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Climate policy follows the money
September 21, 2004 06:08 PM - Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo (CICERO)
Economically important and influential actors mean more for climate policy choices than do public opinion and pressure from environmental organizations.(By CICERO)
Hatchery snook released in 1999 is all grown up
September 21, 2004 06:04 PM - Mote Marine Laboratory
A snook raised in Mote Marine Laboratory’s Center for Fisheries Enhancement and released when it was about 7 inches long as part of an ongoing restocking study was recently caught again as a 34-inch long snook. (By Mote Marine Laboratory)
The Internet's landfill alternative
September 21, 2004 05:47 PM - Throwplace.com
Throwplace.com, the Internet's landfill alternative, promotes and facilitates recycling and reuse by providing a nation-wide venue for everyone to post and find excess inventory and possessions. (By Throwplace.com)
Sudden Oak Death Survey In Pennsylvania
September 20, 2004 01:30 PM - Pennsylvania IPM Program
Pennsylvania is taking part in a nationwide survey in an effort to protect state forests and nurseries from a newly detected disease, sudden oak death.
Biological Control Successful Against Invasive Plant
September 20, 2004 01:27 PM - Pennsylvania IPM Program
A large, beautiful purple flower is disappearing from the state's streambeds and marshlands at an increasing rate, and that's a good thing.
Composting Reduces Pest Populations
September 20, 2004 01:22 PM - Pennsylvania IPM Program
A new and innovative composting technique reduces flies and other pest populations in commercial poultry production without spraying pesticides, Penn State researchers recently discovered.
PA IPM's Web Page Gets a New Look
September 20, 2004 01:18 PM - Pennsylvania IPM Program
Trying to decide what to do about those six-legged creatures occupying your home, school, field or greenhouse? Find out the answer by visiting the Pennsylvania IPM Program's newly revamped Web site.
25 Organizations Urge Senate to Restore Renewable Energy Funding
September 17, 2004 01:23 PM - Sustainable Energy Coalition
In a letter delivered today to the members of the U.S. Senate Appropriation Committee's Subcommittee on Energy & Water, twenty-five member groups of the Sustainable Energy Coalition requested restoration of funding for key renewable energy programs in the U.S. Department of Energy's Fiscal Year 2005 budget.
Can Congo's Endangered Species and National Parks Be Protected During Times of War?
September 17, 2004 12:42 PM - UNESCO
The United Nations Foundation (UN Foundation) has announced that it is renewing its commitment to support the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) efforts to protect biodiversity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Governments Urged to Back Global Inventory of Key Ozone- Damaging Pesticide
September 16, 2004 07:28 PM - UNEP
Countries are today being urged to re-double efforts to assess the quantities of an ozone-damaging chemical being used to kill pests on shipments of rice, maize, nuts and other big commodity export crops.