Recent Conservation Articles page 2

Seattle Times - Group Health started the program after learning that four out of five consumers surveyed by Washington Citizens for Resource Conservation said they would return unused medicines to their local pharmacy. Because federal law doesn't allow consumers to ...

Forbes - One of the largest deals of the fourth quarter of 2007 belonged to Palo Alto, Calif., energy conservation company Project Better Place, which raised a $200 million first round. Also seeing significant growth as a whole was the health care industry ...

Boston Globe - Seth Kaplan, vice president for climate advocacy for the Conservation Law Foundation, an advocacy group, wants the state to focus on transportation, which he says has the potential to emit vast more greenhouse gas in the future. And, he wants state ...

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 ...

BBC News - Conservation groups say they have found an unusual threat to East Africa's wildlife - hunting by hungry refugees. A report from the wildlife trade monitoring body Traffic says wild meat is covertly traded, cooked and consumed in Tanzanian refugee ...

St. Petersburg Times - The community has set aside more than half of its 2,000 acres for conservation, upland habitats, parks and common areas. For information on Seven Oaks or Crown Community Development, call Teri McGinnis at 813 994-2277 or visit crown-sevenoaks.com. ...

St. Petersburg Times - It is legal to hook a goliath as long as you release it as quickly as possible, preferably by cutting the line, said Lee Schlesinger, spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. But don't delay the release. Last year, Max ...

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 ...

St. Petersburg Times - On behalf of the Hernando Audubon Society's Conservation Committee, we wanted to say thank you to all the residents in Hernando County who got involved in working to strengthen our county's landscape ordinance. We also wanted to thank the County ...

Atlanta Journal Constitution - Fast-growing Forsyth County hasn't been able to slow down its water use to meet the governor's edict on conservation. The county, known for its high-end housing and plush green lawns, failed in November and December to cut its water use by 10 percent ...