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Sin No More: WWF on How Not to Build a Dam

Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Dam breach. Photo Credit: Some rights reserved by NWCouncil on Flickr.

There’s no stopping the flow of energy demands in today’s energy-hungry world. But this is no excuse to either neglect or outright violate fundamental sustainability criteria when building…

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Wind Power: The Real Offshore Solution

Friday, May 3, 2013
Offshore-Wind

Each year our country’s energy demands increase and while we continue to rely on dirty fossil fuels, which perpetuates the dirty practice of offshore drilling, just miles away from many…

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Famine Risks: Well Understood, Badly Managed

Monday, April 8, 2013
Photo Credit: Some rights reserved by Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) on Flickr.

11 months of urgent early warnings did not save Somalia from an impending famine in 2010-11. Only when famine was declared in July 2011 did the government and…

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Fracking in America

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Fault Lines Fracking in America -Description: For years now, the United States has tried to lower its dependence on foreign oil for its energy needs. With stability in…

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India’s Bid For An Alternative Energy Boom

Saturday, January 26, 2013
Indian city at night. Photo Credit: Some rights reserved by  Rohit Chhiber on Flickr.

India’s massive power grid failure last year ranks up there with the 1965 Northeastern US and Canada blackout and the 2009 massive hydroelectric failure in Brazil and Paraguay…

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Three Triumphs For Tigers

Thursday, January 17, 2013
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National Geographic cites a rare trio of conservation success stories for one of the world’s most endangered species, tigers. Three nations stand out which have shown strong government initiatives…

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Illegal Wildlife Trafficking A Threat To National Security

Wednesday, December 26, 2012
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WWF says that illegal wildlife trafficking and trade has become a national security threat to governments, The Guardian reports. This is because trafficking endangered species and their parts…

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“Please No More Delays, No More Excuses”

Monday, December 24, 2012

“The Doha package represents a modest but important step forward,” says European commissioner for climate action Connie Hedegaard, New York Times IHT Rendezvous reports. This is precisely why this year’s United…

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Study Finds Big, Old Trees Are Dying Around The World

Friday, December 21, 2012
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Science published a report last week conducted by three of the world’s leading ecologists about the distressing rise in mortality rates of big, old trees in forests around the world, New…

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Doha Forestry Protection Talks at a Stalemate

Monday, December 17, 2012
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World leaders met at Doha, Qatar to participate in this year’s annual United Nations climate conference. However, talks about verification of carbon emission from forests reached a stalemate last Saturday,…

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