A Taxing State of Affairs
Lester Brown’s new group links the media & economy, with the goal of creating a vision and to map out a plan for an economically sustainable global economy.
The Whale Killers
Japan fights international opinion to continue hunting cetaceans.
Our WTC Proposal
Alongside re-making big buildings, we ought to be laying the foundation for a clean energy future, one that will end our oil dependency that so profoundly figures into world tensions and the continued destruction of the global environment.
The Hydrogen Economy
Can a combination of technological innovation, global cooperation and strategic thinking take oil off the international chessboard of power politics and replace it with the ultimate energy carrier, lighter-than-air, and potentially non-polluting hydrogen?
Power Plays
Fuel cells are reaching the market, in what could be a $100 billion industry.
Hijacking Hydrogen
Will big oil, coal interests and the nuclear industry control the next energy revolution?
The Natural Smile
New toothpastes clean without the chemicals.
Pasta Preferred
While organic pasta represents only two percent of total yearly pasta sales, it is a growing niche.
Drugging Our Water
Last summer, USGS scientists sampled 139 rivers and streams, finding hundreds of prescription and over-the-counter drugs and personal care products lingering in the nation’s water supply.
Let it Flow
Permeable pavements prevent water runoff.