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The app version of Mark Bittman’s inventive vegetarian cookbook is here—and you can even e-mail the shopping list. Acclaimed New York Times culinary aficionado Mark Bittman is bringing his award-winning cookbook How to Cook Everything Vegetarian to the iPhone app world. Offering a massive collection of vegetarian cuisine ideas from chickpea fries to cheese soufflés, […]

lifeofearth.org Al Gore Criticizes Obama’s Sluggishness Regarding Environmental Woes—A Familiar Refrain on the LeftOn Wednesday Rolling Stone published a 7,000-word essay by former Vice President Al Gore that included 250 words critical of President Obama’s failure to, among other things, “use the bully pulpit to make the case for bold action on climate change.” The […]

An ad by Clean Water Not Dirty Drilling, an organization that has rallied against fracking—or hydraulic fracturing—for natural gas in New York, emphasizes the state’s need to preserve its water resources.Fracking, a process of mining natural gas by pumping millions of gallons of toxic water into underground reserves, has sparked controversy in many parts of […]

Many Wines Use Animal Products During the Fining Process—But Not AllI recently learned that the wine industry uses isinglass (which is derived from fish bladders), gelatin (which is boiled animal skin, tendons and ligaments) and egg whites in its “fining” process. The fining process removes the cloudiness and skin and seed particles of a young […]

This spring’s weather can only be described as extreme, breaking records for drought, wildfire and flooding across the U.S.

Environmental Working Group’s “Dirty Dozen” list calls out the most pesticide-laden fruits and veggies.