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We're excited to announce a new online volunteer widget appearing in early 2012 to help companies connect their employees to volunteer projects in their communities. It will be announced at the...

SOLUTIONS STORIES: THE CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY, HAPPENING NOW - Climate Solutions is working to consistently capture and communicate the stories from the Northwest of how we are leading and making the...

EarthCorps specializes in leveraging our diverse AmeriCorps and international corps members to lead large-scale, community-based environmental restoration. One example is with the Green Seattle...

Huge Victory for Spokane Complete Streets! For over three years, Futurewise worked with the City of Spokane to create an effective Complete Street Policy, writing the policy, educating the community...

In 2010, the Greenway Trust coordinated a service project with Quadrant Homes, a local home builder in the Greenway. As part of Quadrant’s all-company quarterly meeting and picnic, the entire staff...

One woman's quest to Solarize Magnolia.

In Deer Harbor, on Orcas Island, People For Puget Sound is engaged in an innovative restoration project that uses mushrooms to filter out toxins and protect the water. Mycologist Ken Brown is crazy...

In 2006, a massive flood wiped out the popular Glacier Basin Trail at Mount Rainier. The Park Service made the decision to reroute it away from the river and turned to volunteers to help. From 2008-...

Washington's largest tributary of the Walla Walla River noses up out of the Blue Mountains in the southeastern corner of the state. The branches and mainstem of the Touchet River run 85 miles...

NAIROBI, KENYA—Yesterday the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) in partnership with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) presented the Kenyan government with a gift of land that will help establish the...

In recent years political and economic landscapes have shifted, threatening the continued viability of many of Alaska’s conservation organizations. Snowy Owl by Tim Leach. Bad economic times...

Agriculture represents one of the most cost-effective ways to improve two of our most pressing environmental challenges: water quality and climate change. Our goal is to help farmers and ranchers...

A Journey Through Champion Trees: Story and photos by Whit Bronaugh. For most of my childhood my address was “the house with the biggest tree on Cardinal Lane.” That big black cherry tree, a...

The Year of Giving Adventurously: Special thanks to Outside Magazine, who named American Rivers one of the top 30 organizations to donate to that are making a difference. You're ready to act...

White-nose Syndrome has devastated bat populations across the eastern United States during the past four years, causing “the most precipitous wildlife decline in the past century in North America,”...

A recent study published in the journal NeuroToxicology has found a positive link between exposure to the pesticide propoxur and poor motor development in infants. At the age of two, children exposed...

CHEJ 30th Anniversary Video Series: 2011 marks our 30th year mentoring a movement, empowering people, and preventing harm from dangerous chemicals, and we’re celebrating all year long! Every Monday...

We get results through state-based organizing and canvassing to reach and involve people across more than twenty states. If Clean Water Fund is active in your community, it's because we believe...

"The Fund is the most efficient organization out there when it comes to land conservation and environmental sustainability. Not only is its overhead impressively low, it has the ability to...

Sarshen Marais has always lived in an environment rich in nature. "I live in Cape Town, within the Cape Floristic Region biodiversity hotspot. Table Mountain sits on my doorstep — a place so...

Sea otters in California received some great news in September 2011 as Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation re-establishing the California Sea Otter Fund, the main source of funding for sea otter...

Earth Day 2012 - the 42nd Anniversary: Mobilize the Earth™ | This Earth Day we are mobilizing the planet simply to say one thing: the Earth won't wait. It seems that environmental issues have...

Stormwater is by far the number one water pollution problem in Puget Sound. It dwarfs pollution from industrial facilities. We’re working to ensure that the most protective standards for stormwater...

EcoHealth Alliance’s Edge of the Sea Aquatic Conservation Program was created in 2001 to address urgent conservation issues in coastal areas and to save threatened species and improve local capacity...

EESI was founded by a bipartisan Congressional caucus in 1984, and today is governed by a diverse Board of Directors made up of environmental, business, academic, and former political leaders. Now an...

EDF Climate Corps: Saving cash and the earth - AT&T worked with EDF Climate Corps to find ways to cut its lighting energy use by 80% across 250 central offices.Our climate corps fellows spent the...

