Environmental conservation news: USA

World's largest solar power facility, 150 Megawatts KJC, Mojave Desert, California, US.

16 Apr 2008
Bush’s Climate Speech: Too Little Too Late
Statement by Dr. Richard Moss, Vice President and Managing Director of Climate Change for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), on US President Bush's speech regarding climate change. » Read more

Massive CO2 emissions: The power sector is the biggest climate polluter. Tough caps on CO2 under a strong ETS can trigger a switch from dirty coal power to clean and efficient alternatives.

07 Apr 2008
EU carbon market sets up another round of windfall profits for dirtiest power generators
Polluting electricity generators in Europe are set to reap another round of extraordinary windfall profits from the carbon trading scheme meant to curb their carbon emissions, a new report revealed today.
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Toronto centre, before and during earth hour

31 Mar 2008
Earth Hour great success - Millions turn off lights, while one village turns them on.

Millions globally signalled a new awareness of climate change by turning off their lights for an hour last Saturday night. World landmarks – the Sydney Opera House, San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, and Bangkok's Wat Arun Rajawarahrahm Pagoda disappeared into the night sky.

One community, however, did it differently. Visogo Village in Fiji celebrated Earth Hour by turning their light switches on . . . for the first time.

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The Mediterranean's tuna fleet needs to shed a third of its vessels to fish within the law, and even more to save bluefin stocks according to scientific advice - but 25 new boats are currently under construction

12 Mar 2008
Bloated Mediterranean tuna fleet in race for the last bluefin
Rome, Italy – The most comprehensive analysis yet of the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fleet shows it conservatively having twice the fishing capacity of current quotas and more than three and a half times the catch levels recommended by scientists to avoid stock collapse. » Read more

Severely degraded mangroves due to rising sea levels and clearing for commercial shrimp and salt farms, Thailand. These factors have contributed greatly to the destruction of large tracts of coastal mangroves in the country.

05 Mar 2008
This time, world should heed OECD call to action on environment
Paris: The OECD’s Environment Outlook to 2030, issued today, was welcomed by WWF as yet another compelling argument that the costs of inaction on the environment will far exceed the costs of action.

The OECD Outlook is the latest - and at 520 pages one of the weightiest - in a run of reports from prominent economic institutions and commissions calling on governments and international institutions to face up to the seriousness and immediacy of global environmental problems. » Read more

This new community allows young people to tell the world why they care about the environment and why it should be protected.

04 Mar 2008
A new platform to start changing the world
Forget Facebook, MySpace or You Tube: here comes connect2earth, a new online community where young people can upload videos, pictures and comments about the environment.

On www.connect2earth.org, users and visitors will be able to write, speak, illustrate and video present their concerns on subjects important to them, and share environmental ideas and solutions.
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WWF points out that the over-exploitation of fossil fuels - such as coal, gas and oil - is putting the whole of humanity under threat from climate change.

13 Feb 2008
HP commits to further GHG emissions reductions in joining WWF Climate Savers
HP, one of the world's largest IT companies, has pledged to reduce the emissions from its own operations and the use of its products to 6 million tonnes below 2005 levels by 2010.
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15 Nov 2007
WWF competition nets sustainable fishing solutions
A team of inventors from the United States has won the third WWF International Smart Gear Competition for an invention that could save fish and other marine life from dying or being discarded each year. » Read more

03 Oct 2007
US-Russia polar bear treaty ratified
The US and Russia have ratified a bilateral agreement for the long-term conservation of polar bear populations shared between the two countries.
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24 Sep 2007
UN Secretary-General pushes global climate change agenda
A high-level meeting at the United Nations in New York has reinforced efforts to forge a coalition to accelerate a global response to climate change. » Read more

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