How About A Steel Home? Easy on the Wallet, Easy on the Planet
The Age of the Steel Home: Besides its strength & resistance to weather & fire, steel is ultimately recyclable; two-thirds of it comes from recycled stock.
Yucca Mountain: Home of Long Lost Nuclear Waste?
Many environmentalists complain that Yucca Mountain, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, is dangerously unsuitable for nuclear waste storage.
Perks for Pets
Just as parents try to provide the best nutritional health for their kids, pet owners are turning to dietary supplements to meet the long-term health needs of their animals.
Something Really Scary
With Halloween season just past, it’s a good time to talk about scary stuff. We’re not talking about <I>Saw</I> or <I>The Grudge</I>, here, but the kind of scare-mongering that our elected officials choose to do. You know, the "yellow alert" kind of scary.
Climate Change May Reverse Progress on Fighting Poverty
The Working Group on Climate Change and Development, a coalition of environmental and relief aid organizations, released a report last week stating that the onset of global warming threatens to undermine progress made in recent decades on lifting residents of many developing nations out of poverty.
Commuters Face Increased Heart Attack Risk
Researchers from the GSF-National Research Centre for Environment and Health in Neuherberg, Germany released some disturbing findings last week: The amount of time commuters spend in traffic could actually increase their risk of heart attack.
What are the environmental and health effects of the use of depleted uranium
Developed in the 1970s by the U.S. military, weapons containing depleted uranium (DU) were originally used during the first Gulf War, and have played a key role more recently in Iraq, Afghanistan and Bosnia.
Why is bottled water so ubiquitous in stores now? Isn’t tap water safe enough to drink?
Today just about all Americans have access to clean, safe and healthy tap water. Indeed, in many cases tap water may be safer to drink than some bottled water brands, which may not be subject to testing and might originate from sources near industrial facilities, despite the beautiful nature scenes found on many bottled water labels. Furthermore, about 40 percent of bottled water starts out as—you guessed it—tap water.
Good Cooking: Green Kitchen Renovation Pays Dividends
When lifelong environmentalists Kim Wells and Bob Scheulen set out to renovate their kitchen in Seattle, they wanted to be both “green and sensible”…
Greening Venture Capital
Many venture capitalists seem to be banking on the so-called "clean tech" sector—start-ups committed to sustainable practices and products, embracing such industries as alternative energy generation and water purification. Today, the deals are flowing as both individual "angel" investors and well-established venture capital (VC) funds are vying for their piece of "clean tech."