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Mongabay.com news articles on ecological footprint in blog format. Updated regularly.

Honolulu, Los Angeles have the smallest carbon footprint among U.S. cities
(5/30/2008) Honolulu, Los Angeles and metropolitan Portland have the smallest carbon footprint among American cities, while Cincinnati-Middletown area, Indianapolis, and Kentucky's Lexington-Fayette have the worst, according to a new report that analyzes carbon emissions from transportation and residential energy use by city dwellers.


Humans are appropriating 20% more resources than Earth can provide
(3/10/2008) Mankind is appropriating 20 percent more resources each year than Earth can produce, according to a report from environmental group WWF.


Wal-Mart looks to eliminate non-renewable energy product offerings
(2/1/2007) Wal-Mart Stores announced a new Sustainability 360 environmental initiative on Thursday, encouraging employees, suppliers, communities and customers to reduce the company's direct environmental footprint.


Low-use and abandoned logging roads negatively impact wildlife in the United States
(11/1/2006) A new study says that forest roads adversely affect wildlife populations. Writing in an article to be published in the journal Conservation Biology, researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia have found that low-use and abandoned logging, mining, and oil access roads create a significant ecological footprint in heavily forested areas.


New maps reveal the human footprint on Earth
(12/5/2005) As global populations swell, farmers are cultivating more and more land in a desperate bid to keep pace with the ever-intensifying needs of humans.


'Human footprint' to increase with repeal of roadless rule
(5/5/2005) The Bush administration's repeal a Clinton-era federal rule that banned road construction, logging and other development in some 58.5 million acres of roadless public land will likely increase the 'human footprint' on pristine wildlands in the United States.


'Human footprint' to increase with repeal of roadless rule
(5/5/2005) The Bush administration's repeal a Clinton-era federal rule that banned road construction, logging and other development in some 58.5 million acres of roadless public land will likely increase the 'human footprint' on pristine wildlands in the United States.



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