Environment America has issued a report on the ways agribusiness is blatantly flouting not only best practices but environmental laws as it pours billions of gallons of animal manure into our waters, creating vast dead zones -- oxygen-depleted environments where only algae can thrive. Read More...
Washinton, D.C. has a publicly funded, reasonably priced and well-run bike-share program, with 52 thousand uses in the first seven weeks. Read More...
Some visionary county commissioners in Kitsap, a fairly rural area of Washington, are considering new, environmentally friendly approaches to sewage and stormwater drainage that would have revolutionary impact. Read More...
Not just the green town of Austin, but many urban areas of Texas, are making bets on the electric vehicle as the car of their future by subsidizing not only the cars, but the charging stations. Read More...
Using cell phones to enable individuals to provide data about local water sources would make ordinary citizens into instant environmental watchdogs. IBM's new iphone app is doing just that. Read More...
At last, the financial markets may be waking up to find that water supplies are not inexhaustible, and that climate change is going to move the bottom line much sooner than anyone thought. Maybe we'll be saved by the financial concerns of Wall Street after all. Read More...
Stormwater runoff is a primary cause of water pollution in urban areas, as rain rushes off impervious roofs and parking lots. Philadelphia has the guts to make major stormwater producers pay more; those who build porous ground and roof covers pay less. Of course, it's controversial. Read More...
This article tells of another lost legislative opportunity to reduce the poisons in our water, soil and air, courtesy of our chemical industry. But until we wake up to the fact that we are being manipulated by the industry's threats of job loss, we will continue to die, uncomprehending of the fools being made... Read More...
This is a beautiful example of unintended consequences. For China, it probably means a long-term reduction in demand. For everyone else, especially Japan, it means a refocus on recycling and an emphasis on finding more local materials. Read More...
Shortly, the EPA has declared that it will finally issue its guidelines regarding whether the amount of ethanol mixed into our gasoline at the pump will stay capped at 10 per cent (E10) or rise to 15 per cent (E15). As currently represented by the EPA and the press, the primary issue to be... Read More...
