All Entries in the "Environmental Awareness" Category
The Green Recovery Act of 2009
Overview of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act)
The Recovery Act was signed into law by President Obama on February 17th, 2009. It is an unprecedented effort to jump start our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive [...]
Barack Obamas First 100 Green Days
President Barack Obama promised on his very first day in the White House to help move America towards a new green future. Now we are 100 days into Obama’s presidential term and most environmentalists are happy with the speed in which Obama has moved on a lot of green issues.[...]
Green Choice Awards For Environmental Nonprofits
About the 2009 Green Choice Awards
The awards were hosted by GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user-generated ratings and reviews of nonprofits. Reviews appear on both GreatNonprofits.org as well as GuideStar.org, the premiere source for donor research on nonprofits. Nonprofits with the most positive reviews in their budget category are determined the winners of the 2009 Green Choice Awards.[...]
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch stretches from the coast of California to Japan, and it is estimated to be twice the size of Texas. Scientists believe it is the world’s largest garbage dump which happens to be in the Pacific Ocean, not on land.[...]
Give A Little Green On Earth Day And Beyond
Happy Earth Day to our readers from the Green Earth Friend team!
We wanted to share with our readers a special green campaign, introduced to us by Julia Barmeier, who works for GlobalGiving, an online marketplace for philanthropy that connects donors directly to international grassroots development projects.
She reads this blog and thought our readers might be interested in a [...]
E.P.A Bites CO2 Bullet Under The Clean Air Act
On Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its “endangerment finding,” stating that carbon dioxide (CO2) and five other greenhouse gasses are pollutants that threaten public health and welfare. It took two years to conclude a scientific review that was ordered by the supreme court.[...]
Shrimp Eat Iron Experiment
The controversial Indian-German Lohafex expedition fertilised 300 square kilometres of the Southern Atlantic with six tonnes of dissolved iron. This created a phytoplankton bloom which doubled in biomass in two weeks by absorbing co2 from the seawater. Dead phytoplankton were then supposed to sink to the ocean floor taking the co2 with them.[...]
Police Arrest 114 Climate Activists
Climate activists are now the target of police harassment. On Monday, 114 climate activists were arrested in what is being called a pre-emptive strike against protests that have not happened yet. These arrests occurred all over the United Kingdom. The protest was going to shed light on the government’s plan to build a coal fired power plant in [...]
Catlin Expedition Disaster
The Catlin Expedition is a collaboration with scientists to find out exactly how much the ice cap is actually receding and how long polar ice will continue to be a year round event, but it has been a disaster from the beginning. From equipment failure to frost bite, the beat up members of the expedition can’t last much [...]
New Green Projects, Programs & Resources For The USA
Have you ever wondered what your particular state and county in the United States of America is doing to be green or become more sustainable and help the environment? Here is an inclusive list by state and county, with links to those programs and resources, that are environmentally friendly and their plans to add green projects to that state. [...]
