ONLY GOOD NEWS
FEBRUARY/MAY 2012 -- VOLUME TWENTY ~ NUMBER ONE -- PUBLISHED: 8 feb 2012
ONLY GOOD NEWS INDEX: NATIONAL SOLAR ENERGY PLAN / WE CAN GET TO U.S. ENERGY INDEPENDENCE -- AND GET IT RIGHT / DEEPWATER HORIZON REPORT HIGHLIGHTS UNADRESSED RISKS / NEW CLEAN AIR ACT PROTECTIONS / GREEN SOLAR AND WIND POWER / NRDC SMART GROWTH / NRDC! > TAKE ACTION! / BECOME AN NRDC BIOGEMS DEFENDER! / AMERICAN FORESTS / FORESTS FOR FIFTY / NATURE'S VOICE / VICTORY FOR BELUGAS / LANDMARK AGREEMENT MOVES 757 SPECIES TOWARD FEDERAL PROTECTION / CALIFORNIA PROTECTS VANISHING HIGH SIERRA AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FROGS / MEXICAN GRAY WOLF NUMBERS INCREASE / A JAGUAR AGAIN ROAMS SOUTHERN ARIZONA / ENDANGERED WOODLAND CARIBOU WIN CRITICAL HABITAT / BEAUTIFUL HAWAIIAN BIRD ONE STEP CLOSER TO ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PROTECTION / MORE THAN 40,000 SQUARE MILES PROTECTED FOR PACIFIC LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLES / SOME GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS / GREEN MATTERS: GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS FROM PALAU / THE PUSH FOR SUSTAINABLE COOKIES ISN’T OVER YET / POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT NEWS / MORE GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS / RAINBOW OF COLORFUL CRITTERS DISCOVERED IN SURINAME / GOOD NEWS NETWORK / HAPPY NEWS
ROPER WISDOM: is the court jester in contempt of court?
NATIONAL SOLAR ENERGY PLAN
http://www.nrdc.org/media/2012/120130.asp
We Can Get to U.S. Energy Independence -- and Get It Right
http://www.nrdc.org/media/2012/120124.asp
"Home-grown sources of energy certainly are preferable to imports, especially from unstable regions of the world. But as the president noted, feeding our addiction to fossil fuels is not the long-term solution; we need to embrace renewable sources of energy with even greater fervor as well as energy efficiency. That's the path to a healthier, cleaner and more prosperous world. We all want American energy independence. But let’s do it right"...
DEEPWATER HORIZON REPORT HIGHLIGHTS UNADRESSED RISKS OF OCEAN DRILLING
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2011/gulf-disaster-12-14-2011.html
NEW CLEAN AIR ACT PROTECTIONS TACKLE DEADLY MERCURY POLLUTION
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2011/power-plant-pollutants-12-21-2011.html
GREEN SOLAR AND WIND POWER
http://www.solar-green-wind.com/archives/tag/pv-cells
NRDC SMART GROWTH
http://www.nrdc.org/smartgrowth/default.asp
NRDC! > TAKE ACTION!
http://www.nrdc.org/action/
BECOME AN NRDC BIOGEMS DEFENDER!
http://www.savebiogems.org/defenders/
AMERICAN FORESTS
http://www.americanforests.org/
FORESTS FOR FIFTY
http://www.americanforests.org/our-programs/global-releaf-projects/forests-for-fifty/
NATURE'S VOICE
http://www.nrdc.org/naturesvoice/default.asp
VICTORY FOR BELUGAS
http://www.nrdc.org/naturesvoice/news1.asp
LANDMARK AGREEMENT MOVES 757 SPECIES TOWARD FEDERAL PROTECTION
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/biodiversity/species_agreement/index.html
CALIFORNIA PROTECTS VANISHING HIGH SIERRA
AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FROGS UNDER STATE ENDANGERED SPECIES http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2012/mountain-yellow-legged-frog-02-02-2012.html
The California Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously to designate two species of native frogs inhabiting high-elevation lakes in the Sierra Nevada and Southern California mountain ranges as threatened and endangered species under the state’s Endangered Species Act...
MEXICAN GRAY WOLF NUMBERS INCREASE FOR SECOND YEAR IN A ROW http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2012/mexican-gray-wolves-02-03-2012.html
Mexican Grey Wolf pup births boosted the number of endangered Mexican gray wolves in the wild in the Southwest for the second year in a row, according to a new census conducted by federal, state and tribal agencies...
A JAGUAR AGAIN ROAMS SOUTHERN ARIZONA
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2011/jaguar-11-21-2011.html
ENDANGERED WOODLAND CARIBOU WIN CRITICAL HABITAT http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2011/woodland-caribou-11-29-2011.html
BEAUTIFUL HAWAIIAN BIRD ONE STEP CLOSER TO ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PROTECTION http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2012/iiwi-01-23-2012.html
MORE THAN 40,000 SQUARE MILES PROTECTED FOR PACIFIC LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLES
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2012/leatherback-sea-turtle-01-20-2012.html
The National Marine Fisheries Service finalized protection of 40,000 square miles of protected critical ocean habitat off the shores of Washington, Oregon and California today for the endangered Pacific leatherback sea turtle. The final rule establishes critical habitat in areas where leatherbacks feed on jellyfish after swimming 6,000 miles across the ocean from nests in Indonesia. This is the first permanent safe haven for leatherbacks designated in continental U.S. waters and the largest area set aside to protect sea turtle habitat in the United States or its territories...
SOME GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
http://ecolocalizer.com/2010/10/11/some-good-environmental-news/
GREEN MATTERS: GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS FROM PALAU
http://www.adventure-journal.com/2010/11/green-matters-good-environmental-news-from-palau/
THE PUSH FOR SUSTAINABLE COOKIES ISN’T OVER YET
http://grist.org/sustainable-food/scouts-honor-the-push-for-sustainable-cookies-isnt-over-yet/
POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT NEWS
http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/categories/news/Environment
RAINBOW OF COLORFUL CRITTERS DISCOVERED IN SURINAME
http://www.happynews.com/news/1252012/rainbow-colorful-critters-discovered-suriname.htm
GOOD NEWS NETWORK
http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/
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HAPPY NEWS
http://www.happynews.com/