World Leaders Launch Initiative to Accelerate Work on Global Warming
Monday February 27, 2006
Lawmakers from G8 nations and five major developing countries, plus officials from international financial organizations and global businesses, are backing an initiative to monitor global warming and force governments to ... Read More
San Francisco Hopes to Turn Pet Feces Into Power
Saturday February 25, 2006
American dogs and cats produce 10 million tons of animal waste every year, and most of it ends up in landfills or the water table. San Francisco and several other ... Read More
Poverty & the Environment
Wednesday February 22, 2006
While environmentalism is sometimes considered the pet cause of white, affluent (or at least middle-class) Americans, it is the poor who are most affected by environmental problems. Grist, the online ... Read More
Taking the Wrinkles Out of Paper Recycling
Tuesday February 21, 2006
Most business offices generate about 350 pounds of waste paper per employee every year, yet despite the good intentions of many companies to recycle their office paper quite a few ... Read More
New Tax Incentives and Benefits Make Hybrid Cars More Appealing than Ever
Wednesday February 15, 2006
If you have been thinking about purchasing a hybrid car for better gas mileage and lower emissions, but holding off because of the sticker price, this could be the year ... Read More
Cancer Deaths Decline for First Time Since 1930
Tuesday February 14, 2006
The number of cancer deaths in the United States has declined for the first time in more than 70 years—the first time since the government starting keeping statistics in 1930—according ... Read More
Sweden Aims to be World's First Oil-free Nation
Friday February 10, 2006
Sweden has set an ambitious goal to eliminate its dependency on oil by 2020. The nation of 9 million people has made a good start at becoming oil-free. Sweden is ... Read More
Hallelujah! Evangelical Christian Leaders Sign On to Fight Global Warming
Thursday February 9, 2006
Eighty-six evangelical Christian leaders are backing an ”Evangelical Climate Initiative” to stop global warming through a series of television and radio ads, and educational programs at churches and Christian colleges. ... Read More
Can Earth's Pristine Places Survive Survivor?
Monday February 6, 2006
Survivor is filmed in some of the world's most beautiful natural settings, but what kind of environmental impacts do the cast and crew leave behind after the cameras stop rolling? ... Read More
Performance Anxiety: EPA Rewards Polluters with Reduced Oversight
Saturday February 4, 2006
A U.S. EPA program that's supposed to give recognition and flexibility to companies that are good environmental citizens may in fact be giving a free pass to some firms that ... Read More