COMMENTARY: Recycling First
If the Obama Administration wants fast, green and dramatic results for its stimulus package, the best place to start is at the garbage can.
Reforming Biofuels
A joint report last week highlighted the need for policy reforms to ensure that the emerging growth in biofuels is a net gain for the environment and human welfare.
NYC Cracks Down on Idling
In an effort cut down on the noxious pollutants emitted from idling vehicles on its streets every year, New York City recently passed a law making vehicle idling of more than 60 seconds punishable by a stiff fine.
I don’t eat meat, for a variety of ethical and environmental reasons
Unlike dogs and other omnivores, cats are true (so-called “obligate”) carnivores: They meet their nutritional needs by consuming other animals and have a higher protein requirement than many other mammals. Cats get certain key nutrients from meat—including taurine, arachidonic acid, vitamin A and vitamin B12—that can’t be sufficiently obtained from plant-based foods.
Semana de 01/03/09
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Soy un músico y estoy curioso acerca de lo que la industria de las guitarras hace para asegurar que la madera que utiliza no destruya bosques.
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Qué curas tecnológicas están siendo propuestas para evitar el calentamiento climático, y cuán factible son ellas?
What is the “green cities” movement?
Urban areas all over the world are striving to lessen their environmental impacts by reducing waste, expanding recycling, lowering pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, and expanding open space. Pictured: Curitiba, Brazil,
For the Love of the Trees
Get in touch with your inner Johnny Appleseed this Arbor Day; don a kid-designed rainforest tee; tote a posh reusable shopping bag; get bedecked with beautiful paper beads; indulge in Raw Revolution snacks; do some greener cleaning. In the book aisle, take an unflinching look at what’s in our waste stream, go on a "caninaturalist" romp, consider the far-flung consequences of climate change, read some eco bedtime stories and don’t forget to Look Two Ways on a One-Way Street.
COMMENTARY: Nuclear Breakdown
March of 2009 marks the 30th anniversary of the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, which reduced support for the industry to an atomic level—until now.
U.S. Mercury Turnaround Inspires International Accord
Representatives from more than 140 countries signed onto a new United Nations agreement which calls for coordinated global cuts in the use and release of mercury.
New Green Legal Team
The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), a groundbreaking nonprofit activist group working to save endangered species, launched the Climate Law Institute.