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EARTH ‘ S natural resources are being used 25 per cent faster than the planet can renew them, analysis by conservation group WWF indicates. Measurements of crop yields, carbon dioxide emissions, fishing and the use of forests suggest that mankind ‘ s ecological footprint is too big to be sustained. Since 1961, it has more…

[ Virginia ] Aiming to ensure that today ‘ s forest lands are there for tomorrow ‘ s generations, Xerox Corporation has invested $1 million in an innovative partnership with The Nature Conservancy …The investment – the largest Xerox has ever made in an environmental partnership – will develop science-based tools, practices and systems that…

Over the last decade forestry certification has become a tool used around the world to encourage and recognize well-managed forestry operations. Since pioneering global forest certification in 1989, the Rainforest Alliance has helped the public identify good forestry operations through certification. Now, in collaboration with logging and forestry professionals, the Rainforest Alliance’s SmartWood program is…

[ Canada ] The P.E.I. government wants to expand its forestry industry beyond softwood lumber. Strategies in a new government policy include increasing the focus on finished products such as flooring and furniture, as well as non-timber products such as food and pharmaceuticals. The Island government owns about 15 per cent of the province ‘…

SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Shepherdstown has become the only municipality in coal-producing West Virginia to support a global greenhouse gas agreement. Town Council voted Tuesday to sign on to the U.S. Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement, which asks state and federal governments to uphold the standards of the Kyoto Protocol, which obliges 35 industrial nations to…

November 15, 2006 — By the Center for Biological Diversity SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — A coalition of conservation groups filed suit today against the Bush administration over its refusal to complete a National Assessment of the impact of global warming on the environment, economy, human health and human safety. The assessment, due in November 2004,…

[ Oregon ] The general disappearance of cougars from a portion of Zion National Park in the past 70 years has allowed deer populations to dramatically increase, leading to severe ecological damage, loss of cottonwood trees, eroding streambanks, and declining biodiversity. This “trophic cascade” of environmental degradation, all linked to the decline of a major…

Introducing the Green 50, a collection of entrepreneurial companies that are showing what it means to run good businesses, attack the most pressing problems of our time–and make serious cash along the way. Since the 1940s, the Collins Cos. has used responsible forestry practices. The Portland, Oregon-based company, which owns some 300,000 acres of land…

Office Depot, a leading global provider of office products and services, for the first time is customizing The Green Book(TM) catalog of environmentally preferable products in six country-specific versions. “Office Depot first launched The Green Book in the United States in 2003 to see if simplifying the green purchasing experience would be of value to…

Allen Johnson and Granny D Dear Supporters of Christians For The Mountains, Although it’s been a while since the last update, lots has been going on… The Mountain Mourning Collection DVD has just been re-mastered with brilliant color photos on the DVD and inserts. Our producer received just a few days ago a 1000 copy…