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UN Report Stresses the Need to Provide Access to Clean Energy to the World's Poor
 John Christensen
According to the new report from the UN, the lack of access to modern energy is a significant barrier to economic development. Today, more than 1.6 billion people worldwide have no access to electricity and close to one billion people depend on firewood, etc. as their energy supply for cooking and heating.
 Gulf of Mexico Spill Inspires Digitally Produced "Oil Paintings"
 Cliff Kuang
Well that didn't take long. The disastrous spill in the Gulf of Mexico has inspired its first artistic masterpiece: Deep Horizon, a series of "oil paintings" created by digital artist Ubermorgan.
BP Touts Itself as 'Green,' But Faces PR Disaster with 'BP Oil Spill'
 Paul Farhi
What do you call a gigantic man-made disaster that is threatening to despoil the ecosystems and wreck the economies of the Gulf Coast? The answer is important, if you happen to be one of the companies responsible for it.
Bolivia Throws Down Gauntlet, Demands Real Climate Action
 Max Ajl
It was a rounding error: 3, 3.5 million dollars, the amount of funding in climate aid that the United States had taken away from Bolivia, in explicit retribution for Bolivia's filibuster at the Copenhagen Summit this past December, when along with Venezuela, the Sudan, Nicaragua and Ecuador, it effectively scuppered the Copenhagen accords.
First Annual Punta Sayulita Classic Benefits Conservation of Local Reefs
 PR Log
The 1st Annual Punta Sayulita Longboard & SUP Classic was held on April 17 - 18 in Sayulita, Mexico. Proceeds benefitted the Reef Check and Punta Sayulita Foundations.
Holiday Homes, Hotels Endangering Ecotourism
 Daniel Zueras
The boom in construction projects on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica is threatening biodiversity and compromising the future of the country's widely promoted ecological tourism, says a study by Costa Rican and U.S. scientists.
Current Timeline to Shut Down Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: Three Months
 Mark Sappenfield
Federal officials speaking about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill Sunday morning appeared to be steeling the Louisiana coast – and the nation – for consequences that could be “catastrophic.”
Grand Miramar Puerto Vallarta Goes "Verde"
 PR.com
Grand Miramar Resort and Spa of Puerto Vallarta has announced today the property has begun to use LED lights exclusively, in an effort to reduce electric consumption and it's environmental footprint.
Ten Animals Most at Risk From Gulf Oil Spill
 Julia Kumari Drapkin
Oil is spreading across the Gulf of Mexico — the result of the sinking of an oil rig last week. A spill of this magnitude so close to the wetlands, estuaries and national fisheries of south Louisiana is unprecedented.
Germany, Mexico Trying to Push Climate Talks Ahead
 Verena Schmitt-Roschmann
Five months after the troubled United Nations conference in Copenhagen, Germany and Mexico are teaming up in an effort to break the deadlock in negotiations on a global climate deal.
After Ten-Year Battle, First US Offshore Wind Farm Approved
 Renee Schoof
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Wednesday approved the nation's first offshore wind farm, the 130-turbine Cape Wind project off Cape Cod, Mass., and said that the power of strong winds over the Atlantic Ocean would be an important part of the U.S. drive to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.
Mexico City Pollution Affects Young Hearts
 RedOrbit.com
A post-mortem study of the hearts of 21 young people in Mexico City has found that the heart begins to show the adverse effects of air pollution at a young age and that tiny bits of inactivated bacteria that hitch a ride on pollutants may make the problem worse.
Survey Reports Latest US Honey Bee Losses
 Kim Kaplan
Losses of managed honey bee colonies nationwide totaled 33.8 percent from all causes from October 2009 to April 2010, according to a survey conducted by the Apiary Inspectors of America (AIA) and the Agricultural Research Service (ARS).
Sewage Treatment Plant Opening Big Step Forward for Baja Region
 Jose Luis Jiménez
With the opening Tuesday of the La Morita sewage treatment plant in Tijuana, officials said the region will soon treat 90 percent of its wastewater.
Commemorating Earth Day on the Rio Cuale
 Gretchen DeWitt
Members of the PEACE, Rivera Cuale and PV Pulse teams, along with a group of adult and children volunteers, celebrated Earth Day early this year by participating in a river clean-up project, which took place along a two-mile stretch of Puerto Vallarta's Rio Cuale on Sunday, April 18th.
 Bolivia's Resource Dilemma
 The Real News Network
Historic summit closes in Bolivia, while government grapples with it's global leadership on environmental issues. Bolivia's social spending is largely due to destructive exploitation projects. A problem faced by many countries, Bolivia has an answer, it's called climate debt.
Bolivia: Climate Conference Agreement Upholds Rights of Indigenous Peoples
 Brenda Norrell
The World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth culminated Thursday and released the final declaration, the Agreement of the Peoples, calling for the establishment of an International Climate Court to prosecute polluters, condemning REDD and holding polluters responsible for their climate debt.
