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Last fall, our green-living pioneer, the Greenie Pig, set out to offset the globe-warming gases she produced on a trip to Texas. Four months into it, she’s not even halfway to her goal. The lesson? Well, read on …
Walmart has moved sustainability from the fringe to the forefront of business concerns, showing the drill-baby-drill crowd that eco-friendly choices can help America prosper and compete.
A reader wonders if there are any funny environmental one-liners. Umbra yuks it up.
The aquaculture industry has long fed wild fish to farmed fish, putting a huge dent in ocean ecosystems. Will new vegetarian feed improve aquaculture's footprint, or just muddy the waters?
If you were wondering why industry heavies and their media housepets traffic in climate change skepticism, here’s why: It works....
Germany is the unquestioned world leader in renewable energy. By mid-2011, the European nation generated over 20 percent of its...
Climate Scientist Eric Steig's reaction to the announcement that former climate skeptic Richard Muller recently confirmed that the earth is...
Scientists decided to investigate the outer limits of humans' ability to tolerate hotter temperatures. Fans won't cut it in the future.
In a hotter world, watching and playing football outdoors in the South will be almost unbearable.