GMT National Public Lands Day, celebrating places like Montanas Lewis and Clark National Forest -- one of the last bastions for the wolverines in the Lower 48 United States http://thesop.org/environment/2009/09/25/this-land-is-your-land-do-something-about-it http://thesop.org/environment/2009/09/25/this-land-is-your-land-do-something-about-it contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:43:00 GMT A study released yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine provides evidence to support imposing a tax on sugary drinks as high as one cent per ounce. http://thesop.org/environment/2009/09/18/borlaug-cell-phones-soda-household-cleansers http://thesop.org/environment/2009/09/18/borlaug-cell-phones-soda-household-cleansers contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:19:00 GMT Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hailed the universal participation in ozone protection pacts. http://thesop.org/environment/2009/09/16/un-chief-ban-praises-ozone-protection-pacts http://thesop.org/environment/2009/09/16/un-chief-ban-praises-ozone-protection-pacts mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:31:00 GMT Obama Administration to Regulate Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Raise Gas-mileage Standards http://thesop.org/environment/2009/09/16/historic-step-toward-cleaner-energy http://thesop.org/environment/2009/09/16/historic-step-toward-cleaner-energy contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:34:00 GMT The latest assessment of Mediterranean mammals shows that one in six is threatened with extinction at a regional level, according to the IUCN Red http://thesop.org/environment/2009/09/15/mediterranean-mammals-are-dying http://thesop.org/environment/2009/09/15/mediterranean-mammals-are-dying contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:35:00 GMT The state of Florida is fearful of tourism, of pristine beaches blotted with pollution. Blue collar workers need jobs. Consumers fear high gas prices. So what do corrupt politicians do about it? http://thesop.org/environment/2009/09/14/offshore-drilling-paradoxes http://thesop.org/environment/2009/09/14/offshore-drilling-paradoxes robroy@va.net (Rob Roy) Fri, 4 Sep 2009 19:22:00 GMT Bluebirds were on the verge of extinction. But dedicated people studied them and averted an end http://thesop.org/environment/2009/09/04/how-about-a-happy-ending-lets-talk-about-bluebirds http://thesop.org/environment/2009/09/04/how-about-a-happy-ending-lets-talk-about-bluebirds robroy@va.net (Rob Roy)