With gas drilling in NYC's and other watersheds looming, the gas industry's ability to make hydraulic fracturing safer is a major issue. Read More...

Congressman Maurice Hinchey whose district covers most of New York City's watershed, has come up with a move that may halt gas drilling in the area for some time to come. Read More...

Even the infrequent flier might have noticed that when the flight attendant comes around collecting passenger detritus, all the empty cans, cups, bottles, newspapers and napkins usually end up in the same garbage bag. The U.S. airline industry discards enough aluminum cans every year to build nearly 58 Boeing 747s Read More...

Tap water in many large metropolitan areas is polluted with a cocktail of chemical contaminants. These pollutants usually don't violate any legal standards, but they often come in potentially toxic combinations Read More...

Hundreds of industrial chemicals can be found in the bodies of newborn American babies, but our EPA has no power to demand that the companies who use them prove they are safe. The Senate is trying to change that. Read More...

This column in the Times by Nichols Kristof, introduces us to endocrine disruptors, chemicals that are involved in almost everything we use and are suspected of causing a wide range of diseases, including cancer. Read More...

More alternative energy sources and less coal and petroleum equals a drop in US energy use. Read More...

Last year about this time U.S. electric companies received some 2007 statistics that were a big surprise: in numerous pockets across the country, Americans had cut their electric use during 2007. The cut amounted to as much as 5.6 per cent in some Midwest regions, including a substantial drop in residential use. While the... Read More...

This Wall Street Journal story from a year ago went virtually unremarked and forgotten, but it's an item of major significance. Watch for our illuminating post on 11/7. Read More...

The effect of millions of people choosing to save energy and recycle would make the difference in the climate change equation, but research shows that people are not ready to do much of either.This article lays out the problem and proposes some solutions. Read More...