British billionaire adventurer and Virgin Group Founder/CEO Richard Branson proposed the creation of an international "environmental war room" led by the United Nations with the sole purpose of staving off human-induced climate change.
The Bush administration is proposing to take yet another wildlife species—the brown pelican—off the federal endangered list based on the bird’s recovery in recent years.
While artificial turf playing fields are considered a good, green alternative to grass, some groups have declared a moratorium until it’s known whether they can leach harmful chemicals when exposed to sun and rain.
Iceland has made huge strides in geothermal energy and hydroelectric power. They’re adding hydrogen vehicles and fuel cell boats, but some locals say that more hydroelectric plants will mar the frigid landscape.
Desalination has been touted as an affordable clean water fix. But costs to convert salt or brackish water to fresh remain too high to provide the drinking and irrigation water the world needs.
As the Forest Service digs deeper into its own pockets to fight forest fires, it’s had to cut into critical programs including habitat restoration and invasive species control.
Green groups say this “clean coal” — derived from mountainous scraps left behind by mining companies — technology is anything but.
Foreign freighters on the Great Lakes are bringing unwanted cargo: invasive species that are wreaking havoc on fisheries, boats and ports.
Americans are recycling less aluminum cans than ever, wasting some 650,000 tons a year as a result of changing market conditions and consumer whims.
I would like to create a more natural & wildlife-friendly backyard, but I don’t want to break the bank doing it. Are there tax incentives for such projects?
