Headlines From The Campaigns

  1. Federal Government Ignores Long-Term Solutions for Gulf Coast Remediation Federal Government Ignores Long-Term Solutions for Gulf Coast Remediation

    Floating Island International, a U.S. based company with an environmental solution to the spill, was approved by the U.S. Coast Guard for remediation of the spill. Unfortunately, the U.S. Coast Guard suddenly cancelled the approval of FII's bio-islands once the Macondo well was partially sealed, despite the fact that relief wells still aren’t complete.

  2. Open Season for Dredge Mining in Oregon Waters Open Season for Dredge Mining in Oregon Waters

    The Oregon DEQ recently revised a mining permit that allows motorized suction dredges in state waters, including critical salmon habitat.

  3. Voltage Conservation Might Create More Problems Than It Solves Voltage Conservation Might Create More Problems Than It Solves

    For decades, utilities, regulators and consumers have been intrigued by the concept of reducing electric consumption by lowering voltage levels on the electric grid. Theory and practice say that simply using 114 volts instead of 120 volts saves energy. However, in spite of a body of evidence favoring this little-analyzed concept, many suggest it should be relegated to the pile of good, but impractical, ideas.

  4. Rhode Island’s Fight to Protect and Restore its Sea Life Rhode Island’s Fight to Protect and Restore its Sea Life

    At Ninigret Pond, on Rhode Island’s south coast, the state’s Coastal Resources Management Council and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are restoring vital saltwater eelgrass habitat. The main problem: Too much sand had ruined Ninigret Pond’s eelgrass habitat, jeopardizing the juvenile species that live there, such as bay scallops, cod, winter flounder, blue mussels, blue crabs and lobster.

  5. Solving the American Power Crisis: The Future of Grid Energy Storage Solving the American Power Crisis: The Future of Grid Energy Storage

    Electricity, that wonderfully efficient medium for distributing power, has a behavioral quirk imparted by natural law: you can’t save it. This simple fact dictates the way we generate electricity and also poses a problem effectively using some forms of renewable energy. A myriad of new technologies under development may help both traditional and renewable generating sources by providing cost-effective, large-scale energy storage for the electric power grid.

  6. Deepwater Horizon Rig and Upper Big Branch Mine Suffered Similar Safety Negligence Deepwater Horizon Rig and Upper Big Branch Mine Suffered Similar Safety Negligence

    Nobody likes the sound of an alarm. Trouble is, by ignoring them you can suffer late arrival to work, a stolen car, a burned down house, or 29 coal miners and 11 oil workers killed.

  7. ‘Our Environmental Destiny:’   RFK Jr Carries the Banner in Eugene ‘Our Environmental Destiny:’  RFK Jr Carries the Banner in Eugene

    Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was every bit his father's son on Thursday evening, speaking to a packed Eugene music hall.

  8. Nevada Geothermal Power is Set to Boom into a $22.5 Billion Industry Nevada Geothermal Power is Set to Boom into a $22.5 Billion Industry

    Nevada's geothermal energy is poised to make a significant contribution to America's renewable energy future, as a potential $22.5 billion industry over the next three decades.

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  1. From the Renewable Energy campaign: National Call-In Day to End Mountaintop Removal

    At the I Love Mountains website they've got a tool set up: enter your zip code and it gives you the phone numbers for your representatives. Call them and tell them they need to stop mountaintop removal, and that you support the Appalachian Restoration Act (S. 696) and the Clean Water Protection Act (HR 1310).

  2. From the Renewable Energy campaign: Tell Facebook Not to Power Their New Data Center With Coal

    Facebook wants to power it's new data center in Oregon with dirty coal. Let's try to convince them to go a different, cleaner, route - add your voice to the chorus!

  3. From the Renewable Energy campaign: Law Alert - Act to Save America’s Forests

    With 90% of Americas’ original forest gone, it’s essential that we do what we can to preserve what’s left.

  4. From the Renewable Energy campaign: Law Alert - Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act

    Support this bill to protect your money AND an entire ecosystem.

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Sunday, September 19

  1. From the Restoration campaign: Ocean Conservancy Cleanup

    Washington, DC

    Each year on the third Saturday in September*, hundreds of thousands of volunteers comb lakes, rivers,…

Friday, September 24

  1. From the Policy campaign: 11th Annual Healthy Foods, Local Farms Conference

    Louisville, KY

    Buying local, sustainably grown food not only supports local farmers and the local economy - is saves…

Wednesday, September 29

  1. From the Renewable Energy campaign: West Coast Green

    San Francisco, CA

    If you’re reading this, then you’re almost certainly part of the growing positive force creating…

Saturday, October 2

  1. From the Restoration campaign: WEFTEC 2010

    New Orleans, LA

    WEFTEC, the Water Environment Federation’s Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference, is the largest…

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