After Nearly a Century, Gray Wolves Return to California Mountains
For the first time since the 1920s, a family of gray wolves, two adults and five pups, have been spotted in the hills of Northern California.
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Ralston Purina CARES
Ralston Purina created a program of funding in 1989 called Purina C.A.R.E.S. In eight years it donated more than $3.9 million to local zoos and the American Zoo and Aquarium Association to help fund species survival efforts.
Conservationists Rejoice at Return of Burrowing Owl
After being thought to have disappeared in Manitoba altogether, the burrowing owl has once again been found inhabiting the province's grasslands.
Biggest Energy Companies in U.S. call for Caps on Carbon Emissions
Check out this lead paragraph in the online Grist magazine for April 6: Tuesday saw a tectonic shift in the climate-change debate during an all-day Senate conference on global-warming policy.
London Raises Bar on Greening the Games
A new Olympic Park arose in a once derelict and contaminated industrial area of east London turning neglected waterways into wildlife havens. Almost 500 acres of land (200 hectares) have been razed and redeveloped for the 2012 Olympic Games, and 45 of those have been given over to creating new wildlife habitats for kingfishers, bats, otters and snakes -- while much of the rest has been left as parkland.
Bionic Yarn From Plastic Bottles: A Rapper's Green Investment in Fashion
Rapper and clothing entrepreneur Pharrell Williams is a key investor in Bionic Yarn, a highly durable fiber composed of organic cotton wrapped around a core of recycled PET from plastic bottles, which has been woven into shoes, canvas bags, jackets and shirts by such companies as Timberland, and Cole Haan.
Scientists Discover How to Make Ethanol Using Just Water on Metal
Stanford University scientists have found a new, highly efficient way to produce liquid ethanol that doesn't involve energy intensive food production, like ethanol production from crops.
Virgin Galactic Spaceships Look to Be Powered by Algae
Virgin Galactic Spaceships Look to Be Powered by Algae
Two Monolith Machines Suck Carbon Out of the Air in California
Peter Eisenberger, a distinguished professor of earth and environmental sciences at Columbia University, has build two machines in Menlo Park, Calif., that pull carbon dioxide out of the air, like a catalytic converter for your car, but giant-sized. The challenging part was figuring out what to do with the CO2 once it was captured. But he thinks he's found the perfect solution making fuel.
China to Spend $27 Billion on Emission Cuts, Renewables
China's central government plans to spend $27 billion (170 billion yuan) this year to promote energy conservation, emission reductions and renewable energy, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement last week.
Birds vs. Buildings
The Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP) convinced 80 buildings in downtown Toronto, Ontario to turn off their lights at night during bird migration seasons.
Australians Pioneer New Cheaper Fuel Cells
A much cheaper fuel cell could be on its way thanks a new cathode built by Australian researchers made of special polymer plastic instead of expensive platinum, which conducts electricity equally well and is more stable.
Frigatebird Returns to Nest on Ascension for First Time Since Darwin
One of the world's rarest seabirds has returned to remote Ascension Island in the Atlantic 150 years after its colony was wiped out by feral cats. It is the first time the species has bred there since Charles Darwin visited the island in the early 19th century.
Microchips to Protect Rhino Horns in Kenya
Efforts to conserve Kenya's dwindling population of rhinos is set to get a significant boost when WWF-Kenya hands over 1,000 microchips and 5 scanners to the Kenya Wildlife Service today. The equipment valued at over KES 1.3 million will be instrumental in strengthening active rhino monitoring. Vital to outsmarting the poachers who are getting more sophisticated in their approach, the deployment of specialized rhino horn tracking systems will allow for 100% traceability of every rhino horn and live animal within Kenya
U.S. Navy Warship Stops To Help Out Tangled Turtles
Crew members aboard the navy warship USS Rentz recently traded in their anti-organized-crime hats to become wildlife protectors for a few hours, rescuing a group of helpless sea turtles caught in a tangle of netting.
Giant Prehistoric Fish Rebounding in Canada
When dozens of white sturgeon began washing up dead on the banks of British Columbia's Fraser River in the mid-1990s, some feared that North America's largest freshwater fish could be headed toward extinction. But now, thanks to an alliance of government agencies, environmentalists, aboriginal groups, and fishing interests, the sturgeon has been spurred to a robust recovery in the lower river.
Bear Saves Man in Mountain Lion Attack
A man says he is lucky to be alive after an attack by a mountain lion Monday morning while he was hiking in California. After a mountain lion pounced on him, a mother bear came from behind and jumped on the cat, tearing its grip from the man's backpack.
195 Miles Per Gallon, Zero to 60 in Four Seconds… The Electric Supercar is Here
George Clooney bought a Tango because along with jaw-dropping Porsch-esque performance, the electric car is good for the environment with a fuel cost eight times better than that of a typical gasoline car, amassing the equivalent of 195 miles per gallon.
U.S. Automakers to Double Production of Flexible-Fuel Vehicles
In a letter to Congress yesterday, the leaders of the big three US automakers pledged to double production of flexible-fuel vehicles by 2010. They hope with this commitment to provide incentive to fuel providers to produce ethanol and other biofuels and install pumps to distribute them.
China's Drive to Cleaner, Smaller Cars
In March, China cracked down on polluting and wasteful cars using heavy consumption taxes against cars with the biggest engines, with tax rates nearly seven times higher than the smallest ones.
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