ECOLOGY (environment, pollution, rights and welfare of animals) View front page articles all submitted articles All articles are submitted by smart activists like you. Go here to contribute:  03-09-2010 Monday August 29, 2005 Comments Spin the Global Warming Wheel and find out how the weather might change as Earth's overall temperature increases. Global | Results for America [0] Sunday August 28, 2005 Comments Working to End the Global E-Waste Epidemic: What you can do to prevent old computers from ending up in a landfill. Global | TechSoup [0] Friday August 26, 2005 Comments For a city dweller who only needs a car occasionally... Global | CarSharing Network [0] Sunday August 14, 2005 Comments With the world's 6 billion people competing for food, water, and shelter, poor land use may bring our doom. "Short of a collision with an asteroid, land use by humans is the most significant impact on the world's biosphere." Global | World Business Council for Sustainable Development [0] Saturday August 13, 2005 Comments Water Wars beginning in the U.S. United States | New York Times [0] Thursday August 11, 2005 Comments No More Electric Bills: Well, not quite. But 'zero-energy homes' keep them low. United States | MSNBC [0] Monday August 8, 2005 Comments Pillow-fights, scantily clad girls, bawdy jokes: the new marketing to sell veganism to meat-mad Americans United States | Australian [0] Global warming increases spread of disease Global | Los Angeles Times [0] Thursday August 4, 2005 Comments Astronauts seeing widespread environmental destruction on Earth, "The atmosphere almost looks like an eggshell on an egg, it's so very thin." Global | CNN [0] Wednesday August 3, 2005 Comments MIT Hurricane Study: Global Warming 'Pumping Up' Destructive Power Global | Insurance Journal [0] Monday August 1, 2005 Comments Senate passes four bills to protect hundreds of thousands of acres of wilderness in the US and Puerto Rico. Finally some good news! United States | New Standard [0] Sunday July 31, 2005 Comments Schools are considering teaching organic farming but are scared because, "it can imply a critique of traditional agriculture, and its effects on the environment, or farm size." God forbid! United States | KATU 2 - Portland, Oregon [0] The earth is going crazy: "many species of birds have failed to breed or have abandoned their nests... a large number of dead birds have washed onto the shore." United States | New Standard [0] Wednesday July 27, 2005 Comments Kangerdlugssuaq's gonna get ya Greenland | Independent [0] Tuesday July 26, 2005 Comments The cod has gone, the rest is next. Global | Common Dreams [0] The unsustainable harvesting of tropical aquarium fish, "They may be poisoned by the divers who catch them. If they survive, they will be bagged in plastic, packed in Styrofoam and flown halfway around the globe." Global | Portland Press Herald [0] Saturday July 23, 2005 Comments Study finds 287 human-made chemicals – most of them hazardous – in the blood of infants. Welcome to earth! United States | New Standard [0] Wednesday July 20, 2005 Comments Nepal is discovering that you don't need huge "mega" dam projects when you can get your energy needs from "micro" solutions. Nepal | Science and Development Network [0] Environmental Protection Agency spending millions to enhance its "corporate image" and scientific reputation. That's really sad. United States | YubaNet.com [0] Sunday July 17, 2005 Comments EPA wins court decision saying that they don't have to regulate carbon dioxide. That's right, the EPA DOESN'T want the ability to regulate greenhouse gasses. United States | Los Angeles Times [0] Water Wars: U.S. style United States | New Standard [0] Wednesday July 13, 2005 Comments Time to boycott Exxon Mobil! Global | International Herald Tribune [0] Tuesday July 12, 2005 Comments A leaked draft of legislation that would kill the Endangered Species Act within a decade may be having the inadvertent effect of mobilizing conservationist forces – including some Republicans. United States | New Standard [0] What should we do with this mining waste filled with mercury, arsenic, and lead? Eh, just dump it in the lake. United States | New Standard [0] Sunday July 10, 2005 Comments Parents are learning the best alternative to disposable diapers is paying attention to the baby's signs for needing to eliminate, "I wouldn't want to wear my toilet, would you?" Global | Boston Globe [0] Saturday July 9, 2005 Comments G8 summit bows to U.S. pressure on the environment and voes to do, well, nothing really. Global | San Francisco Chronicle [0] Thursday July 7, 2005 Comments 94% of Americans want the US to limit greenhouse gases and 73% to sign the Kyoto protocol. There's your political backing, politicians. Stop being wimps. United States | Financial Times [0] Wednesday July 6, 2005 Comments Former officials play a war game called "Oil Shockwave" and conclude that the president must invest quickly in renewable technologies to reduce dependence on overseas oil. United States | Washington Post [0] Monday July 4, 2005 Comments Turkey and Greece get along just fine when it comes to non-renewable energy resources. Turkey | People's Daily [0] Wednesday June 29, 2005 Comments Maybe now that the insurance companies are trying to stop global warming, something will actually be done. United Kingdom | Financial Times [0]