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A new Oregon data center for Facebook will feature state-of-the-art energy efficiency technology.

Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) has introduced legislation that would update the sorely outdated Toxic Substances Control Act.

A video about a Community Supported Agriculture program in Brooklyn, New York, gets to the heart of what’s good about knowing your farmer and the source of your food. Our current issue offers insight and tips on on how to get involved in your local CSA, or Community Supported Agriculture. This video of a Brooklyn, […]

Overuse and misuse of antibiotics is giving rise to new incidents of infectious diseases like tuberculosis and malaria.

As oil supplies run low, countries turn to biofuels–and poor nations face rising rates of hunger as a result.

Responsible Seed Growing and Saving in 2011Gone are the days when a seed was just a seed. Now seeds are genetically modified, manipulated to be pesticide- and chemical-resistant and even encrypted with patents. Most traditional garden centers sell seeds with some of these altered characteristics, although you won’t know it from reading the labels. These […]

Encyclopedia Britannica’s Rainforests app lets kids explore the world’s rainforests through brilliant images, detailed information and interactive quizzes and games. Designed for ages 8-12, Encyclopedia Britannica’s Rainforests app lets kids explore the world’s rainforests through brilliant images, detailed information and interactive quizzes and games. This app is filled with a wealth of amazing, high-quality images […]

myhaircares.com The Yes Men’s Latest Hoax-Within-a-Hoax Entangles a Canadian Pipeline GiantAt one point, Greenpeace co-founder Rex Weyler denounced it as “absurd” and “a joke.” And, boy, was he right. Canadian oil company, Enbridge Inc., really hadn’t enlisted beauty salons across North America to help clean up more than 800,000 gallons of crude oil spilled into […]

ProPublica just published an article exposing the dangers posed by hundreds of thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells.

The ongoing crisis at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant took another turn for the worse this past weekend.