By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
This week the Obama Administration shored up the Endangered Species Act, restoring a rule rescinded by the Bush Administration that requires federal agencies to consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries Service when their activities could harm threatened or endangered species.
Obama announced the decision on Tuesday at the Interior Department, noting that “the work of scientist and experts in my administration, including right here in the Interior Department, will be respected.”
It was a statement that many conservationists could embrace as they work to maintain habitats, preserve federal park lands and stabilize animal populations under threat such as the Rocky Mountain gray wolves, the American Pika, polar bears, Atlantic lobsters, salmon and seals, among others.
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GoCrossCampus, conquer civilizations and save the planet too
By Laura Elizabeth May
Green Right Now
You now have at least one good excuse to stay at home and play games online. GoCrossCampus.org allows you to play a game of world domination in order to support a charity of your choice, including some charities that are eco-friendly. The game is described as a variety sport with a team based social gaming platform.
Five friends who went to Yale and Columbia created the game that was originally popular among Ivy League campuses. It gave members the chance fight for total domination in the name of their school pride. Now you can fight for total domination, in the name of saving the earth or fighting children’s cancer. How cool – and paradoxical – is that?
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