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People across the world are kicking off festivities in the name of Earth Day. This international holiday, described as "halfway between a street party and a guilt trip" by the Washington Post, began 40 years ago when a group of young activists arranged a national protest. The event was categorized b...
SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 22, 2010 (ENS) - To mark the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Wednesday introduced a new online tool for mapping the city's trees.
The Urban Forest Map was developed by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Cal Fire...
Environmental activists, hollywood celebrities, and NGOs are gathering in Bolivia to take part in the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth. Bolivia's president launched the event in protest of the proceedings at Copenhagen. President Morales was one of the large...
Recycling bins, fair trade booths, and vegan dishes will be the order of the day as cities around the world prepare for Earth Day 2010. Earth Day is celebrated in many different countries in many different ways. To some, Earth Day is a happy day of appreciation and gratitude, while to others it is a...
On January 27th, 2010, millions of people around the world participated in earth hour. During this special slice of night, businesses and residences shut off their electric lights for 60 minutes to show solidarity for actions that would protect and preserve the planet. This symbolic event, which can...
GLAND, Switzerland, March 26, 2010 (ENS) - A 24 hour-long wave of darkness will sweep around the globe as people and corporations turn out the lights from 8:30 to 9:30 pm local time on Saturday, March 27 to mark Earth Hour - sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund to promote effective climate change ac...
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Danish Prime minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen have called for the Copenhagen climate summit to extend into the weekend, urging world leaders to make overnight accommodations. The words of world leaders, delegates, and activists have been described as "glum," "frustr...
"We are running short on time," said President Obama in his speech to more than 100 world leaders in Copenhagen this morning. "We can embrace this accord, take a substantial step forward, and continue to refine it and build upon its foundation. We can do that, and everyone who is in this room will b...
The COP15 climate summit in Copenhagen is poised to unravel as delegates from each major bloc admit that the summit has failed to draft an agreement. Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed — whose country would be the first to be swallowed by rising sea levels — said that there is little hop...
Delegates from developing nations and various NGO's inside the COP15 climate summit left the building this morning to join what could be the largest activist activity of the conference. The demonstration is openly focused on overcoming security checkpoints to hold a people's summit inside the Bella...
