The TENTHMIL Timeline
Ten millennia ago, the hunter-gatherer lifestyle that humans had practiced for hundreds of thousands of years gave way to agriculture. People stored their surplus food, put down roots, and civilization sprang and spread like weeds. The result: 10,000 years of growth, and 10,000 years of unanticipated problems and disasters.
Ancient Forest Management in the Chaco Canyon
Deforestation isn't a new issue. In the ancient Chaco canyon region, we can see an excellent example of how the choices ancient people made while managing their forests are still affecting us today. Amazingly, this region provides us with a comparative example of what happens when a group of people decides to clearcut, versus what happens when they practice selective thinning. The results just might amaze you. More 
Water Rights and Solar Power
Hero of Alexandria may have been the first to turn to the sun for an energy resource, experimenting with solar energy long before fossil fuel use. More 
Help us repair this damage through our campaigns, our events, and by taking action now:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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!
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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.
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Law Alert - Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act
Support this bill to protect your money AND an entire ecosystem.
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Law Alert - Algae-based Renewable Fuel Promotion Act
Help promote the growing industry of sustainable algae fuels by supporting this bill
Sunday, September 19
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Ocean Conservancy CleanupWashington, DC
Each year on the third Saturday in September*, hundreds of thousands of volunteers comb lakes, rivers,…
Friday, September 24
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11th Annual Healthy Foods, Local Farms ConferenceLouisville, KY
Buying local, sustainably grown food not only supports local farmers and the local economy - is saves…
Wednesday, September 29
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West Coast GreenSan Francisco, CA
If you’re reading this, then you’re almost certainly part of the growing positive force creating…
Saturday, October 2
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WEFTEC 2010New Orleans, LA
WEFTEC, the Water Environment Federation’s Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference, is the largest…
Friday, October 15
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2010 Bioneers ConferenceSan Rafael, CA
The Bioneers Conference is a leading-edge premiere environmental forum and conference, where social and…


