Earth Matters News

Is Detroit doing the right thing? 10 Mar 2010, 4:55 am

Does it really make environmental sense for Detroit to tear down large swaths of abandoned neighborhoods to build urban farms?

Source: Earth Matters News | Shea Gunther

Glenn Beck advertiser pitching survival gardens 10 Mar 2010, 3:49 am

The newest advertiser on the Glenn Beck program is using fear of an economic and societal collapse to sell heirlooms seeds.

Source: Earth Matters News | Shea Gunther

Cash prizes flow for watershed protection 9 Mar 2010, 10:45 pm

MillerCoors to sponsor clean water efforts.

Source: Earth Matters News | Katy Rank Lev

Conservationist Edgar Wayburn dies at 103 9 Mar 2010, 8:37 pm

Dr. Edgar Wayburn was a five-term president of the Sierra Club who conducted his conservation work under the radar and largely in his spare time.

Source: Earth Matters News | Super Admin

Supreme Court decision closes pollution loophole, environmentalists say 9 Mar 2010, 8:24 pm

EPA had exempted refineries and chemical plants from penalties for exceeding limits during start-up, shutdown and malfunction.

Source: Earth Matters News | Super Admin

Women hit by climate change head to Capitol Hill 9 Mar 2010, 8:21 pm

Climate ‘witnesses’ want to make the strong link between poverty and climate change, and to stress that poor women suffer disproportionately as a result.

Source: Earth Matters News | Super Admin

Deal may save the Everglades — and a sugar firm 9 Mar 2010, 6:53 pm

Gov. Charlie Crist’s $536 million plan to save the Everglades has grown sweeter for United States Sugar.

Source: Earth Matters News | Katherine Butler

EU to tackle CO2 loopholes 9 Mar 2010, 6:44 pm

The European climate commissioner is expected to outline a roadmap toward a legally-binding global climate treaty and focus on strengthening the integrity of U.N. rules.

Source: Earth Matters News | Super Admin

Growing low-oxygen zones in oceans worry scientists 9 Mar 2010, 5:45 pm

Global warming could be changing underwater ecology and harming marine life.

Source: Earth Matters News | McClatchy Newspapers

Disposal of spilled coal ash a long, winding trip 9 Mar 2010, 4:13 pm

Coal ash spilled in Tennessee over a year ago and its wastewater are still be moved around the country in search of places where it can be treated.

Source: Earth Matters News | Super Admin

Green States: Fiends of the earth 9 Mar 2010, 2:24 pm

Environmental change has hit Washington, but not everyone’s with the program.

Source: Earth Matters News | Peter Dykstra

Watch: Man ticketed for helping birds cross road 8 Mar 2010, 10:15 pm

A man helping a gaggle of geese cross the road is ticketed for jaywalking after almost causing a car accident.

Source: Earth Matters News | MNN User

Video: Dog impaled by BBQ fork 8 Mar 2010, 10:14 pm

Smoky the Chihuahua is lucky to be alive after a barbeque fork ended up deep within his brain. But there’s a happy ending.

Source: Earth Matters News | MNN User

Political Habitat: Water, water … everywhere? 8 Mar 2010, 10:13 pm

Humanity is often at its worst and wackiest in our search for water. Peter Dykstra on a free-flowing font of bad ideas.

Source: Earth Matters News | Peter Dykstra

NOAA: El Nino changes in Pacific getting stronger 8 Mar 2010, 10:12 pm

Weather phenomenon predicted to bring shifts in rain, snow, temperatures across the country.

Source: Earth Matters News | Super Admin