A powerful greenhouse gas [search] produced largely through the manufacture of flat-screen TVs and solar cells has been found to be four times more prevalent in the atmosphere [ark | more\ark] than previously thought. Nitrogen trifluoride [search] warms the atmosphere 17,000 times more effectively t (more…)

WWF has released a new report entitled “Climate Change: faster, stronger, sooner”, which concludes what many of us have known for some time, that “global warming is accelerating [ark] at a faster rate than climate change experts had previously predicted”. Ever since the Intergovernmental Panel on Cl (more…)

The speed and extent of the financial sector’s massive bailout shows what is possible when society perceives a calamitous problem and rises swiftly to the challenge. If fat cat bankers are deserving, the biosphere and global ecological systems are much more worthy of a bailout. Global ecological sus (more…)

PRESS/SOCIAL MEDIA RELEASEWorld’s leading non-profit provider of environmental portals and “ecologically sufficient” action opportunities relocatesBy Earth’s Newsdesk, a project of Ecological InternetCONTACT: Dr. Glen Barry, glenbarry@ecologicalinternet.org(Seattle, WA) — Ecological Internet (EI), (more…)

In a major victory for Ecological Internet and the world’s ancient forests, RAN acknowledges concerns regarding FSC and commits to campaign to end all primary and old-growth loggingBy Earth’s Newsdesk, a project of Ecological InternetCONTACT: Dr. Glen Barry, glenbarry@ecologicalinternet.org(Earth) - (more…)

Rainforest Action Network, and Cambodia and DRC, feel the heat of intensifying campaign to end all ancient forest destructionBy Earth’s Newsdesk, a project of Ecological Internethttp://www.ecoearth.info/newsdesk/CONTACT: Dr. Glen Barry, glenbarry@ecologicalinternet.org(Earth) — Last week forest def (more…)

Climate change and the bad economy are both symptoms of the same growth-based “ecological bubble”. Tell governments to urgently address climate change despite the economic downturn, as both Wall Street and Main Street must realize that without ecosystems there can be no economyTAKE ACTION! Wall Str (more…)

Amongst scientists, James Hansen [search] has long been one of the clearest voices for strong action against climate change including ending the use of coal [ark | search]. Yet now he advocates replacing coal with wood from vast tree plantations [ark | more\ark], burning the wood and capturing and s (more…)

Wake up to the World’s greatest crisis! No, it is not financial; rather, the global water crisis [search] is both the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century. An important new documentary entitled “Flow - For the Love of Water” was released earlier in the year and sounds (more…)