Tag: News
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P&G to Eliminate Deforestation From Palm Oil Products
We may not see the full result for six more years, but Procter & Gamble made it official this week—the company will remove all deforestation from its palm oil supply. The Cincinnati, OH-based company announced a no-deforestation policy for its products, which include Head & Shoulders and Oil of Olay. While the policy calls for no deforestation in…
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America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2014
Today, American Rivers released their annual report, America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2014, detailing the 10 most endangered rivers in the U.S: [blackoutgallery id=”329912″] The most endangered river in the nation this year is: San Joaquin River, California. Outdated water management and excessive diversions, compounded by the current drought, have put the San Joaquin River at a breaking point.…
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Victory: Judge Rejects Livestock Label for Wild Bison in Montana
Efforts to conserve and restore wild bison won a victory Monday when a Montana judge rejected an effort by opponents of bison restoration to classify the iconic animals as livestock instead of wildlife under state law. [caption id="attachment_329896" align="alignnone" width="500"] Once numbering 30 million across the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains, wild bison were almost driven to…
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Watch Full First Episode of ‘Years of Living Dangerously,’ Showtime’s Landmark Series on Climate Change
Years of Living Dangerously, the first-ever series solely about climate change premieres at 10 p.m. Sunday on Showtime, but you don’t have to wait that long to watch the first full episode. Luckily, producers have created a YouTube channel and uploaded the entire 60-minute debut—not something I’d count on happening every week. [embed]http://youtu.be/brvhCnYvxQQ[/embed] In this first…
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Celebrating Our Small Blue Planet
April is Earth Month, and April 22 Earth Day. We should really celebrate our small blue planet and all it provides every day, but recent events give us particular cause to reflect on our home and how we’re treating it. Through an amazingly ordered combination of factors, this spinning ball of earth, air, fire and water—with its…