Cooperation is Key to Gulf Habitat Protection and Restoration. ELI's report examines the legal and institutional frameworks for achieving habitat conservation and restoration of the five U.S....

Right now, more than a million acres of old-growth forests in the Northwest are eligible for logging. FSEEE has developed an innovative strategy that will permanently protect the forests at risk,...

The climate crisis is the definitive challenge of our time, and our reliance on fossil fuels is driving it. Other energy sources also pollute our air and water and threaten our health. But energy use...

When the Charles Darwin Foundation was created in 1959, the human population in Galapagos was minimal. Tourism was essentially non-existent; fishing was at subsistence levels only; the agricultural...

Coal provides about half of our electricity and causes more than 30% of our global warming pollution. From the mine to the plant to the ash pond, coal is our dirtiest energy source. It causes asthma...

In the 1960s and early 1970s, Americans were spurred to action on clean water by images of burning rivers and local streams and lakes choked with trash. The country was also losing hundreds of...

Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots, the Jane Goodall Institute’s global environmental and humanitarian youth program, works with young people across the globe to plan projects and take action to...

Today, there are 1,700 land trusts that have more than 100,000 volunteers and 2 million members. So far, land trusts have conserved 37 million acres of land in America - an area roughly the size of...

The Tree City USA® program, sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters, provides direction, technical assistance...

Not long ago, Sweetwater Creek in Belfair, Washington, was anything but. Overrun with weeds, the once-healthy stream had become a dumping ground. Salmon that spawned in the currents were blocked by...

A common thread connecting all National Forest Foundation (NFF) programs and initiatives is an interest in action-oriented projects that enhance the viability of natural resources while considering...

Air pollution is among the most serious threats to national parks. Dirty air can darken the horizon and ruin scenic views. It also damages plants, harms fish and other wildlife, and even affects the...

The Pacific Northwest is blessed with an amazing diversity of coastal habitats, from rocky bluffs and sandy beaches along the Pacific Coast to the tidal flats, marshes, mixed sediment beaches, and...

Don't Drill Away the West: Across the Western United States, oil and gas companies are trying to turn our last wild places into industrial zones. NRDC is fighting with local partners and through...

A new conservation acquisition on the Washington coast lays the foundation for a major initiative to bring back wild salmon to historic levels of abundance. We’ve purchased 3,088 acres in a corridor...

Ocean trash ranks as one of the serious pollution problems choking our planet. Far more than an eyesore, a rising tide of marine debris threatens human health, wildlife, communities and economies...

The endangered California condor population that now spans Arizona and Utah is celebrating a significant milestone this month: the 15th anniversary of the first release of the birds into Arizona...

Bees have been dying off in droves around the world since the mid-1990s. First in France, then in the U.S. and elsewhere, colonies have been mysteriously collapsing with adult bees disappearing,...

Rail-Trail Sparks Bike Boom in Texas Town By Jake Lynch One very farsighted investment 18 years ago is paying off, big time, for the city of Denton, Texas. In 1993, Denton officials struck a...

The Rainforest Alliance provides a range of verification services to confirm that carbon projects are conservation-oriented and meet established international standards for carbon sequestration. This...

The world is a different place today, because of RMI and our supporters. And as there is still work to be done, we are focused on driving even more change. Despite the urgent demands of the future...

Scenic America is the only national organization that stands up to the powerful mulit-billion dollar outdoor advertising industry. The industry and its trade groups spend millions of dollars...

Sierra Club and the Outdoors Alliance for Kids (OAK) are challenging YOU to get outdoors, get moving and share your experiences. By joining the Facebook challenge application, you can earn fun badges...

The Student Conservation Association (SCA), a national leader in youth service and stewardship, and EarthShare, a national environmental non-profit network recently teamed up to provide hands-on...

Jody Kennedy from Surfrider Foundation, and a number of other community leaders voice their support for a Seattle city bag ban. We have several contributors, from different areas of the United States...

The Trust for Public Land was one of the first national conservation organizations to recognize the importance of the extraordinary natural beauty of the Columbia River Gorge and step in to save it...

