The Bush administration’s last minute efforts to dismantle or inhibit environmental and worker protections in favor of business interests march on unabated.
A new rule proposed by the Labor Department and pertaining to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) would make it more difficult – perhaps functionally [...]
According to Allen Hershkowitz, senior scientist and authority on waste management at the Natural Resources Defense Council, electronic hardware — or e-waste — is “the fastest-growing component of the municipal waste stream worldwide.”
Thanks to ongoing development of newer, faster, smaller and more capable devices, the computers, cell phones and other electronics that consumers crave and [...]
In January 2008, in an article entitled “The Starvelings,” The Economist made the case that childhood hunger and malnutrition have a far greater impact upon child health than was previously thought [1]. The most recent estimates are that stunting, severe wasting, and intrauterine growth restriction together are responsible for 21% of disability-adjusted life years and [...]
The Mediterranean Monk seal is one of the most endangered mammals in the world — so much so, that only an estimated six hundred remain in the wild. So, when an injured, 3-day old pup washed ashore in Greece, researchers saw an opportunity not only to help, but to learn more about the habits of [...]
The potential human costs of climate change have been underestimated, according to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) 2007-2008 Human Development Report. Calling global climate change the defining development challenge of the 21st century, UNDP stresses that it could leave hundreds of millions of the poorest citizens in the poorest countries malnourished and lacking adequate supplies of safe [...]
It may come as a surprise to some, but even in a densely populated area like the close-in suburbs of Washington, D.C., farmers markets are numerous and popular. Within five miles of where we live, there are at least five or six large, weekly venues where the quality of goods puts the grocery stores to [...]
Solar. Wind. Geothermal. Fuel Cells. Biopower. Hydropower. Hardly a day goes by that we don’t read or hear about renewable energy.
Of course, not everyone who’s talking knows what they’re talking about, and for the average citizen, sorting through the claims and counterclaims can be confusing. Moreover, the field of renewables is changing so rapidly that [...]
Ever wonder what your elected officials are interested in learning more about? Well, when members of the U.S. Congress want the facts, one place they go for answers is the Congressional Research Service (CRS).
If you’re unfamiliar with the CRS, they not only answer Congressional inquiries, they produce outstanding resource documents that are well-researched, empirically-based, non-partisan [...]
Lake Bogoria National Reserve, located in a volcanic, basin region of Kenya, is an amazing natural resource known for it’s countless hot springs and geysers — and huge flocks of stunningly beautiful, pink flamingos that at times can number in the millions.
Created in large part to protect the greater kudu, a woodland antelope found throughout [...]
Iceland’s energy needs, more than any other country in the world, are predominantly met by renewable energy sources. Over 70 percent of Iceleand’s energy needs are met by renewable energy sources with imported coal and oil making up the rest. Practically all of Iceland’s electricitiy is provided by renewable sources with well over 80 percent [...]
Green Patriot car guy Paul Scott reports that BMW is making its Mini-Cooper plug-ins available in select areas of the country.
The web was buzzing last week with stories about BMW’s Mini E. To recap, BMW will be leasing 500 Mini Es from dealers in New York, New Jersey and Southern California starting some time early [...]
It is generally accepted and uncontroversial within the scientific community that 95 percent of the landmass of Antarctica has cooled over the last 20 years. Yet, it is also showing signs of shrinking. Note the calving of some of the largest icebergs known to exist off of the major Antarctic ice shelves in recent years.
With [...]
