environment

NRDC – Defending Our Right To Clean Water

NRDC -Peter Lehner Last week, the House of Representatives passed one of the worst pieces of legislation I've ever seen. The bill, HR 2018, overturns almost 40 years of federal safeguards that protect our water quality. Under the bill, the EPA would no longer be able to properly enforce the Clean Water Act. Your representative voted the wrong way on this bill. Click here to let your representative know you disagree with the vote. "I personally have worked for decades to clean our waters, ...[READ MORE]

Food & Water Watch Demands Equal Public Voice On Fracking

 Speak out and demand an equal public voice on fracking! We all know how democracy works. Every citizen gets an equal voice when it comes to important decisions facing our country. But it seems like the Department of Energy is forgetting the rules — favoring the oil and gas industry's position on fracking and limiting opportunities for public input. This is outrageous. Tell the Department of Energy to stop pushing its biased position on fracking and letting the oil and gas industry run the ...[READ MORE]

Plastic – A Cancer In Our Environment

Plastic – A Cancer In Our Environment- Florida Keys Wildlife Rescue Silently spreading, leaching toxins, maiming and killing, plastics, the darling of modern society because of their versatility and heretofore low cost, are beginning to show their true colors. Derived from chemically-altered petroleum and often combined with toxic additives, plastics are no longer inexpensive to produce, due to increasing oil prices, nor are they inert products; they release toxins into the environment. People ...[READ MORE]

Dire forecast of marine life catastrophe – San Francisco Chronicle

The world's oceans are degenerating far faster than predicted and marine life is facing extinction due to a range of human impacts - from overfishing to climate change - a report compiled by international scientists warned Tuesday. The cumulative impact of "severe individual stresses," ranging from climate warming and sea-water acidification to widespread chemical pollution and overfishing, would threaten the marine environment with a catastrophe "unprecedented in human history." The ...[READ MORE]

New York Attorney General Sues Federal Government Over Failure to Study Fracking in Deleware Watershed

by Kristian Boose Presented in its entirety is New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s May 31, 2010 press release regarding the lawsuit brought against the Federal Government: A.G. SCHNEIDERMAN TO SUE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TODAY FOR FAILURE TO STUDY “FRACKING” Demand For Fracking Study In Delaware River Basin Ignored – Even Though Drilling Would Affect NY Watershed And Portions Of 8 New York Counties Feds Abandon Legally Required Responsibility To Assess Environmental & Public ...[READ MORE]

Food & Water Watch Organizes Ban On Fracking

Why We’re Organizing for a Ban on Fracking By Mark Schlosberg, Food & Water Watch National Organizing Director There is a growing grassroots movement against fracking for natural gas. From New York to California, Michigan to New York, Ohio to New Jersey, citizens are rising up against big oil and gas companies whose insatiable quest for profits is poisoning our water and air and threatening public health. As outlined in our report, The Case for a Ban on Gas Fracking, released today, Food ...[READ MORE]

Hydraulic Fracturing – What it's about and why you should care

The Fracking Fuss What it's about—and why you should care by Sheryl Eisenberg Fracking is all over the news these days, but what exactly is it? A.A harmless way to get natural gas out of the ground. B.A fictional euphemism in a TV series for, well, you know what. C.The answer to global warming. D.None of the above. If you answered B, you really know your popular culture. It was, indeed, an expletive used in Battlestar Galactica, as my business partner keeps reminding me. She can't help ...[READ MORE]

Wasting Energy The Plastic Way

Wasting Energy The Plastic Way by Dale Y the Green Guy The biggest energy wasting substance on our planet is……wait for it…….plastic! That’s right, plastic. For all the good that comes from plastic substances, there is more bad about it than anything else. The worst part about plastic is that it is made from petroleum. Both gas, oil and other fossil fuels are also made from petroleum, so every time a new piece of plastic is made, we are cutting into our petroleum reserves. On the upside of this ...[READ MORE]

What is the #1 way to help our environment?

About a month ago, I watched the movie earthlings. Well.. I kinda watched it. After viewing the trailer, I knew It was not going to be an easy film to view. The first minute into the trailer was horrifically upsetting, and I had to gear myself up to watch the film. If you're anything like me, I always thought PETA people were a little off their rocker and major extremests. That is until I watched this documentary. As I said, I couldnt really "watch" it. I had several windows open on my computer, ...[READ MORE]