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It’s an hour dedicated to water. An hour to express to the world how you feel about it, what it means to you. We want to create buzz that reverberates around the globe; the world with one voice speaking out for water.

When: EARTH DAY 2010 - April 22nd - 8 PM in Your Time Zone!

Yahoo News
Wed Mar 24, 1:09 pm ET

Africa’s gorillas face bleak future: report
by Marlowe Hood Marlowe Hood

DOHA (AFP) – Illegal logging, mining and poaching for bushmeat are pushing gorillas and other great apes in Africa’s Congo basin ever closer to extinction, according to a report released on Wednesday.

Earlier estimates that the natural habitat of gorillas could shrink by 90 percent within two decades now seem overly optimistic, said the report, compiled jointly by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and international police organisation Interpol.

“With the current accelerated rate of poaching for bushmeat and habitat loss, the gorilla of the Greater Congo Basin may now disappear from most of their present range within 10 to 15 years,” said UNEP’s Christian Nellemann.

World Future Council presents Seven-Point-Plan in Rio de Janeiro
100% Renewable Energy for Cities is possible

Rio de Janeiro/Hamburg, 24.03.2010. Climate change is to a large degree caused by the fossil fuel consumption by cities and is a huge threat to urban areas at the same time. It is alarming that neither industrialised nor developing countries have coherent strategies for efficient, renewable energy supply for their cities. And there is little sign of appropriate, practical measures being taken.

Huffington Post
First Posted: 03-24-10 12:24 PM   |  Updated: 03-24-10 12:48 PM

15 Cities With Most Energy Efficient Buildings (PHOTOS)

A new study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has revealed America’s most energy efficient cities based on buildings and several major cities made the cut. The second annual EPA ratings were calculated based on how many commercial buildings in each city were designated “Energy Star Leaders.”

Today is World Water Day!

“Water is the source of life and the link that binds all living beings on this planet. It is connected directly to improved maternal and child health and life expectancy, women’s empowerment, food security, sustainable development and climate change adaptation and mitigation.” - UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon

Learn more about this year’s WWD theme, water quality at: http://www.worldwaterday.org/

Photograph by Scottyboipdx Weber, National Geographic.

Reuters
Thu Mar 11, 2010 7:13pm EST

Western U.S., Canada go own way on carbon trading - Trade would start Jan 1, 2012
By Peter Henderson

* California and Ontario, Canada are powerhouse economies
* Many details still to be sorted out

SAN FRANCISCO, March 11 (Reuters) - As U.S. prospects for a national climate change bill fade, five U.S. states and Canadian provinces are on track to start a cap-and-trade market for carbon dioxide in 2012, say officials who see fading federal momentum boosting regional efforts.

BBC News
12:46 GMT, Tuesday, 9 March 2010

EU ‘imports’ a third of its carbon emissions
By Richard Black, Environment correspondent, BBC News website

EU emissions are much higher if goods made overseas are included

Rich countries including several EU nations are “importing” about a third of their CO2 emissions, says a study.

US-based researchers used a global trade database to track goods and services, and assigned emissions to the countries where they were used.