I’m a big fan of Care2.com, the environmental social network with 9.5 million members. I especially love their news network where you’ll always find the latest news headlines about the environment, health, government, and green living.

To see what I mean I thought I’d include some of the latest environmental headlines below. There’s certainly a ton more news headlines on their site, but I just selected a few to get you going. Enjoy!

Amazon deforestation increases by 69% in last 12 months

Amazon deforestation jumped 69 per cent in the past 12 months — the first such increase in three years — as rising demand for soy and cattle pushes farmers and ranchers to raze trees. Submitted by Ruth S. to Environment | Note-it! …

Wind, solar energy built on temporary tax breaks - Yahoo! News

Can you believe this? This makes me so mad. Submitted by Gina Buss to US Politics & Gov’t | Note-it! | Add a Comment.

Greenland icesheet could melt faster

SCIENTISTS yesterday said they could no longer rule out a fast-track melting of the Greenland icesheet — a prospect that would see much of the world’s coastline drowned by rising seas. Submitted by Pekka Räsänen to Environment | Note-it …

For the first time in human history, the North Pole can be …

Melting ice opens up North-west and North-east passages simultaneously. Scientists warn Arctic icecap is entering a ‘death spiral’ Submitted by Pekka Räsänen to Environment | Note-it! | Add a Comment.

Whale caught in fishing lines off Maroubra fights for life

LESS than a fortnight after the heartbreaking death of baby humpback whale Collette in Pittwater, National Parks and Wildlife crews are desperately searching for a second humpback, believed to be tangled in fishing nets off Sydney, …