In Texas, oil and gas officials say that spreading toxic drilling waste on the land makes the grass greener -- but farmers say that animals won't eat it. Read More...

Turns out that if the Federal Government has followed its own plans, it would have had several fire booms in place and may have been able to contain and burn most of the oil near the spill. While BP is still at fault, we could've, should've had the booms in place. Read More...

This article does a great job of covering many of the issues affecting commercial building retrofits today, starting with the process and rationale that are leading to a major retrofit of one of America's great, and most visible landmarks. Read More...

Benchmarking, the practice of measuring what is to find out how it measures up, is the first step in making buildings more energy efficient. Once we know what how much electricity, water and fuel a building uses, we can see how it measures up to other buildings and find out what needs to be... Read More...

by Ingrid Wiegand Throwing away stuff from earlier years after doing this year’s taxes, I came across a bunch of ConEd bills from 2003. Just for the hell of it, I decided to check the “Average Daily Electric Use” graph that ConEd provides every month, and compare it with my current use. Wow! Was... Read More...

An architectural firm, Project FROG, has come up with amazing prefab structures that fulfill green building dreams. With a third of American students housed in dingy, VOC-emitting trailers, Project FROG promises to change the way schools house our children -- not only greener, but faster and at a low price. Read More...

Annie Bond makes a great point. The Green Movement and the anti-toxics advocates need to shelter under the banner of the now accepted "Green" movement. It's not just the earth that needs to be kept healthy; it's also the earth's people. Read More...

If you've wondered how they're going to chase down the bad guys who sold toxic Chinese wallboard to homeowners and made them sick, here's how, from the Pharos Blog, the Scoop . But will most of the people affected ever be fully compensated for having to tear out and replace their poisoned walls? Read More...

A couple of recent articles poo-poohed the possibility that combined individual actions can make a difference in slowing climate change. But if Los Angeles experience with water regulation and compliance is any indication, don't count public action out. Read More...

By giving tax credits for bigger electric car batteries we're merely rewarding bigger cars. We should be giving credits for more kwh per mile and encouraging lighter car design. But we're not. Read More...