Climate & Nature
Environmental Science Teacher Finds Teachable Moment Amid Classroom Noise June 6th, 2008
It’s not every day you find a classes focusing on the issue of noise pollution and how it affects wildlife, but Tommy Hayes, a rookie environmental science teacher in Boston has done just that; turning...more
Protecting Alaska? June 5th, 2008
This is one last post by EWG social media intern Akua, who wrapped up her internship here this month. We wish her the best of luck! The Bureau of Land Management, an agency responsible for the...more
Water groups seek help from Congress to address climate impacts May 27th, 2008
The most serious impacts of global warming involve water and the hydrological cycle: Sea level rise and storm surges Droughts and desertification Deluges and flooding Loss of snowpack and inland glaciers That’s why “The Water Environment Federation (WEF) and a...more
Global Warming Could Cost U.S. $3.8 Trillion Per Year By 2100 May 27th, 2008
Doing nothing on global warming will cost the U.S. economy more than 3.6 percent of GDP — or $3.8 trillion annually (in today’s dollars) — by 2100. On the other hand, a detailed, bottom-up analysis...more
Rock star in action May 23rd, 2008
Breast cancer survivor Sheryl Crow testified this week before a U.S. House committee supporting the Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act. The bill would provide $40 million annually for five years for federal research into...more
NYC Photo Exhibit at United Nations: Climate Change, Poverty and Hope for Avoiding the Sixth Great Extinction May 20th, 2008
A photographic exhibition entitled Hard Rain: Our Headlong Collision with Nature is on display at the United Nations May now through June 12th. Hard Rain is a photo essay by Mark Edwards, a photographer and...more
Google Earth Releases Animated Global Warming Map May 20th, 2008
Google’s Climate Change in Our World has created an animated map of the earth from space that illustrates the potential impact of climate change over the next century, Reuters reports. The map can be viewed...more
Top 10 Lesser-Known Myths about Global Warming May 19th, 2008
Who is Really Responsible for our Biggest Environmental Issues?
Sure, there’s lots of finger pointing when it comes to who is to blame for global warming. Kyoto Protocol aside, there are whispers of other mysterious figures who may responsible for August arriving in May....more
New goal for UNEP: Seven billion trees by the end of 2009 May 16th, 2008
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced yesterday that its Billion Tree Campaign to Grow into the Seven Billion Tree Campaign. This is great news. The Billion Tree Campaign was initiated in 2006 and in...more
Students Recycle and Reduce Garbage: Take It Or Leave It May 15th, 2008
One Student's Trash is Another's Treasure
The Ithaca College Environmental Society (ICES) found it absurd during move-out time at the end of the academic year when the amount and quality of garbage sky rocketted. They found clothes, mini fridges, hangers, food,...more
