Earth Day- Positive News Headlines on Our Environment

April 21, 2011 - PRLog -- Earth  Day is a day to bring awareness to our environment and appreciate our natural resources. Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, founded the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. His focus was on the Untied States, but Denis Hayes coordinated a national organization in 1990 which was held in 141 nations. Today, earth Day is coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network and has more than 175 countries that participate in its celebration.

In honor of Earth Day 2011 I decided to find some positive news headlines to share with you. Happy Earth Day!


Relocated Gulf pelicans return to old, new homes

One year After The Gulf Oil Spills

   * At least one Georgia-released pelican has been spotted back on the gulf coast. Two pelicans that were released in Texas have also found their way back to Louisiana, according to Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research. ~by CBS News

Gulf Oil Spill Surprises: 6 Things Experts Got Wrong

by: National Geographic, Brian Handwerk

   * Mother Nature Cleaned Up Oil Quickly
   * Fisheries Weren’t Destroyed
   * Gulf Economy Hit Harder Than Thought (mainly due to bad press ethics)
   * Oil Got Stuck in Deep water “Refrigerator”
   * “Black Tide” Didn’t Inundate Coasts
   * Gulf Can’t be Put in MRI

Summer Sea Ice Good News for Hudson Bay Polar Bears

   * Scientists have confirmed that due to colder-than-usual subarctic weather this year, healthier polar bears are being spotted along the west Hudson Bay coast. This year there is more ice on average,” explains Dr. David Barber, a Canada Research Chair in Arctic System Science and the director of the Centre for Earth Observation Science at the University of Manitoba. “Hudson Bay in particular has seen a very cold winter and essentially a late spring.

Facts published by The Environmental Protection Agency

   * The number of landfills in the United States has dropped from 7,924 in 1988 to 1,654 in 2005
   * The recycling rate has  increased—from less than 10 percent of  Municipal Solid Waste generated in 1980 to over 33 percent in 2008.Disposal of waist to a landfill has decreased from 89% of the amount generated in 1980 to 54% Municipal Solid Waste in 2008
   * Recycling and composting 83 million tons of MSW saved 1.3 quadrillion Btu of energy, the equivalent of more than 10.2 billion gallons of gasoline.

New study says world can be completely powered by clean energy in 20-40 years by: Cnet

   * Scientists from Stanford University and the University of California at Davis have crunched the numbers and come up with a plan for how the world might economically and feasibly make the move to renewable energy in the next 20 to 40 years.

On behalf of Stress Release Reminders; enjoy the outdoors, have hope our leaders will have our environment’s best interest in mind, and teach others how to care for our world by example.

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