Norway Raises Hunting Quota to 1,286 Whales

Photo via cretananimalwelfare The government of Norway announced on April 1st, perhaps hoping the unseemly news would be lost amid the fictitious headlines of the day, that the country’s whale hunting quota would be raised to the highest level in 25 years: 1286 whales can be killed this season. The announcement has some animal protection gr..

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Avatar’s DVD Release to be Environmentally Themed, Thanks to Climate Deniers

Photo via CSMonitor Perhaps agitated by the slew of conservatives who have criticized his action/fantasy movie Avatar –now the highest grossing film in history–as being anti-American eco propaganda , director James Cameron has returned fire.

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Americans Most Satisfied With Environmental Quality Since 2002: New Poll

Photo via Healthline Are you satisfied with the overall standard of environmental quality in the United States? According to a new poll, 46% of Americans are, saying that quality is either excellent or good. The number is up from 39% last year, and according to Reuters it’s the highest satisfaction Americans have had with environmental quality since 2002

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Today on Planet 100: Starving Sea Lions (Video)

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Colorado Approves 30% by 2020 Renewable Energy Standard

Yesterday, Colorado’s state legislature finalized a bill to increase the state’s renewable energy standard to 30 percent by 2020. Colorado was one of the first states to adopt a renewable energy standard at all, committing in 2004 to get 10 percent of their electricity from renewables by 2015 and increasing that to 20 percent by 2020 in 2006.  This latest measure puts the state right behind California, who has the highest standard at 33 percent by 2020. The bill also requires utilities to get 3 percent of their electricity from distributed sources like rooftop solar and other smaller wind and solar installations in order to give a boost to local renewable energy and construction companies.  That requirement alone will be responsible for 1 GW of clean energy, save 6.8 billion gallons of water and reduce emissions by 30 million tons of CO2 a year.

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Greenpeace Releases 2010 Green Electronics Rankings

This year’s annual Greenpeace “Guide to Greener Electronics” has been released, and it is a mixed bag. The lowest scores are higher than they were last year, but the highest scores are lower. Nokia is still at the top.

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Greenpeace Releases 2010 Green Electronics Rankings

More BPA in Adults Could Mean More Heart Disease

Is it the Spam, or is it the can? At some point, even the people at Stats.org are going to have to acknowledge the growing pile of studies from all over the world adding to the case against Bisphenol A (BPA).

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Endangered Bluefin Tuna Fetches Record Price at Tokyo Auction

photo: Stewart Butterfield via flickr. One more quick one on the tragedy of bluefin tuna’s trajectory towards extinction : BBC News reports that a single bluefin tuna has been sold for the highest price in the past nine years at a Tokyo fish auction.

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Jewelers Pursue Social Responsibility as Gold Mining Controversy Grows

Gold mine in Big Smokey Valley, Nevada; Recycled gold Monique Péan necklace (left to right), Credit: Uncle Kick-Kick, CC; WWD The gold mining controversy–fueled by media attention–has spurred jewelry makers and retailers to begin using only ethical metal and gemstones, WWD reports : … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Interview With Lee Reich, Gardening Expert, Author

Lee Reich. The 2010 garden catalogs now arriving have me thinking about how to get the most out of my garden investment, whether climate change should be taken into account, and so on. After years of experimenting with such questions, I felt some expert insight would help with the climate change question, in particular

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