How Green Is That … Ice Melt?
Nearly 20 million tons, or one million truckloads worth, of salt is deposited on America’s roadways each winter…
Nearly 20 million tons, or one million truckloads worth, of salt is deposited on America’s roadways each winter…
Since the 1950s, Indonesia’s rainforests have decreased 42% due to palm oil farming. Isn’t it time we thought about how much palm oil we are purchasing?
Environmentalists argue that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers should take urgent action to prevent invasive Asian Carp from entering the Great Lakes…
Eight members of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) unanimously approved the nation’s first state-governed cap-and-trade regulations.
Biofuels—made from crops and used to replace conventional fuel—are not necessarily more environmentally friendly than oil…
According to EPA, Americans produce 25% more waste between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day than during the rest of the year…
Andy Igrejas, national campaign director for Safer Chemicals Healthy Families says the best time to pass a sweeping reform of the nation’s chemical laws was prior to the November 2010 elections, when democrats controlled both houses of Congress. But despite the uphill battle faced by the Safe Chemicals Act to overhaul the outdated Toxic Substances […]
Producing just a third of an ounce of gold for a wedding band can generate 20 tons of mine waste and much of that waste is contaminated with toxic chemicals like mercury and cyanide.
The incurable Panama Disease has wilted & wiped out banana crops in Australia & New Zealand, & there are growing concerns over whether it will spread…
Pak Norani of the village Desun Gembira in Sumatra, Indonesia, is a boatmaker who says his livelihood has been destroyed by Asia Pulp and Paper (APP). Without permission or compensation for villagers, APP cleared forests his community relied on for timber to make boats. With the wood running out, Norani says his family is destined […]