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Consumers Who Commit to Easy Green Challenges Around the Home Enter To Win Prizes NEW YORK, March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- TogetherGreen, a conservation alliance between the National Audubon Society and Toyota, launched today the Spring Greening Challenge, a Facebook application that offers weekly conservation challenges, data on the impacts of green choices anyone can make around the home, and an opportunity for participants to win prizes. The Spring Greening Challenge...

62 Gulf businesses, business groups, restoration advocacy groups sign ads WASHINGTON, March 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Five Gulf state newspapers will run full-page color ads starting today thanking the nine Gulf senators who recently voted in favor of legislation to dedicate 80 percent of the Clean Water Act fines from the parties responsible for the Gulf oil spill to restoring the Gulf ecosystem and economy. The ads features a "thank you" from 62 Gulf businesses,...

HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Game Commission officials are encouraging bird and nature fans throughout the state to join tens of thousands of everyday North American bird watchers for the 2012 Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), Feb. 17-20. A joint project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society, this free event is an opportunity for families, students, and people of all ages to discover the wonders of nature...

Audubon & Toyota Seek to Fund Promising Conservation Leaders & Community-Based Projects NEW YORK, Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- TogetherGreen, a conservation alliance between the National Audubon Society and Toyota, is now accepting applications for its 2012 class of Fellows and Innovation Grantees. The goals of the initiative are to foster conservation leadership, achieve conservation results, forge partnerships in communities, and engage millions of Americans in...

NEW YORK, Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Audubon President David Yarnold Calls Obama Decision on Keystone Pipeline "A Victory for Common Sense." Full Statement: "This was a gutsy call by the President. But it was also a victory for common sense. You don't pipe potentially lethal goo through one of America's largest wetland ecosystems. "An environmental disaster of epic proportions has been avoided by the rejection of the Keystone pipeline, but we need to stand...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) MONDAY, DECEMBER 26: CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT Profile America -- Monday, December 26th. Thousands of Americans got up early this morning to take part in a tradition more than 100 years old -- the Christmas Bird Count. Started in 1900, the count was the idea of Frank Chapman -- as an...

Binocular Brigades Volunteer Up and Down the Hemisphere NEW YORK, Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The longest running Citizen Science survey in the world, Audubon's annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) will take place from December 14, 2011 to January 5, 2012. Tens of thousands of volunteers throughout North America will brave winter weather to add a new layer to over a century of data. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111205/DC17057) "Audubon was a social network...

Just in Time for Audubon's Christmas Bird Count NEW YORK, Nov. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- If one in five Americans watch birds, how many people on your holiday list are going to love the new Audubon mobile app? Now you can find the finches, ID the ibises and journal about jays with the updated Audubon Birds app. Green Mountain Digital, creator of Audubon Guides mobile apps, is introducing an innovative update to "Audubon Birds - A Field Guide to North American Birds."...

Former EPA Chief Was First Female to Lead Audubon Board of Directors; Toyota TogetherGreen Program Funds Stewards of Tomorrow. NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Audubon New York will honor Carol Browner and Toyota at the annual Keesee Conservation Award Luncheon in New York City November 2. Carol Browner was Assistant to President Obama and director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy. During her tenure, the White House secured the...

Kid's Fundraising Efforts Will Help Wildlife and Wild Places in Need NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Kids around the country are gearing up for another year of Pennies for the Planet, an environmental education and action campaign to protect wildlife and habitat. Pennies for the Planet is made possible by support from TogetherGreen, an Audubon initiative in alliance with Toyota. This year's program focuses on three unique and vital wildlife habitats--spanning special...