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Earth Day: Endangered Species [PHOTOS]
By not in system - AOL NewsAs the planet marks Earth Day, here's a look at some of the animals around the world facing extinction. http://xml.channel.aol.com/xmlpublisher/fetch.v2.xml?option=expand_relative_urls&dataUrlNodes=uiConfig,feedConfig,localizationConfig,entry&id=996967&pid=996966&uts=1303341683 http://www.aolcdn.com/ke/media_gallery/v1/ke_media_gallery_wrapper.swf Earth Day: Endangered Species A newly-born black rhinoceros baby named "Kiwidi" lays next to its mother "Nane" at the zoo in ...
Earth Day: A Look Back [PHOTOS]
By not in system - AOL NewsFriday marks the 41st anniversary of Earth Day. Take a look back at the history of Earth Day in this photo gallery, starting from the very first celebration in 1970. http://xml.channel.aol.com/xmlpublisher/fetch.v2.xml?option=expand_relative_urls&dataUrlNodes=uiConfig,feedConfig,localizationConfig,entry&id=996955&pid=996954&uts=1303341874 http://www.aolcdn.com/ke/media_gallery/v1/ke_media_gallery_wrapper.swf Earth Day: A Look Back A crowd of people gather near a large ...
Harrison Ford Lends Support to Eco-Friendly Video Game
By Dave Thier - AOL NewsVideo games aren't the greenest activity out there. Often held up as the epitome of sloth, they have a way of sucking power without producing anything, encouraging sedentary activity and drawing us out of our real lives to boot. Problem is, they're really fun. That's why Talkie, a game designer based in Los Angeles, is making a new social game, akin to Zynga's "FarmVille" or "CityVille," that they hope will encourage their players to get out of their chairs and have a positive impact on their environments. They're just one of scores of designers hoping to harness the addictive power of video ...
Patagonia Links With Musicians for Green Causes
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- Jack Johnson, the Zac Brown Band and Maroon 5 have joined several other musical acts that have signed on to Patagonia's new music initiative, where fans can get exclusive tracks from their favorite acts, and the profits go to green causes. The Patagonia Music Collective kicks off today with more than 20 songs, each available for 99 cents; net proceeds will be donated to the environmental group of the act's choosing. The clothing retailer said this is the beginning of a long-term project designed to not only raise money for environmental causes, but also raise awareness among the ...
Opinion: It Takes a Nation to Save a Planet
By not in system - AOL News(Nov. 30) -- The United Nations named 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity, but the past year has proved to be a tough one for planet Earth. Last winter, negotiators returned from Copenhagen having failed to reach a meaningful agreement to reduce greenhouse gases. In the spring and summer, the Gulf of Mexico was hit with the largest oil spill in history, due in part to lax oversight by regulatory agencies. This fall, diplomats met in Japan to discuss the future of the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity -- but produced few concrete proposals to stem the rapid disappearance of ...
Two Decades Later, Hole in the Ozone Layer Still Not Fixed
By Dave Thier - AOL News(Oct. 26) -- Fixing the hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica was supposed to be environmentalists' finest hour. In the late 1970s, an insidious, commonplace group of chemicals (chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs) was discovered to be causing horrible damage to the ozone layer. Governments were informed, CFCs were banned in 1989, and the day was saved. Unfortunately, it's taking a little while. Lt. Nick Morgan, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps, spends his time in the South Pole, launching into the air balloons containing instruments that can ...
Opinion: Greed Is Green
By James G. Workman - AOL News(Sept. 17) -- In April 2001 Dick Cheney famously trashed the idea of doing more with less. "Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue," he said, "but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy." Nine year later, President Barack Obama seems to agree. The White House declined to reinstall Jimmy Carter's outdated rooftop solar panels. Adding the panels wouldn't have done anything to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, avoid another BP spill or reduce the risk of drought, fires, floods and famines wrought by climate change, but it would have been a good symbolic ...
Pope to Copenhagen: Saving Environment as Crucial as Fighting Terrorism
By David Gibson - Politics DailyBenedict XVI's message for the Catholic Church's annual World Day of Peace on Jan. 1 does not mention the Copenhagen Climate Summit by name, but the target audience could not have been more obvious, nor the framing of his appeal more loaded for both foes and critics of global warming. At the very top of the 3,800-word document, titled "If You Want to Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation," the pope says the preservation of "creation"-- that is, the natural environment that is a gift from God --"has now become essential for the pacific coexistence of mankind." "Man's inhumanity to man has given ...
NHLPA Goes "Green"
By Jes Golbez - AOL NewsCorporations and other interests groups going 'Green' is the big trend these days after Al Gore's movie opened up many eyes to what's going on in the world. Of course, most 'greenwashing' is simply marketing hype designed to fool consumers into believing they are being helpful to the environment when they are purchasing their processed cheese that's wrapped in six layers of plastic.The latest group to jump on the GREEN bandwagon is the NHL Players Association, who have teamed up with world-renowned environmentalist David Suzuki to go 'Carbon Neutral'. "The ability to partner with the legendary ...
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