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The leading environmental groups in Russia launched a lawsuit on Friday against the gas and oil giant, Exxon, for threatening the world's last Gray Whale population. There are only around 130 of this amazing species left in the world, and the pipeline that will be constructed in their habitat may hurt these numbers even further.

The Russian government has already approved the plans for the pipeline, but this lawsuit will hopefully cause some sort of injunction against the building of this pipeline.  » read more

Although the environment is not on voters minds as much as the economy these days, to many of us at Greenopolis it is also very important. The current Administration has been far to lax to regulate any environmental issues, and hasn't enacted any legislation that will be an overall help to the environment. » read more

I wrote an article before Palin was announced as the VP choice of McCain that talked about how the ban on aerial hunting was rejected by the voters of Alaska because, in part, of a $400,000 state run campaign . In this article I talked about the aerial hunting of wolves, and tried to get people to sign the petition to ban this barbaric practice. Then I let everyone know that Palin was the one who was behind this horrible practice. » read more

Venture Capitalists are taking notice of Presidential hopeful Barack Obama's in depth energy plan that centers around renewable energy. In Obama's energy plan, he pledges to help create five million new jobs by investing $150 billion over the next ten years in clean, renewable energy. It's his commitment, as well as his overall lead in the polls that have VC's ready and willing to pony up their own money to get in on this new "CleanTech" revolution. » read more

Some terms used when speaking about old forests are: old growth forest, primary forest, ancient forest, virgin forest, primeval forest, frontier forest or Ancient Woodland. The reason these old forests are important is because they contain unique biological features with large live trees, large dead trees, a large variety of vegetation, insects and animals species. They are often home to rare species, threatened species and endangered species of plants and animals, making them ecologically significant.

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As the economy continues to worsen, more people are being evicted, going into foreclosure and selling their homes. All over the US people are having to give up their pets because of the struggling economy, and people simply cannot afford to care for them anymore.This has lead to a near epidemic status of pets that are being abandoned and given to the Humane Society. In Missouri alone, The Central Missouri Humane Society is reporting that they have taken in 5430 animals so far this year. » read more

The "Green Burial" movement has been spreading since its conception with the first eco-cemetery which was located at Carlisle Cemetery in the United Kingdom in 1993. The idea behind a green burial is that you are not polluting nature with formaldehyde, using a bio-degradable casket or shroud, avoiding the use of wood altogether.

Now, a cemetery in Richmond New Hampshire is offering environmentally friendly green burials. » read more

The US and world economy has been at the forefront of everyone's thoughts these days with the catastrophic Wall Street crash, foreclosures, and the recent government bailouts of financial giants. One thing that many are not thinking about when looking at the US economy is how by investing in clean energy technologies today, we will not only be securing our energy independence for the future, but also create a new mega giant industry. » read more

Philip E. Clapp (not to be confused with Johnny Knoxville, Philip John Clapp) was an active environmentalist who helped bring high-powered business lobbying to issues like climate change, so that they received pubic and governmental attention. Clapp lived in Washington D.C and was the head of the legislative practice of a large Washington law firm, as well as a consultant on mergers and acquisitions to investment banking firms before he founded the National Environmental Trust in 1994. » read more

To many conservationists and earthy people, the need for a low flow toilet was replaced long ago by the motto: "If it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down." In today's society, however, there has been a real need for low flow toilets with major shortages of water on the horizon. All new toilets must use a maximum of 1.6 gallons of water per flush, because of government regulations in the US, but is this good enough?

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