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NEVADA CITY, California, November 20, 2008 (ENS) - Four dams on the Klamath River that have blocked salmon runs upstream to their spawning areas may be removed in the year 2020 under an historic agreement...

Nov 19, 2008 | 2 comments

Find out how to be more efficient in the bedroom. Energy efficient, that is. Get your mind out of the gutter people...it's Green Week!

Nov 19, 2008

DES MOINES, Iowa, November 19, 2008 (ENS) - Severe weather and flooding from May 25 through most of June was the worst natural disaster in Iowa history. Termed the "500 year flood" by Governor Chet Culver,...

Nov 19, 2008

In honor of Green Week a video blog by the sustainability advocacy company The SOAP Group and GoodFocus exploring green tips for living smarter in a consumption crazy culture.

Nov 19, 2008

BOSTON, Massachusetts, November 19, 2008 (ENS) - Five large U.S. corporations and a coalition of investors and environmental groups today announced that they have formed a new organization to lobby for...

Nov 19, 2008

AUSTIN, Texas, November 19, 2008 (ENS) - The Wal-Mart Foundation Tuesday donated $250,000 to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation to fund a new watershed restoration initiative on the Colorado River....

Nov 19, 2008

More than one college campus around the county has plans to practice what they teach.

Nov 19, 2008

Schools and organizations looking to do a little fund raising can now help the environment at the same time.

Nov 19, 2008

HARTFORD, Connecticut, November 18, 2008 (ENS) - A former tobacco farm stretching across 450 acres of meadows on both sides of the Connecticut / Massachusetts border will be conserved as a two-state...

Nov 19, 2008

In honor of Green Week a video blog by the sustainability advocacy company The SOAP Group and GoodFocus exploring green tips for living smarter in a consumption crazy culture.

Nov 18, 2008

LOS ANGELES, California, November 18, 2008 (ENS) - In Los Angeles today, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger welcomed hundreds of attendees from more than 50 states, provinces and countries to the Governors'...

Nov 18, 2008

WASHINGTON, DC, November 18, 2008 (ENS) - The Bush administration finalized regulations to govern the commercial development of oil shale on federal lands on Monday, rebuffing concerns that the rules...

Nov 18, 2008

HAYS, Kansas, November 18, 2008 (ENS) - Sunflower Electric Power Corporation today filed a lawsuit in federal court against Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius and other state officials over the denial...

Nov 18, 2008

For the third year in a row, The New Oxford American Dictionary has selected an eco-themed word as its word of the year. “Hypermiling” or “to hypermile” as Oxford defines it,...

Nov 18, 2008

BONN, Germany, November 18, 2008 (ENS) - Climate change talks set for the Polish city of Poznan from 1 to 12 December come half-way through a two-year negotiating process to forge an international climate...

Nov 17, 2008

In honor of Green Week a video blog by the sustainability advocacy company The SOAP Group and GoodFocus exploring green tips for living smarter in a consumption crazy culture.

Nov 18, 2008

LOS ANGELES, California, November 17, 2008 (ENS) - High winds, high temperatures and extremely dry conditions have whipped up fires across southern California that destroyed the home of actors Michael...

Nov 17, 2008 | 1 comment

In honor of Green Week a video blog by the sustainability advocacy company The SOAP Group and GoodFocus explores green tips for living smarter in a consumption crazy culture.See More PreachyGreen Here

Nov 17, 2008 | 1 comment

At no cost to the city, energy-efficient LED lighting will be used to decorate the Chula Vista Civic Center complex for the holidays. The purpose of the eco-friendly display, which includes more than 250...

Nov 17, 2008

NBC's "The Buzz" runs down About.com's top five environmentally-friendly celebrities: George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Cameron Diaz & Leonardo DiCaprio.

Nov 17, 2008 | 1 comment

Big green gestures, like placing solar panels and wind turbines on your roof, can make a big impression. They can also cost a small fortune. But there are still smaller, inexpensive ways to be good to...

Nov 17, 2008

WASHINGTON, DC, November 17, 2008 (ENS) - The emissions of ozone-depleting substances should have "a negligible effect on ozone in all regions beyond 2070," as long as governments continue to...

Nov 16, 2008 | 3 comments

PreachyGreen: A video blog by the sustainability advocacy company The SOAP Group and GoodFocus exploring green tips for living smarter in a consumption crazy culture.

Nov 16, 2008

Billionaire American entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens is optimistic that the Obama administration will bring the United States’ energy infrastructure into the new millennium by implementing his plan...