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Law.com
April 28, 2018
The party, citing the Eleventh Circuit's 2008 ruling in Florida State Conference of the NAACP v. Browning, said it was not required to “name names” in order to demonstrate standing. Carnes, however, said the Supreme Court in its 2009 ruling, Summers v. Earth Island Institute, largely rejected that theory.
Earth Island Journal
April 26, 2018
On beaches from North Carolina to Texas and throughout the wider Caribbean, one of nature's great seasonal events is underway. Adult female sea turtles are crawling out of the ocean, digging deep holes in the sand and laying eggs. After about 60 days turtle hatchlings will emerge and head for theÃâà...
Solomon Star
April 26, 2018
He also commended Wilfred Luiramo, a young and energetic champion of the famous social media group, the Forum Solomon Islands International (FSII), for his confidence in the engagements for change. Mr Makili is a former Regional Director of the Earth Island Institute (EII) – an environmental CampaignÃâà...
Earth Island Journal
April 10, 2018
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Earth Island Journal
April 4, 2018
They just don't care to learn,” says Chad Hanson, cofounder of the Earth Island Institute's John Muir Project, which advocates for the ecological management of forestlands, especially ones that have been severely degraded and damaged by decades of commercial logging and fire suppression measures.
Earth Island Journal
March 23, 2018
The US military has plans to create genetically modified marine organisms that can be used as underwater spies for the military. Fantastic as this idea may seem, the Pentagon's research arm, DARPA (or Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), has actually launched a new program that aims to tapÃâà...
Earth Island Journal
March 14, 2018
A unique hatchery program is keeping the Rio Grande's silvery minnow alive. But the long-term fate of this tiny fish is uncertain. When irrigation was introduced to New Mexico, principally by the Spanish four centuries ago, the Rio Grande began its long decline from a wild, free-flowing river to a channeledÃâà...
Earth Island Journal
March 8, 2018
On a chilly late October morning Peter Pollard and an assistant ventured out from the upstate village of Fair Haven, NY onto the waters of Lake Ontario's Little Sodus Bay aboard this writer's 22-foot boat. They anchored in a somewhat protected cove in eight meters of water, and Pollard lowered a smallÃâà...
Earth Island Journal
March 1, 2018
Gina Lopez isn't your average environmental crusader. Born to a wealthy family that owns the Philippines' largest media company, ABS-CBN Corporation, she hobnobs with the very mining barons whose business practices she's fighting. As a young adult, however, Lopez eschewed the family business. She spent some 20Ãâà...
Earth Island Journal
March 1, 2018
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Earth Island Journal
March 1, 2018
Can a pioneering bonobo rehabilitation project serve as a blueprint for community-driven conservation in Central Africa? By Christopher Clark Ãâ÷ photo of an ape wading in a river photo Christopher Clark In June 2009, Amis des Bonobo, for the first time, released a group of nine captive bonobos from itsÃâà...
Earth Island Journal
March 1, 2018
Last year was challenging on many levels. Projects and programs designed to preserve and protect national treasures and create an inclusive global mindset came under threat. Our vision of a global village, with myriad cultures and traditions sharing technology and resources, has become far more difficult to cultivate.
Earth Island Journal
March 1, 2018
The Mississippi Farm to School Network connects farmers with schools to bring fresh Mississippi products to school cafeterias. The nonprofit seeks to strengthen the local agricultural economy and educate Mississippians on the importance of eating locally grown, nutritionally dense foods. photo of a carrot harvestÃâà...
Earth Island Journal
March 1, 2018
Coral reef die offs; “bomb cyclones” and historic wildfire blazes from the easternmost United States to the Pacific coast; Arctic ice melting faster than models predicted. Persistent bigotry in the highest halls of government; rampant sexual harassment and abuse – the list of dismal news goes on and on. Up against it all,Ãâà...
Earth Island Journal
March 1, 2018
The statistics are startling. The World Wildlife Fund estimates that the global population of wild animals dropped by half between 1970 and 2010. An important driver of that precipitous decline has been the illegal trade in wildlife, valued at between $7 and $23 billion a year. The Extinction Market , by author VandaÃâà...
Earth Island Journal
March 1, 2018
When he landed on the Hadley-Apennine region of the moon in 1971, Apollo 15 astronaut Dave Scott said: “As I stand out here in the wonders of the unknown at Hadley, I sort of realize there's a fundamental truth to our nature: Man must explore.” Undeniably, the desire to push beyond the limits of what is known has shapedÃâà...
Earth Island Journal
December 1, 2017
Thank you for your article “America's Toxic Prisons” (Summer 2017). I have been doing a lot of research on valley fever and California prisons since my sister-in-law's brother contracted it shortly after becoming a prisoner at Taft Correctional Institution in California. When he became sick, he pleaded for medical help for twoÃâà...
Eco Warrior Princess (blog)
December 31, 1999
... of the Earth (FoE) in 1969 (which has become a prominant environmental organisation now located in over 50 countries), the League of Conservation Voters, the John Muir Institute for Environmental Studies, Earth Island Institute, North Cascades Conservation Council, and Fate of the Earth Conferences.
North Bay Bohemian
December 31, 1999
Music by Whitebear, Acoustic Songs of Love for the Earth Dr. Chad Hanson, Director and Chief Ecologist of Earth Island Institute's John Muir Project and author of The Ecological Importance of Mixed‐Severity Fires will talk on fire ecology. Tickets: $50 salmon/$35 portobello/veggie before June 15. $60 /$45 veggie after JuneÃâà...
