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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing to cut funding to 80% of California's State Parks. This is a terrible idea and may even end up costing the State more than it saves.

The average fuel efficiency of all cars, SUVs and minivans in the US is around 23 mpg. In Europe and Japan that figure is over 40 mpg. So if Europe and Japan already produce cars with an average fuel consumption higher than the standard set to be reached in the US by 2016 then why is this standard so low.

Last week President Obama announced an agreement between the White House, environmentalists and the auto industry to increase the average fuel efficiency of passenger cars to 39 mpg. Concerns have been raised that this will result in more expensive cars and as long as the fuel price remains low, consumers will rather stick with their gas guzzling SUV's. We believe this to be a irrational concern.

Most popular sunscreens contain ingredients that may harm coral. Find out what to look for in a sunscreen to prevent this from happening and protect the coral reefs.

Are carbon credits effective at encouraging businesses to reduce their waste? Or is it just a way for them to ignore the environmental problem by paying a company who cares deeply.

Rising temperatures and increased rainfall, due to global warming may lead to a large reduction in the snow pack and therefore an big water shortage for many regions of the USA. We need to start saving water now.

Clean coal technology makes it sound as if we can simply wash our coal with soap and water and it's clean. Clean coal will never be clean as long as we need to burn it to create electricity. Read these 7 facts about clean coal and decide for yourself whether we should invest more government and investment money in clean coal technology.

Throw something out in the street and it will most likely end up in our oceans, on our beaches or in the stomachs of a marine fish, bird or animal. Here are 10 ways in which you can prevent this from happening and protect the watershed.

The Problem With Power That Comes From Nature (solar, Wind and Wave) is That it is Difficult and Expensive to Store. Battery Technology Has Developed Very Slowly. But With Funding and the Essential Need to Reduce our Co2 Emmisions, Storage Technology Will Develop Exponentially and Solutions Will be Found.

According to Sutainability is Sexy more than 6.5 million trees were cut down in 2006 to create the 16 billion paper cups used in coffee shops. Deforestation has a much larger effect on our environment than simply the loss of trees.