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• Will Big Business Save the Earth?

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 142
  Image by Getty Images via Daylife THERE is a widespread view, particularly among environmentalists and liberals, that big businesses are environmentally destructive, greedy, evil and driven by short-term profits. I know — because I used to share that view. But today I have more nuanced feelings. Over the ...
  3 days ago

• Climate change ‘devastates’ Galapagos

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  London, Dec.4 (ANI): The coastal wildlife of the Galapagos Islands has been devastated by rising ocean temperatures due to global warming and human activity like fishing and tourism, Sky News has quoted scientists, as saying.According to the report, several species of marine animals and plants on the world-famous ...
  6 days ago

• NEW SPECIES of chameleon discovered in Tanzania

  
  The Conservation Report — Authority: 418
  Dr Andrew Marshall, from the Environment Department at the University of York , discovered an undescribed chameleon species— Kinyongia magomberae —when he disturbed a twig snake feeding on a specimen, which was subsequently “spat out.” He took a picture of the unfortunate creature, and a local specialist did ...
  2 weeks ago

• Disney Gives $1 mn to Peru Forest Conservation

  
  Peruvian Times — Authority: 465
  The Walt Disney Company is to invest $7 million this year in forest conservation programs, $1 million of which will be given to the Alto Mayo Protection Forest in the department... [For the complete story, enter PeruvianTimes.com]
  4 weeks ago

• Defining Sustainable Palm Oil Production

  
  Green Inc. — Authority: 728
  The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil upset some conservationists when it concluded its annual meeting this week without including greenhouse gas emissions standards in its certification process.
  4 weeks ago

• Disney Buys $7M in Reforestation Offsets, a Corporate Record

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 611
  Walt Disney Corp., by donating about $7 million to various conservation programs, aims to offset a portion of its emissions. Some are calling the move by Disney the biggest single corporate investment in forest carbon offsets to date.The move is part of Disney’s effort to use “high quality offsets” to attain a ...
  5 weeks ago

• Disney Invests $4 Million to Save Forests

  
  Green Inc. — Authority: 728
  The Walt Disney Company announced Tuesday that it has made a $4 million investment in forest conservation projects to decrease carbon dioxide emissions.
  5 weeks ago

• $800,000 in Grants Awarded to Research Deadly White-Nose Syndrome in Bats

  
  EcoWorldly — Authority: 529
  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded 6 grants totaling $800,000 to determine the cause and stop the spread of deadly white-nose syndrome that has killed over a million bats in the Northeast. Six grants have been awarded through the USFWS Preventing Extinction program for research to determine the cause, ...
  6 weeks ago

• $800,000 in Grants Awarded to Research Deadly White-Nose Syndrome in Bats

  
  Renewable Energy News Syndicator — Authority: 162
  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded 6 grants totaling $800,000 to determine the cause and stop the spread of deadly white-nose syndrome that has killed over a million bats in the Northeast. Six grants have been awarded through the USFWS Preventing Extinction program for research to determine the cause, ...
  6 weeks ago

• Bats: 10 Essential Bat Facts, Plus Photo Gallery!

  
  EcoWorldly — Authority: 529
  Bats may be considered a spooky Halloween mascot, but they are actually one of the most beneficial animals on the planet: 70% of the world’s bat species feed on insects - and one bat can consume up to 1,000 insect pests in an hour. Bats also play a critical role in pollination and seed dispersal. Despite the fact ...
  6 weeks ago

• Paddling, Photographing and Promoting for 350.org: International Day of Climate Action Recap

  
  Wend Blog — Authority: 550
  We spent weeks counting down. We blogged, we tweeted, we Facebooked — so much that some of our friends started to question our sanity — just to spread the word, hoping that we could do our part in encouraging to take part in the October 24th International Day of Climate Action. And then the day came. We had all ...
  6 weeks ago

• 1 Day Left: October 24th International Day of Climate Action

  
  Wend Blog — Authority: 550
  Tomorrow marks the big day: 350.org’s International Day of Climate Action . We’ll be joining our friends at River of Action making a big 350 out of boats on the Willamette (even Sassy the Sustainable Sasquatch will be making an appearance) and then we’re headed to the big climate rally in downtown PDX . ...
  6 weeks ago

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