Ocean water may cover more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, but thirsty humans rely on finite supplies of freshwater to stay alive. And with exploding human population growth, especially in poor countries, these finite supplies get quickly spoken for
In essence, “Zero Waste” is a design principle writ large, whereby products are conceived, produced, packaged, distributed and retired with their long-term environmental impacts in mind. According to the non-profit GrassRoots Recycling Network (GRRN),
Most of us spend about 90 percent of our time indoors, so minimizing the use of harmful chemicals in our homes, offices and schools is important to keep the air we breathe healthy and the constructed surfaces we live on free of irritants and toxins.
African-Americans and other minorities bear a disproportionate amount of pollution and other environmental ills in the U.S. for a variety of reasons.
Is General Motors H3 Hummer any friendlier to the environment than earlier models, or is it just a little smaller?
When the logging business began to die down in the Pacific Northwest beginning in the 1980s, timber companies started looking increasingly to the southeastern United States for the wood pulp it would need to satisfy the rapidly expanding global demand for paper.
Today’s common household batteries—those ubiquitous AAs, AAAs, Cs, Ds and 9-volts from Duracell, Energizer and others—are not thought to pose as great a threat to properly-equipped modern landfills as they used to because they contain much
Scientists remain puzzled over what caused such widespread loss of wildlife last summer on the Pacific coast between Northern California & BC.
What are the environmental issues with mining, including their long-term impact on both public and mine workers? Should we ban mining altogether?
Just because you haven’t heard much about the Amazon rainforest in the news lately doesn’t mean we have solved the many environmental problems there.
