Liza's Reef -Coral Reef Art


St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1266)	Rachel Carson (1907-1964)	Steve Irwin (1962-2006)
The Catholic Church�s patron saint of animals. His canticle �Brother Sun and Sister Moon" is a testament to his profound respect for God and for nature.	The mother of the modern environmental movement. biologist, writer and ecologist, in 1962 she wrote "Silent Spring", a seminal book which changed the world.	Steve Irwin, Australian naturalist and pioneer environmentalist, brought awareness of less popular and little known endangered species to the world.

Sumatran elephants could be extinct in 30 years

The Sumatran elephant could be extinct in the wild within three decades unless immediate steps are taken to slow the breakneck pace of deforestation, environmentalists warned Tuesday. The International Union for Conservation of Nature recently listed the animals as "critically endangered" after their numbers dropped to between 2,400 and 2,800 from an estimated 5,000 in 1985. The decline is largely because of destruction of their habitat, with forests all across the Indonesian island of Sumatra being clear-cut for timber, palm oil and pulp and paper plantations.

Obama stands by energy initiatives amid GOP criticism

President Obama refused to back off his support for clean energy initiatives in his State of the Union address, pushing back against some of Republicans' fiercest policy criticisms of his administration. Obama called for an "all-of-the-above" energy strategy in the speech, promoting the work his administration has done to ease exploration of oil and natural gas. But he doubled down on new incentives for clean energy research and employment amid Republican criticism over the past year on the administration's approach to those initiatives.

Students in Guam who worked to help protect sharks

Sharks Win Big in 2011

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