Topic: Rainforest Action Network

Feeling down because oil companies are destroying the planet and there's nothing you can do? Tens of thousands of people who support clean energy and oppose offshore drilling are expected to participate in Hands Across the Sand events across the country and ...

Sierra Club's new chief likes pressuring companies

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The venerable Sierra Club on Wednesday appointed a 38-year-old executive director with a history of getting big companies to sign onto environmental efforts and a focus on climate change.California-based Sierra Club is one of the biggest U.S. environmental ...
Environmentalists staging nationwide protests in battle to end mountaintop removal miningActivists with Mountain Justice, Rainforest Action Network and other groups planned protests at Environmental Protection Agency headquarters and across the country Friday to demand the end of mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia.An ...
EPA to delay 79 mountaintop coal mining permits in 4 states, citing risk to water qualityPresident Barack Obama's administration put the brakes on 79 applications for surface coal mining permits in four states Wednesday, saying they would violate the Clean Water Act.The ...

Eco-Friendly Brides: Favors

For environmentally conscious brides, giving your guests favors doesn't have to be a challenge. Consider using shells as a favor idea. You can easily make satchels of potpourri and attach a tag letting your guests know about the significance of the chosen ...