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Bumper Crop of Kemps Turtles is Encouraging, Relocation Efforts in Gulf a Success
Kemp's Ridley sea turtles are considered the most endangered sea turtle in the world, and are exceedingly rare visitors on North Carolina beaches. Yet...
Cleanup of Toxic Superfund Site Completed in New Jersey
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has successfully completed cleanup work at the Asbestos Dump Superfund site in Morris County, New Jersey, which is adjacent...
Tennessee Purple Coneflower No Longer Endangered: An Environmental Success Story
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed removing the Tennessee purple coneflower from the list of threatened and endangered species, marking the success...
Wildlife Officials to Save 70,000 Gulf Sea Turtle Eggs With FedEx Trucks
Gulf Coast rescuers are hatching a daring plan to save as many as 70,000 sea turtle eggs from the fouled water along Florida's...
Obama Pledges Full Force For Oil Cleanup, Tripling Personnel in the Region
The President made his second trip to the Gulf Coast Friday announcing his administration had tripled the manpower along the shoreline, beefing up a...
4000 Sea Turtles Saved from Florida Frost
Upward of 4,000 sea turtles were rescued within days of a severe cold snap hitting Florida, which stunned the turtles into a chilled...
Sierra Club List of Successes in 2009
The Sierra Club, its volunteers, supporters, and petitions, helped demand progress in conservation policies across the U.S. in 2009. Here are some of...
Brown Pelican Soars off US Endangered List
After 40 years on the brink of extinction, the brown pelican has fully recovered and is being removed from the list of threatened and...
Unlikely Lobbyists: Hunters and Anglers Push for Action on Climate Bill
An unlikely lobbying group is pressing the U.S. Senate to curb greenhouse gas emissions: American hunting and fishing groups, mostly Republicans, representing tens...
US Restores Texas Wetlands Out of Toxic Stew
More than 2,500 acres of coastal wetlands have been restored and enhanced in Port Arthur, Texas, as a result of a cooperative agreement between...
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...
Ground Zero in Timber Wars Shows Signs of Peace
A corner has been turned after decades of Northwest timber wars, thanks to a new focus on preventing wildfires and global warming, along...
Alaska’s Rat Island Finally Rat-Free After 229 Years
Alaska's Rat Island is finally rat-free, 229 years after a Japanese shipwreck spilled rampaging rodents onto the remote Aleutian island, decimating the local...
Sturgeon Return to Spawn in Detroit River Thanks to Artificial Reef
For the first time in almost 40 years lake sturgeon have spawned in the Detroit River, thanks to an international reef construction effort completed...
Bush-era Endangered Species Rule Revoked
The Obama administration last week revoked a rule enacted toward the end of the Bush administration that it said undermined protections under the...
Judge Sides With Environmentalists in Mexican Wolf Case
With only 52 Mexican gray wolves remaining in the American Southwest, a decision by a federal judge gives these native inhabitants a fighting...
Florida Panther Numbers on the Rise
Encouraging news about the elusive Florida panther is found in a new report released by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which...
Corporations Making a Positive Difference
Ford, Coca Cola, and Bayer, among other companies, actively demonstrate they care about people and the planet. Here are some examples of how corporations...
Florida Encouraging Sea Scallop Population
"This summer, Sarasota County is partnering with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute to plant a future population of local sea scallops hoping...
EARTH ALERT ’08: Top Ten Good News for the Earth
Happy Earth Day! Here are the top ten good news stories for the environment... Since the first Earth Day in 1970, air quality has...