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The latest global assessment of biodiversity ruled yesterday that an additional 11 species are either fully extinct or extinct outside of captivity.

The United States, Canada, and Mexico agreed this week to work together to protect wilderness areas across North America.

The cooperation agreement establishes an intergovernmental committee to exchange research and approaches that address challenges such as climate change, fire control, and invasive species in land, marine, and coastal protected areas throughout the continent.

Last week the Urban Land Institute and PriceWaterhouseCoopers released their well-regarded annual analysis, Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2010.

Earlier this week, some political theater unfolded during hearings before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. As Chairwoman Boxer prepared to move forward with climate and energy legislation, opponents boycotted the session, claiming they need to do more studies of the bill.

On Saturday evening, November 7 at 11:15 p.m., the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the health insurance reform bill. Despite countless attempts over nearly a century, no chamber of Congress has ever before passed comprehensive health care reform.

Imagine how many toys each year enjoy a single-season use and then … break apart, run out of battery power, or simply face neglect given that the children have moved on to the next best toy. America is statistically accelerating toward a complete techno-disposable culture, where the ability to “repair” anything like a cell phone is cost prohibitive relative to replacing it.

I have been an environmental advocate for more than 35 years. And throughout that time, I have written policy briefs, magazine articles, and blog posts, but never before had I been inspired to write a book.

That changed several months ago. I realized that we had arrived at a critical moment.

It’s expected that the Climate Bill will become law in the near future. It’s also expected this new legislation will arrive hand-in-hand with a cap-and-trade system; requiring companies with facilities emitting over 25,000 tonnes of carbon per year to reduce their emissions below a certain level.

Perhaps befitting its name by remaining "beneath the radar" from clean energy development coverage by the press, geothermal energy got a major boost of support by the Department of Energy (DOE) in a major announcement last week by Secretary Chu opening up $338 million in ARRA funding in a competitive solicita

LED lights lit up the Auckland War Memorial Museum on Friday night, as the venue celebrated 80 years in operation. The new exterior lighting is part of a grander environmental effort as the museum seeks to exemplify a bridge to the future as well as the past.