e2 - Eye on Earth
by Alana Herro on December 3, 2007 A new initiative will help make Chicago’s 1,900 miles (3,000 kilometers) of alleyways more sustainable.
by Alana Herro on November 30, 2007 A new Web-based tool allows U.S. residents to learn how their local electricity consumption may be linked to the destruction of landscapes in the Appalachia region of the eastern United States.
by Alana Herro on November 28, 2007 Just a day after being elected to office, incoming Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd met with government officials on Sunday to discuss ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, the international pact to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
by Alana Herro on November 26, 2007 Conservation groups and the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have announced the establishment of a new reserve to protect the endangered bonobo, a great ape found only in the DRC’s vast tropical forests.
by Alana Herro on November 23, 2007 The 58,000-gallon (220,000-liter) oil spill in the San Francisco Bay early this month brought renewed attention to the environmental and health risks of marine shipping.
by Jessica Hanson on November 21, 2007 As scientists continue to debate the connection between climate change and natural disasters, 2007 has been an active year for extreme weather.
by Alana Herro on November 19, 2007 Recycling the heat that spews from industrial smokestacks may be one of the biggest opportunities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, yet not many climate-savvy entrepreneurs are aware of it.
by Julia Tier on November 16, 2007 Acid rain and air pollution, mainly from the burning of
coal, have contributed to the degradation of more than 80
percent of China’s 33 designated World Heritage sites, according to the Associated Press.
by Alana Herro on November 14, 2007 Consumer groups on five continents are promoting a new “Dump Soda” campaign to educate people about the links between soft-drink marketing and rising childhood obesity.
by Janet Sawin on November 12, 2007 The first oil field developed in the resource-rich Persian Gulf region was the Awali oil field in Bahrain, discovered in 1932, several years before the Saudis began pumping their own oil.
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