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Ecuador Moves to Protect Amazon

An executive order in Ecuador closes off a large section of its forest to oil drilling, mining, lumbering and colonization. Oil is Ecuador’s largest …

Green Guide to Cars and Trucks

The “Green Guide to Cars and Trucks: Model Year 1999” assesses the health impacts, estimated annual fuel expenses, and greenhouse gas emissions for …

China Extends Logging Ban

Last year, China implemented a logging ban in nine of its major provinces which contain abundant natural forest resources. This year, the ban will be expanded …

Sustainable Development Indicators

A new report summarizes two years of work by the U.S. Interagency Working Group on Sustainable Development Indicators (SDI). 40 indicators have been selected …

Business & Earth Day 2000

The theme of Earth Day 2000 will be “New Energy for a New Era” and is a great opportunity for businesses to get media attention for your work and …

Brazil Suspends Amazon Clearing Permits

A day after reporting that the rate of deforestation in the world’s largest rain forest jumped nearly 30 percent last year (6500 square miles), Brazil …

Europe's Green Spider Website

Information officers in the EU environment ministries and agencies are working to make their work more visible and accessible through the Green Spider website. …

ESA Corporate Award

The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is a scientific, non-profit, 7800-member organization founded in 1915 to promote responsible application of ecological …