While the world embraces compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFL) as an energy-efficient alternative to the incandescent bulbs that have reigned supreme for 125 years, a new crop of concerns has arisen about the potential for mercury contamination from the newer bulbs.
In what seems a cruel twist of fate for wildlife just out for a bite to eat, the National Marine Fisheries Service last week gave permission to game managers in Washington and Oregon to start killing sea lions that feed on dwindling populations of migrating salmon near the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River.
Two entries in our "Naked in the Woods" contest stood out, and they are presented here in full. Naked in the Woods is the title of E Editor Jim Motavalli’s new book, which tells the true story of Joseph Knowles, who went alone and naked into the Maine woods in 1913 as a publicity stunt for the Boston Post newspaper. Contestants Genevieve Jenkins and Marc Warren both win copies of the book and online publishing fame.
A trio of leading environmental groups joined together again last week in filing suit against the federal government for missing the legal deadline—it passed more than two months ago—to issue a final decision on whether to afford the polar bear protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
"Want to go for a walk later?" I ask my boyfriend, Brian, who is relaxing at home and hoping the Mets will get one more hit. "Nope," he replied. "I have to go dump your rotors."
A recent investigation by reporters from the Associated Press (AP) found that a wide variety of pharmaceuticals—including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers, sex hormones and over-the-counter painkillers—are present in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans across 24 major metropolitan areas from coast to coast.
Greenpeace International recently surveyed environmental responsibility among consumer electronics companies, and released the findings during last week’s CeBIT information technology fair in Hanover, Germany.
Scientists from the federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the University of Hawaii unveiled new research last week showing that steadily warming sea surface waters are causing the least biologically productive swaths of the world’s oceans—so-called "ocean deserts"—to expand at an unprecedented rate.
Not long after the Californian power outages of 2000 to 2001, computer manufacturers Compaq and Hewlett Packard (HP) merged into one company. The companies" histories of careful energy policies did not entirely shield them from the crisis, but helped them manage it. And China is learning from the California model.
Itchy skin, irritated eyes, brittle hair, breathing difficulties—who would sign up for that kind of workout? Yet that is the reality for many who swim in indoor pools.
