Green Roofs are Cool: How Green Roofs Help the Environment
Thursday July 31, 2008
Imagine looking out the window of a skyscraper and seeing acres of meadow instead of steaming tar spread across the rooftops of your city. That vision is becoming a reality ... Read More
Seattle First U.S. City to Charge Shoppers for Paper and Plastic Bags
Tuesday July 29, 2008
Starting in January 2009, Seattle shoppers who forget to bring along reusable bags will be charged 20 cents for every disposable paper or plastic bag they use to carry home ... Read More
Bush Wants to Squeeze Oil from Stone
Tuesday July 22, 2008
Reacting to voter anger over $4-per-gallon gasoline and growing concerns about U.S. dependency on foreign oil, the Bush administration is floating the idea of extracting petroleum from oil-shale deposits in ... Read More
EPA Wants to Know What You Think
Monday July 21, 2008
Have you ever wanted to give the EPA a piece of your mind, or just tell the agency what you think about some environmental topic? Well, now you have the ... Read More
Court Overturns Clean Air Regulation
Monday July 14, 2008
On Friday [July 11, 2008], a federal appeals court unanimously struck down a Bush administration clean air regulation that was a cornerstone of the president’s clean air policy.
The clean air ... Read More
Human Life Worth Less Today, EPA says
Sunday July 13, 2008
It’s not just your 401(k) and the greenbacks in your wallet that aren’t worth as much as they once were. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), your life ... Read More
Worldwide Hunger and Food Insecurity Rise Dramatically
Friday July 11, 2008
The number people in 70 of the world’s lower income countries who are “food insecure” and live with persistent hunger increased by more than 130 million people between 2006 and ... Read More
Declare Your Independence from Toxic Fireworks Pollution
Thursday July 3, 2008
Planning to take in one of those great fireworks displays on the Fourth of July? Be careful. Those fireworks may leave you and your family with more than a patriotic ... Read More
White House Blocks EPA Response to Supreme Court on Regulating Greenhouse Gases
Tuesday July 1, 2008
The White House is trying to stop the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from releasing a document that shows how the Clean Air Act could be used to regulate greenhouse gas ... Read More