Conservation Articles

Newsday - ... by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries on supplies and the decline in value of the U.S. dollar, the currency used worldwide for pricing of oil; when it's worth less, oil costs less outside the United States, discouraging conservation. ...

Globe and Mail - The mental image of pollution that most people carry around in their heads [is] a large spewing smokestack,” said Rick Smith, director of Environmental Defence, a conservation group. “Increasingly, dangerous pollution comes from smaller, more ...

MSN MoneyCentral - He compared that energy-conservation effect to the way a microwave oven heats up food without significantly heating a plate or bowl. Raytheon claims it can retrieve four to five barrels of oil for every barrel of oil consumed in the process. Other ...

St. Petersburg Times - HOLIDAY - Science teacher and Florida gardener Patricia Harvey-Maines conserves water with the passion of an inventor. Inside her Holiday Lake Estates house, she recycles sink water for the plants, installed a shower shutoff for shorter scrub times ...

Forbes - H2O Applied Technologies, which creates energy savings for hospitals and universities by identifying inefficiencies and installing new energy conservation equipment, announced today that it has entered into a contract with Brigham & Women's Hospital ...

MSN MoneyCentral - It's more about conservation and saving money. These cars are perfect for around town driving and saving your gas car for when you need it. There are thousands of families, businesses and government agencies in Texas that could afford these ...

Baltimore Sun - Richards found an ally in Johnson last summer, as they pushed water conservation efforts during a persistent drought. Citizens for a Green Mount Airy encouraged the town to subsidize 55-gallon rain barrels to help residents reduce dependence on city ...

Newsday - Of the world's 394 primate species, 114 are classified as threatened with extinction by the World Conservation Union. The report by Conservation International and the International Primatological Society in Hainan, China, focuses on the plight of the ...

Detroit Free Press - Students are lucky to gain a rudimentary knowledge of issues such as conservation, greenhouse gases and climate change, issues that are rapidly changing the world around them. Teaching students to understand the impact just might entice some of them ...

CNBC - Whether you've lived in Georgia for five months or 50 years, it's easy to see the huge numbers of people moving to the state was going to put the squeeze on our water resources," said Jill Johnson, the interim director of Georgia Conservation Voters. ...