May 2011

Infographic titled “International Conservation is Key to National Security” with icons and text highlighting how wildlife protection abroad supports U.S. stability, combats trafficking, and builds alliances.

Wildlife Conservation WCS and the Fight Against Trafficking

greenlivingguy15 years ago9 months ago03 mins

Wildlife Conservation Society Executive Vice President of Public Affairs John Calvelli emphasized today the connection between protecting wildlife abroad with economic and national security at home. He made this connection while testifying about the Fiscal Year 2012 budget before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior.
Calvelli testified that international conservation programs create job opportunities and development within often unstable regions, reducing the chances of conflict while also opening up potential outlets for U.S. trade. Domestically, landscape scale conservation, such as the Special Areas of the National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska, is especially important in balancing wildlife conservation with energy development and subsistence hunting practices of first nations.
“I thank the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Chairman Mike Simpson (R-ID) and Ranking Member James P. Moran (D-VA) for the opportunity to testify to the importance of these programs on America’s economic and national security,” said Calvelli. “In addition to the trade and national security impacts, U.S. investment is critical to maintaining our place as global position as a conservation leader.”

Let’s All Unfriend Coal Around the World, Creatively

greenlivingguy15 years ago7 years ago02 mins

Blogpost by Jodie Van Horn
The Facebook: Unfriend Coal campaign, much like the company at the center of it, has quickly spread across the globe. Perhaps this is because so many young people, early adopters of the platform and avid social networkers, also care deeply about the environment. Ironically, the quickness with which the campaign to get Facebook to go coal-free has gone global can largely be attributed to its use.
A tremendous international response to the Unfriend Coal campaign has made it clear that no matter where people use Facebook to find lost acquaintances, post photos, or keep up with friends, they would prefer to do so on a clean and renewably powered platform. This message has been conveyed to the company in many ways, always creative and often quite funny.

Deepwater Drilling After the Horizon Disaster

greenlivingguy15 years ago11 months ago03 mins

The Interior Department announced that deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico will resume for the first time since this past summer’s catastrophic oil spill left over 200 million gallons of oil in the Gulf and 11 workers and thousands of marine life dead.
The first drilling permit was granted to Houston-based Noble Energy, who will resume drilling their Santiago well 70 miles off the coast of Louisiana within the next month. Noble’s Santiago well is actually deeper the BP well that exploded this past April, with over 13,000 feet already drilled before the spill and approximately 5,500 more to go.