When residents of San Juan County, Washington gathered to sign a petition to ban personal watercrafts (PWCs) in the waters surrounding the San Juan islands, they did so with the utmost confidence. Indeed, the county’s small towns, located near the Canadian border, overwhelmingly supported an ordinance to ban PWCs (marketed by Kawasaki as Jet Skis) and preserve the habitats of oceanic wildlife, like the orca whale.
Dolphins are typically thought of as deep-diving marine mammals, reaching depths of 900 feet and holding their breath for up to 12 minutes while searching for food. But scientists have discovered a group of dolphins off the coast of Hilton Head, South Carolina that have an odd, yet efficient feeding strategy that brings them to the shore to earn a belly full of fish.
When you’re in the brewery business, not every ounce of beer makes it to the customer. In fact, bad batches and spillage during bottling can add up to a lot of discarded beer, especially for brewers like Coors Brewing Company of Golden, Colorado.
Chicago’s new Museum of Contemporary Art was built with six tons of synthetic gypsum drywall. That in itself is not extraordinary: There’s wallboard throughout the museum, which opened to the public in July. But what is unusual is that the museum’s fourth-floor drywall is partially made of gypsum that had been used in an art project called "Sulfur Cycle" by Chicago environmental artist Dan Peterman.
Though the island’s economy is thriving, its unique environment is threatened.
For three weeks beginning in September, fish returning to the Klamath River to spawn died by the tens of thousands.
Bats around the world are benefiting from increased educational efforts.
In an ideal world, sustainable tourism adds value to nature, thus helping avert the kind of development that spews greenhouse gases into the air.
Environmentalists Win The Battle Against An Eastern Idaho Hog Farm.
The Simple Coconut Provides A Sustainable Solution For Reducing The Scourge Of Malaria.