Winning higher fuel economy standards for cars and SUVs nationwide, expanding the use of clean, renewable electricity by passing renewable standards in 26 states, achieving federal reforms to get...

U.S. PIRG stands up to powerful special interests on behalf of the American public. Fighting against dangerous toys, abusive credit card fees and practices, and predatory lending and identity theft,...

What a year for wilderness! In 2011, the oil, gas, coal and timber industries unleashed a furious effort to grab up more of the nation’s wildlands and waters. The response in Congress was alarming...

New camera traps are allowing conservationists to take brief video clips, which are providing a rare glimpse into wildlife behavior. WCS has released new camera trap footage from the wilds of...

Saving wildlife is at the core of WWF’s mission. Why? Because animal populations are disappearing at an alarming rate. But even in the face of threats like poaching, habitat loss and overuse of...

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Florida Passes Legislation Related to Water Pollution and Toxic Algae Outbreaks

Thu, 02/09/2012 - 4:02pm

Statement by Earthjustice attorney David Guest

Statement by Earthjustice attorney David Guest:

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Pollution Is Not Progress

Wed, 02/08/2012 - 3:53pm

Polluters’ TV campaign is anti-Florida

Television ads produced by the polluter lobbyist group “Free Market Florida” are an affront to millions of Floridians who are living with the sad reality of polluted drinking water, toxic algae outbreaks and fish kills in their favorite rivers, springs, lakes, as well as on our tourist beaches.

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Federal Government Releases Prudent Plan Allowing Research for Speculative Oil Extraction Plan

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 12:06pm

Massive volumes of water and heat could be wasted to bake oil from rock

The following is a statement from Ted Zukoski, an attorney at Earthjustice, on the publication today of the Bureau of Land Management's draft proposal and environmental impact statement (EIS) concerning oil shale development on federal lands in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah. Earthjustice represents a dozen conservation groups who challenged the Bush administration's premature give-away of 2 million acres of public land for oil shale commercial leasing.

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During House Committee Fracking Hearing, Members Grill Scientists, Eject News Crew

Wed, 02/01/2012 - 11:12am

EPA report linking fracking to groundwater contamination attacked by industry-friendly politicians

At a hearing held by the House Science Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, oil and gas industry friendly Committee members grilled officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency about the agency’s investigation into the cause of drinking water contamination in Pavillion, Wyoming.

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Clean Air Advocates Cheer Court Decision on Kansas Coal Plant Expansion

Tue, 01/31/2012 - 12:42pm

Sunflower project will face thorough environmental review, new administration decision

Judge Emmett Sullivan, in the federal district court today, effectively blocked an 895-MW coal-fired power project in western Kansas—the notorious Sunflower expansion—until a thorough environmental review of the project is finalized. The decision emphasized the significant impacts to human health that would arise if the project was constructed.

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New Report Urges EPA to Abandon Proposed Air Pollution Rule

Tue, 01/31/2012 - 9:23am

New policy would obstruct efforts to protect cherished national parks and wildernesses, and their surrounding communities from air pollution

The long-term health of national parks, wilderness areas and wildlife refuges across the eastern U.S. states, and of the communities that depend on them, could be in jeopardy if the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) exempts some of the oldest and highest polluting coal-fired power plants from installing the Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART).

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Lawsuit Aims to Protect Endangered Caribbean Corals from Overfishing

Mon, 01/30/2012 - 12:47pm

Elkhorn and staghorn corals need parrotfish to survive

A lawsuit was filed today in federal district court seeking greater protections from fishing for threatened coral reefs in the Caribbean.

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Florida Passes Legislation Related to Water Pollution and Toxic Algae Outbreaks

Pollution Is Not Progress

Federal Government Releases Prudent Plan Allowing Research for Speculative Oil Extraction Plan

During House Committee Fracking Hearing, Members Grill Scientists, Eject News Crew

Clean Air Advocates Cheer Court Decision on Kansas Coal Plant Expansion

New Report Urges EPA to Abandon Proposed Air Pollution Rule

Lawsuit Aims to Protect Endangered Caribbean Corals from Overfishing

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