Ivory Poaching Rears its Head
With growing demand for ivory, Kenya’s elephants face an uncertain future as poaching is once again on the rise, and environmentalists are wondering what to do next…
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What a Waste!
Food Advocates Call for Grocery Stores to Combat Food Waste.
Scaling Back: Distributed Power to the Rescue
At its peak, Hurricane Sandy knocked out power to more than 8.5 million homes and businesses across 21 states. Residents of parts of New York City, Long Island and the Jersey Shore struggled for months to access funding to start rebuilding, or, in some cases, to access reliable power. Power transmitted from far-off generating stations […]
The Great Lakes Stress Test
The Great Lakes, consisting of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario, are under threat. Now, a new mapping tool allows researchers to see just how deep the problem runs…
Where Have All the Oysters Gone?
Seafood lovers hooked on $1 oyster nights may soon have to find a new source of comfort for the work-week blues.
If You Can’t Beat Them, Try to Silence Them with Lawyers
A phony logging industry “eco-certification” entity funded by Weyerhaeuser, Plum Creek, International Paper, Sierra Pacific and other U.S. logging companies attempted last week to bully ForestEthics into silence.
Green Outlet
An app for tracking home energy use–and estimating electrical bills–so you can start reducing both. The Green Outlet app makes it easy to gauge which appliance are using the most electricity–and costing the most–to help you reduce your household energy use and bills. You select your home appliances and the approximate hours per day of […]
"Springtime Smells Really Bad"
No matter how many times I experience it, I still find unpalatable a business model that’s based on marginalizing animal welfare and polluting your neighbors’ air, land, water and quality of life.
Saving the Sacred Headwaters
The Sacred Headwaters in northern British Columbia look much the way they did in John Muir’s time–thanks to the work of nonprofits and native groups.
To The Arctic DVDs
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