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Planning to take in one of those great fireworks displays on the Fourth of July? Be careful. Those fireworks may leave you and your family with more than a patriotic...
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The White House is trying to stop the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from releasing a document that shows how the Clean Air Act could be used to regulate greenhouse gas...
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Rising gas prices may be changing more than Americans’ driving habits; they may be on the brink of changing where and how we live.
Since the end of World War...
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Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a controversial decision that lets ExxonMobil off the hook for billions of dollars in punitive damages related to the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil...
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The number of refugees worldwide increased significantly in 2008 and climate change is a major cause, according to a report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Rising sea...
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Where some people see garbage, others see opportunity. A group of artists in and around Cape Town, South Africa, are turning trash into recycled toys and art objects--earning a living...
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It has been a big week for energy policy and Republicans. On Tuesday, GOP presidential candidate John McCain gave a speech that outlined his energy vision for America—a policy that...
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Former U.S. Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore gave a rousing speech in Detroit on Monday night, endorsing Barack Obama over John McCain in their race to become president...
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When summer heat makes being inside uncomfortable, many people crank up the air conditioning. But what if you don't have air conditioning, or you'd rather find more energy-efficient methods for...
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As people become more environmentally conscious, they are looking for additional ways to live green and to make bigger contributions to sustainability. Employees are demanding more green investment options, and...
AlterNet.org: Environment
Would more permits for oil drilling benefit U.S. consumers? McCain would like you to think so, but there's more to the story than he's telling.
AlterNet.org: Environment
Michael Pollan talks about biofuels and the food crisis, the glories of grass-fed beef, and how environmentalists should think about sustainability.
AlterNet.org: Environment
Richmond could be the first US city to decide to stand up to the Chevron oil company and impose a cap on its plans for further expansion.
AlterNet.org: Environment
In a society devoted like no other to the politics of fear, we have somehow managed to forget the one thing we should probably fear most.
AlterNet.org: Environment
Google's motto is "Don't be evil." But when it comes to its environmental impact, some think the company can't live up to its own hype.
AlterNet.org: Environment
Stores are overfilling with WALL-E merchandise that will soon clog our landfills. Yet this new Disney movie bills itself as pro-environment.
AlterNet.org: Environment
The Bush administration has been widely criticized for placing politics over science. The next president must act to reverse that trend.
AlterNet.org: Environment
Virginia announced that it's going to permit the construction of a new coal-fired power plant, even though doing so clearly violates the law.
AlterNet.org: Environment
The 850 fires burning in California alone should be a wake up call that we're unprepared for rapid climate change.
AlterNet.org: Environment
How the Dems sacked one of the most important opportunities to turn around our energy future.
AlterNet.org: Environment
Republicans are funneling billions into the coffers of their oil baron backers; it's no surprise Bush and McCain aren't pushing for renewable energy.
AlterNet.org: Environment
Corn and wheat used to feed chicken, pigs and other farmed animals is food being diverted from the mouths of the global poor.
AlterNet.org: Environment
In the absence of a reliable Congress, we need to make personal sacrifices. Turn down the thermostat. Ditch the SUV.
AlterNet.org: Environment
The Southern border region is inundated with trash, the waste of two large cities, illegal dumping and maquiladoras.
AlterNet.org: Environment
The latest salmonella scare shows that even vegetarians are still at the mercy of the meat industry.
AlterNet.org: Environment
Obese America is literally sitting on vast energy reserves -- all we need to do is extract it.
AlterNet.org: Environment
Nanotechnology is booming. But concern is growing that its development is outpacing our understanding of how to use it safely.
AlterNet.org: Environment
Grassy Narrows ran the longest-running blockade in North American history to stop logging on its land, but that wasn't all it took.
AlterNet.org: Environment
The corporate agriculture industry would like nothing better than to see us spend all of our free time in our gardens and not in political dissent.
AlterNet.org: Environment
The colossal mismanagement of water in Georgia has produced an urban crisis with no clear solution other than a return to smart government.
NPR Topics: Environment
Leaders of the world's richest nations say they will halve global emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050. Environmental groups say the pledge by the Group of Eight nations is not enough. The G-8 also expressed concern over rising oil and food prices.
NPR Topics: Environment
Solar firm Ausura has just opened a factory near Las Vegas where it is mass-producing 50-foot-long mirrors to cover 4 square miles of desert each year. That would power 500,000 homes. Other solar companies have the same idea.
NPR Topics: Environment
A former EPA official claims the White House pushed for major deletions in congressional testimony about the health consequences of climate change. We examine the alleged attempt to avoid regulating greenhouse gases.
NPR Topics: Environment
President Bush and other world leaders agreed today to cut carbon emissions in half by 2050. The announcement comes out of ongoing talks at the G-8 summit in Japan. It also calls for emitters to set their own reduction targets in the shorter term, and encourages increased oil exploration.
NPR Topics: Environment
President Bush and other world leaders agreed today to cut carbon emissions in half by 2050. The announcement comes out of ongoing talks at the G-8 summit in Japan. It also calls for emitters to set their own reduction targets in the shorter term, and encourages increased oil exploration.
NPR Topics: Environment
French designer Philippe Starck has unveiled a small, sleek wind turbine aimed at eco- and fashion-conscious folks. It doesn't look like a windmill: The turbine is a polycarbonate rectangle, about 12 feet wide and 18 feet high. It can generate 20 percent to 60 percent of the energy needed for a home.
NPR Topics: Environment
The introduction in India of the $2,500 Nano soon could put millions behind the wheel of a car for the first time. The country, whose roads are crowded with scooters and motorcycles, is planning a vast national highway project to cater to this new motoring boom.
NPR Topics: Environment
The eight states surrounding the Great Lakes have agreed to protect water in the region from being diverted to other parts of the country and the world. The lakes contain 20 percent of the world's fresh surface water, and
NPR Topics: Environment
After decades investing in oil, T. Boone Pickens is now putting billions of dollars into what he calls America's biggest wind farm. Pickens envisions 2,500 turbines generating 4,000 megawatts of energy — enough to power 1.3 million homes.
NPR Topics: Environment
A community college in Gallatin, Tenn., is looking for ways to minimize the impact of soaring gas prices on students. One idea is to let students take all of their classes in one day instead of during the week. Blake Farmer reports from member station WPLN.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Environment
The state and local governments are standing in the way of requiring building techniques that a growing chorus of scientists says could rein in the largest source of most of Puget Sound's worst pollutants.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Environment
Will the U.S. Supreme Court decision to slash the punitive damages award in the Exxon Valdez case embolden oil companies to take shortcuts that put the environment at risk? That's what environmentalists fear.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Environment
The escape of 30,000 Atlantic salmon, one of the largest from a B.C. fish farm in recent years, is under investigation by the provincial Environment Ministry, a spokeswoman has confirmed.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Environment
OLYMPIA -- A settlement has been reached in a 2006 environmental lawsuit that sought to block logging on 50,000 acres of private timberland to protect the threatened northern spotted owl.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Environment
Federal regulators, dismissing environmentalists' fears, on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for a mining company to massively expand its operations at the edge of Puget Sound on Maury Island.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Environment
Penguins have become the "canaries in the global warming coal mine," signaling the effects of climate change on oceans through their rapidly declining population, a UW researcher says.