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.
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.
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.
America’s first all-natural care product company is committed to healthier living.
The city of consumption is looking to go sustainable through LEED-certified high rise living and hybrid taxis.
Vancouver, which will host the 2010 Olympic Games, is instituting green measures like sewer heat recovery.
A program called EDGE (Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered) aims to bring international attention to the not-so-cute species.
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.
