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Blue Whales Put on Rare Show off Southern Calif Coast (Video)
Ten years ago seeing any blue whales in Southern California would have been rare. This year already, there has been more than 500 sightings...
Court Upholds Protection for Polar Bears
A federal judge today upheld a May 2008 decision that polar bears throughout their range should be protected as a “threatened” species under the...
CA Transportation Officials Protect Falcons Nesting on Job Site
Amidst major renovation work on the Dumbarton Bridge spanning San Francisco Bay, officials with the California Department of Transportation are taking every precaution not...
Senate Rejects House Attempt to Roll Back Environmental Laws
The U.S. Senate yesterday rejected the House of Representative’s attempt to roll back some of the nation’s laws protecting public health and the environment....
US Plucks Tiny Daisy from Brink of Extinction
The tiny Maguire daisy, which grows in the desert southwest of the United States, has been plucked from the edge of extinction after a...
20,000 People Boycott Bluefin Sushi to Help Save Majestic Tuna
More than 20,000 people have agreed to boycott bluefin tuna as part of a campaign to save the fish, driven to the brink of...
US Interior Department Sets Aside ‘Critical Habitat’ for Alaskan Polar Bears
The Obama Administration this week designated more than 187,000 square miles along the north coast of Alaska as “critical habitat” for the polar bear,...
Russia to Create National Parks and Reserves Nearly Size of Switzerland
Polar bears, walruses, sea otters, and other endangered species are all set to benefit from a Russian decision to boost its national protected...
40 Victories Since the First Earth Day: 40th Anniversary Timeline
Since the first Earth Day 40 years ago, America has become a cleaner, safer, more beautiful place with less pollution, more pristine rivers, fewer...
It’s National Cell Phone Recycling Week!
Last year, Americans turned in 11.7 million used cell phones, because recycling phones, PDAs, chargers, and batteries is so simple -- easier than buying...
Wildlife Roundup: the Good News
Here is a monthly summary from the Director of the Endangered Species Project featuring all the reasons to have a little hope about wildlife...
Texas Rancher An Unlikely Environmentalist
Ranchers in central Texas aren't known for their fondness for government regulation or the Endangered Species Act. But one rancher — a...
Good News in Race to Save Tasmanian Devils
Fierce as they are, Tasmanian devils cannot beat a contagious cancer that threatens to wipe them out. Now scientists think they've found the disease's...
Top Ten Good News Stories of 2009
Despite what may be your immediate impression of 2009, overall it was a great year. Looking back, one can be grateful that the economy...
Lower-pitched Whale Wails May be Good News
The great, echoing moans of blue whales have gradually grown lower in pitch over the last few decades, and scientists say that could...
White Rhino Comeback- a Success Story That Gives Hope
(Highlighting the best news of the decade with this video from 2008)
Africa's white rhinos were driven to the brink of extinction in the early...
Federal Court Overturns Bush Administration Logging Rule
Protections were restored this week to 193 million acres of national forest by a federal court that struck down the Bush administration policy of...
Disney Joins Forces with The Nature Conservancy to Plant 2.7 Million Trees
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures has arranged with The Nature Conservancy to plant 2.7 million trees in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, one of the...
6000 Rare River Dolphins Found Off Bangladesh
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has discovered a huge population of rare dolphins in South Asia. Nearly 6,000 Irrawaddy dolphins, which are related to...
Company Gives More Than Half Its Profits to Charity
What’s in a name? When it comes to the California-based office products firm, Give Something Back, almost everything. GSB gives back more than half...