No doubt, rental car companies large and small have responded to increased consumer demand for fuel efficiency in the last few years by stocking up on gasoline-electric hybrids and other vehicles with better mileage and lower emissions.
Some 500,000 acres of boreal forest in Ontario and Alberta alone -— key habitat for caribou, lynx, wolves and scores of birds —- are felled each year to provide pulp for toilet paper, paper towels, paper tissues and other disposable household paper products.
Given the different numbers on the bottom of each different type of plastic, which ones are the easiest to recycle and which should I avoid?
Is it true that a single large volcanic eruption launches more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than the amount generated by all of humanity over history?
Every month green-minded people in 460-plus cities around the world meet up at informal social gatherings called Green Drinks. Started in 1989 in London by Edwin Datschefski and friends, the concept has spread like wildfire, with some 350 different Green Drinks chapters worldwide today. The events are designed to be low-key, unstructured and welcoming of all viewpoints on environmental topics.
Washington, DCs famous cherry trees are now blossoming earlier due to global warming-related temperature increases. But this pales in comparison to the much more serious impacts of more and fiercer hurricanes in the Southeast,
A growing number of green-minded parents are starting to recognize the health and ecological benefits of reusable cloth diapers over disposables.
Heating typically accounts for about 28 percent of the average American home’s energy use, but this year staying warm might occupy a larger slice of the household expenditure pie.
It definitely makes more sense from a green perspective to keep your old car running and well-maintained as long as you can - especially if it’s getting good mileage. There are significant environmental costs to both manufacturing a new automobile and adding your old car to the ever-growing collective junk heap.
The intrusion of saltwater from the sea into rivers and groundwater is a serious issue, but the threat is not from a reversal of flow, and our far inland lakes and rivers are not expected to be directly affected by the salty water of our oceans. However, the sensitive areas around the edges of our continents, where fresh water meets salt water, are at risk, and greater efforts must be taken to protect them.
