<![CDATA[united states news from mongabay.com]]> http://www.mongabay.com en-us Copyright 2006 mongabay.com Sun, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:39 -0800 <![CDATA[US government: $28 carbon price would raise gas prices by 25 cents]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1008-carbon_tax_cost.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1008-carbon_tax_cost.html <![CDATA[Tropical wetlands sequester 80% more carbon than temperate wetlands]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1008-wetlands.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1008-wetlands.html <![CDATA[99% of Alaska's large glaciers are retreating]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1007-alaska.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1007-alaska.html <![CDATA[U.S. to ban oil drilling in new Arctic reserves for polar bears]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1007-polar_bears.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1007-polar_bears.html <![CDATA[Zoos: Why a Revolution is Necessary to Justify Them]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1006-hance_zoos.html Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1006-hance_zoos.html <![CDATA[U.S. needs environmental standards for biofuels]]> Science. The researchers say that with proper safeguards, cellulosic ethanol can help the U.S. meet its energy needs sustainably.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1002-biofuels.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1002-biofuels.html <![CDATA[Urban black bears live recklessly compared to their forest counterparts]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0930-bears_wcs.html Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0930-bears_wcs.html <![CDATA[Al Gore calls for “civil disobedience” against new coal plants]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0928-gore_hance.html Sun, 28 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0928-gore_hance.html <![CDATA[Painted Dog population falls 99%, but community efforts could save species]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0928-wcn_interview_blinston.html Sun, 28 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0928-wcn_interview_blinston.html <![CDATA[Environment at rock-bottom of concerns for American voters]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0926-hance_poll.html Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0926-hance_poll.html <![CDATA[CO2 emissions accelerate 400% as world turns to dirtier fuels]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0926-co2.html Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0926-co2.html <![CDATA["Punk-rock" monkey and handbags made from recycled trash inspire conservation in Colombia]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0925-wcn_guillen_tamarin_interview.html Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0925-wcn_guillen_tamarin_interview.html <![CDATA[Cutting deforestation can fight climate change, reduce poverty and conflict]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0924-ad.html Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0924-ad.html <![CDATA[WWF ends contentious debate, will now support effort to fight climate change by saving rainforests]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0924-wwf.html Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0924-wwf.html <![CDATA[U.S. Congress passes legislation to boost solar, wind, and geothermal energy]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0924-energy.html Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0924-energy.html <![CDATA[U.S. ignores laws on e-waste disposal]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0919-ewaste.html Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0919-ewaste.html <![CDATA[Nearly 40 percent of America’s freshwater fish in danger]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0910-hance_fish.html Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0910-hance_fish.html <![CDATA[Big computer makers pitch energy efficiency to sell more services, equipment]]> Wall Street Journal.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0909-tech.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0909-tech.html <![CDATA[Moose Mission in New York's Adirondacks]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0905-maher_wcs_moose.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0905-maher_wcs_moose.html <![CDATA[Obama talks science: ocean health, water scarcity, climate change, and more]]> Science Debate 2008. The questions covered a wide-variety of topics, including the importance of innovation, science and math education, energy policies, national security and biosecurity, genetics research, stem cells, space exploration, health, support for research and restoring scientific integrity in the Whitehouse. Below are brief descriptions of his answers on three topics: climate change, water scarcity, and the health of marine ecosystems. Republican presidential nominee John McCain has also been sent the same fourteen questions, so far he has not responded.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0905-hance_obama.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0905-hance_obama.html <![CDATA[Republicans backtrack, call for end to ethanol requirements in gas]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0902-ethanol.html Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0902-ethanol.html <![CDATA[Could hurricane Gustav be stopped or diverted?]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0831-gustav.html Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0831-gustav.html <![CDATA[Scientists condemn Bush plan for endangered species]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0827-hance_esa.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0827-hance_esa.html <![CDATA[Google, Australia give big boost to geothermal power production]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0820-geothermal.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0820-geothermal.html <![CDATA[Bigfoot "discovery" looks to be a hoax]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0818-bigfoot_hoax_update.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0818-bigfoot_hoax_update.html <![CDATA[Coal burning may make food supplies toxic]]> Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0818-coal.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0818-coal.html <![CDATA[Algae could yield 30 times more biofuel than soybeans, while cleaning the environment]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0815-algae.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0815-algae.html <![CDATA[PG&E will build the world's largest solar power plant]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0815-solar.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0815-solar.html <![CDATA[No scientists necessary: Bush administration's new plans regarding endangered species]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0813-hance_esa.html Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0813-hance_esa.html <![CDATA[Chevron lobbies Bush Administration for bail out on lawsuit by Amazon tribes]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0731-chevron.html Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0731-chevron.html <![CDATA[Facing criticism, biofuels industry forms new lobby group to influence lawmakers]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0725-biofuels.html Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0725-biofuels.html <![CDATA[Gore launches second campaign... for Earth]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0717-al_gore.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0717-al_gore.html <![CDATA[Beyond high food prices, little to show for $11B/yr in biofuel support, says OECD report]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0717-biofuels.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0717-biofuels.html <![CDATA[Forests cover 1/3 of U.S. but are responsible for 2/3 of its water supply]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0716-forests.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0716-forests.html <![CDATA[Using farm waste for ethanol may hurt crop yields in some areas]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0715-farm_waste.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0715-farm_waste.html <![CDATA[U.S. dead zones may reach record levels this summer]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0715-hypoxia.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0715-hypoxia.html <![CDATA[First carbon map of America released by NASA]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0715-emissions_map_hance.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0715-emissions_map_hance.html <![CDATA[Warming will trigger cycle of increased energy use, heat waves in California]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0711-california.html Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0711-california.html <![CDATA[$4 gas translates to fewer driving deaths]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0711-driving.html Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0711-driving.html <![CDATA[Carbon payments may not protect biodiversity]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0707-carbon_oregon.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0707-carbon_oregon.html <![CDATA[U.S. coral reefs in trouble]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0707-reefs.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0707-reefs.html <![CDATA[U.S. should merge NOAA, USGS to form national Environmental Agency]]> Science.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0703-new_agency.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0703-new_agency.html <![CDATA[Louisiana signs non-corn ethanol law for to procude a better biofuel]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0701-ethanol.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0701-ethanol.html <![CDATA[California plan would cut emissions 30% by 2020]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0627-ca.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0627-ca.html <![CDATA[High bird diversity reduces risk of West Nile virus to humans]]> PLoS ONE.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0625-wnv.html Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0625-wnv.html <![CDATA[69% of Floridians believe coast threatened by rising sea levels]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0624-florida.html Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0624-florida.html <![CDATA[U.S. may allow corn farming on conservation land]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0623-corn.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0623-corn.html <![CDATA[Biofuel production on abandoned lands could meet 8% of global energy needs]]> Environmental Science and Technology.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0623-biofuels.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0623-biofuels.html <![CDATA[The green movement has to become a rainbow-colored movement in order to be successful]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0623-van_jones_interview_mj_ucsc.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0623-van_jones_interview_mj_ucsc.html <![CDATA[Miles-per-gallon misrepresents gains in fuel efficiency from scrapping worst gas-guzzlers]]> Science.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0619-mpg.html Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0619-mpg.html