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Manufacturers eager to cash in on green consumer trends know that the word "bamboo" is immediately understood as a greener alternative to cotton. The problem is, many of our "bamboo" sheets and shirts are actually rayon.

On Tuesday, August 11, General Motors (G.M.) announced they are finally releasing the much-anticipated electric Chevrolet Volt.

A recent study showed declines in coral reef fish along the entire Caribbean. The study, which pooled data from over 300 reefs and 273 fish species, shows declines in both fish we catch and those we don"t.

E visits the Edible Garden exhibit at The New York Botanical Garden.

Children may be savoring the remaining days of summer, but environmental-advocacy groups and publications are urging parents to get into back-to-school gear with a green focus.

Runoff into streams from mountaintop removal mining sites may contain selenium, leading to reproductive and health problems.© ilovemountains.org Environmentalists have long considered mountaintop removal mining (MRM) to be one of the most environmentally degrading activities performed in the U.S. The coal industry, along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency, […]

Manmade chemicals filtering into the natural world are not just a threat to our clean air and drinking water, they are also leading to cancer in wild animals.

Geothermal energy usually gets relegated to the backburner in a myriad of alternative energy choices.

On the first day there were jellyfish at the tiny beach in Cala San Vicente. Not many, but enough of them that one had to progress gingerly and scan the water ahead.

The LEED for Schools rating system, The Green Flag Schools Program and the Alliance to Save Energy’s Green Schools Program all share a common goal: to create healthy, ecologically friendly learning environments for students and teachers.