COMMENTARY: Missing Blue Bins
More than three years after Hurricane Katrina, city officials in New Orleans still haven’t found a way to resume "blue bin" recycling.
Greenhouse Gases Endanger Health
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson officially announced that the emission of greenhouse gases "endangers" human health.
COMMENTARY: Fight for the Frogs
The first annual Save the Frogs Day is headed our way April 28th. Dr. Kerry Kriger, Founder and Executive Director of SAVETHEFROGS!, explains why we need to stop taking those cute amphibians for granted.
Fixing the Clean Water Act of 4/19/09
A coalition of leading environmental groups released a report detailing the how recent Supreme Court decisions have substantially weakened the protections laid out in the Clean Water Act.
Greenwashing Rampant in Consumer Marketing
A new report by consulting firm TerraChoice Environmental Marketing found that just 2% of the self-proclaimed "green" products on shelves in big box stores live up to their sustainable claims.
I don’t understand why there are many European diesel cars
Different countries do have differing standards in regard to how much pollution gasoline and diesel automobile engines are allowed to emit, but the reason you see so fewer diesel cars in the U.S. is more of a choice by automakers than the product of a decree by regulators on either side of the Atlantic.
Semana del 19/4/09
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Existe realmente la "ropa protectora contra el sol?" ¿Si es así, significa esto que puedo dejar de lado los filtros solares aceitosos de una vez por todas?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿No están los orangutanes amenazados seriamente por la tala de bosques?
Aren’t orangutans seriously threatened by the cutting down of forests?
A 2007 assessment by the United Nations Environment Program predicts that orangutans will be virtually eliminated from the wild within two decades if current trends continue. The animals, which live almost entirely in trees, are threatened by
COMMENTARY: Ready, Set, Earth Day
To help get you inspired for Earth Day, we polled environmental thought leaders, and asked them how they plan on spending this April 22. We hope you’ll find some ideas of ways you can pitch in, and help celebrate our Mother Earth too. :
The Arctic’s Frozen Future on Thin Ice
The Arctic Ocean could be nearly ice-free in 30 years—60 years sooner than was previously predicted.