First, the facts: The average American uses about ¾ of a tree per year; and a tree makes (on average), 80,500 sheets of paper. It made me wonder: could I put myself on a paper diet–using one tenth the paper of the average American? I’m going to try.
A rare Australian tropical species—the white possum—can teach us a lot about the dangers of global warming.
The Vancouver Winter Olympics are searching for sustainability, despite the necessary environmental impacts.
1% For the Planet, a network of 1,000-plus companies that donate 1% of annual sales to environmental causes, has announced the January 5, 2010, release of the digital music compilation: "1%: The Music, Vol. One."
From condemning to cautiously hopeful, top environmental organizations released statements following the close Friday of the U.N. Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen and the release of the Copenhagen Accord.
In the final hours of the negotiations, many observers concluded that the Copenhagen summit came down to two countries, the United States and China, and their disagreements over MRV: the measuring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions.
Research in biofuels made from algae is finally taking off—and even the government’s getting involved.
Congress and the Obama administration are on a course to provide the nation’s nuclear industry an unprecedented financial package.
The world’s largest underwater museum is underway in Cancun, Mexico, in an effort to both divert tourists from coral reefs and to create artificial reefs to attract and sustain marine life.
Canada is receiving heavy international scrutiny at COP15 for its mining of tar sands. Activists are calling attention not just to the environmental toll of this fossil fuel extraction, but also to its impact on indigenous people in the region.
