I wouldn’t exactly call myself selfless, or "eco-friendly" for that matter. Apart from recycling my old salsa jars and scrunched Diet Coke cans, I really can’t be bothered with the latest "eco-mandates" or what "trading on carbon offsets" is supposed to mean. It all sounds like white noise to me. I tune it out—definitely somebody else’s problem.
Several cities have instituted, or are considering plastic bag bans—but paper bags contribute heavily to air pollution and energy consumption, too.
Under Governor Charlie Crist, Florida takes a lead on countering climate change.
In what amounts to the largest "debt-for-nature" swap in history, the U.S. government last week forgave $26 million owed it by Costa Rica on the stipulation that the funds be spent on the preservation of tropical rainforest tracts.
Connecticut’s Fairfield University, a Jesuit institution, is going green with a comprehensive strategy that includes recycling, energy and water conservation and several environmental academic programs. As part of that program, it recently hosted Sheri Liao, founder and president of Global Village of Beijing (GVB), a Chinese nonprofit that promotes eco-friendly lifestyles.
An article that appeared last week in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences detailing how researchers have developed genetically modified plants that can absorb large amounts of man-made toxic pollutants, could have a profound impact on the way land managers deal with contaminated industrial sites in the U.S. and beyond.
New Orleans" marinas are still filled with toxic debris two years after Hurricane Katrina.
The new eco-documentary, Sharkwater, takes viewers inside the grisly world of shark-finning.
The National Park Service (NPS) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have teamed up with the nonprofit SafeLawns.org in making over a four-acre section of the National Mall in Washington, DC according to sustainable, organic lawn care practices.
In what amounts to the largest environmental settlement in history, U.S. energy giant American Electric Power agreed last week to pay $4.6 billion for installation of long-overdue pollution controls at 16 of its coal-fired power plants across the country.