Recicla Parque Projects in Nayarit
 Nicole Majewski
During the upcoming weekends, the PEACE team, in collaboration with Entreamigos, hundreds of volunteers and the local community, will build four recycled parks for four different schools in the Punta Mita area. We will build the first park on April 24th and three parks in one day on May 8th.
Paul Ehrlich, Stephanie Mills, Denis Hayes: Counting Wins and Losses on Earth Day
 Lewis Beale
Three prominent environmental activists reflect on the state of the American green movement for the 40th anniversary of Earth Day.
Save the Planet from Capitalism, Morales Say
 Franz Chávez
Activists meeting at the people's conference on climate change in this Bolivian city booed a message from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon but cheered at host President Evo Morales's chant of "planet or death!"
Mexico City Offers Bikes in Its Clean Air Campaign
 Martha Mendoza
With its scofflaw drivers, gridlocked traffic and cobblestoned downtown, Mexico City isn't the most bicycle-friendly place. But residents are being asked to take the risk for Madre Tierra as part of a larger campaign that leaders hope will clean up this 700-year-old metropolis.
Garbage: 5 Things You Didn't Know
 Ross Bonander
Trash, litter or garbage - what you call it isn't as important as where you put it: in streets, streams, habitats, the atmosphere, and sometimes in places it might even belong, such as landfills.
Bucerias Celebrates Earth Day
 Becci Burchett
Celebrate the first ever Earth Day in Plaza Central de Bucerías from 10 am to 5 pm on Thursday, April 22, 2010. There will be activities for all ages ranging from ecology presentations & exhibitions to children’s art workshops.
New Orchid Conservatory to Rise at VBG
 vallartabotanicalgardensac.org
A long term goal is about to be realized at the Vallarta Botanical Gardens, as ground breaking begins on the Conservatory to house the National Collection of Mexican Orchids, the largest collection of native Mexican Orchids on public display anywhere in the country.
Shrimp Caught Up in Environmental Restrictions
 Emilio Godoy
By the time the shrimp season opens again in the fall, Mexico's fleet hopes to have regained certification to export shrimp harvested on the open sea to the United States, which it lost Tuesday. To do so, shrimpers will have to prove they meet sea turtle protection standards.
Bayer Admits GMO Contamination Out of Control
 NaturalNews
Drug and chemical giant Bayer AG has admitted that there is no way to stop the uncontrolled spread of its genetically modified crops.
A 2nd Garbage Patch: Plastic Soup Seen in Atlantic
 Mike Melia
Researchers are warning of a new blight on the ocean: a swirl of confetti-like plastic debris stretching over thousands of square miles (kilometers) in a remote expanse of the Atlantic Ocean.
Climate Bible Gets 21 'F's on Report Card
 No Frakking Consensus
21 of 44 chapters in the United Nations' Nobel-winning climate bible earned an F on a report card we are releasing today. Forty citizen auditors from 12 countries examined 18,531 sources cited in the report – finding 5,587 to be not peer-reviewed.
US Slaps Bolivia and Ecuador
 Brenda Norrell
As Bolivia prepares for the World Peoples' Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, the US has pulled out its daggers, slicing millions of dollars in climate change funds to Bolivia and Ecuador, a slap in the face to countries who do not support the dismal Copenhagen accord.
Brazil: A Tragedy of Local and Global Dimensions
Fabiana Frayssinet
The people who live in the favela of Guararapes are probably unaware that the heavy rains that forced them to flee their homes were caused by a phenomenon that is affecting the whole planet: global warming.
More Mexico-Centered Quakes Shake Border Region
 Andrew Kleske
Several earthquakes in Mexico Thursday, including a 5.3 magnitude quake at 9:44 a.m., could be felt in San Diego. Automated USGS seismographs indicate a magnitude 5.3 quake hit 30 miles south-southeast of Mexicali while a 4.5 magnitude quake hit about 18 miles west-southwest of Mexicali an hour earlier.
Genetically Engineered ‘EnviroPig’ Waiting for Approval in US and Canada
 Aaron Saenz
In the race to genetically engineer food that is tastier and cheaper, Canada’s University of Guelph is instead finding a way to produce meat that may be more environmentally friendly.
U.S. Forecaster Sees Increased 2010 Hurricane Threat
 Tom Brown
The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season will produce an above-average eight hurricanes, four of them major, posing a heightened threat to the U.S. coastline, the Colorado State University hurricane forecasting team predicted Wednesday.
Ayurveda Out of Balance: 93 Percent of Medicinal Plants Threatened with Extinction
 John Platt
Traditional Ayurvedic medicine could face an uncertain future as 93 percent of the wild plants used in the practice are threatened with extinction due to overexploitation, the Times of India reports.
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