All Energy/Environment
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Diet for a more-crowded planet: plants
Rising incomes raise appetite for meat. But how many can ‘eat like an American’?
07/18/2008 01:00 am -
New target in Colombia’s drug war: ecofriendly US users
The Shared Responsibility program aims to educate US and European cocaine users about the environmental damage of cocaine production.
07/18/2008 01:00 am -
Animals come first in an Arabian desert sanctuary
Conservationist Ronel Smuts cares for exotic and endangered animals rescued from the black market.
07/17/2008 01:00 am -
Al Gore's 'moonshot'
Drawing parallels with America's successful efforts to land on the moon four decades ago, Al Gore called for America to abandon electricity generated by fossil fuels by 2018, instead relying on wind, solar, and geothermal energy.
07/17/2008 01:00 am -
NYC speeds hybrid taxi switch
New York City will now be adding 300 hybrids a month to its taxi fleet, thanks to an agreement with automakers.
07/17/2008 01:00 am -
Wal-Mart greening its jewelry?
Wal-Mart is rolling out a new line of gold and silver jewelry that they say can can be traced from the mine to the store.
07/17/2008 01:00 am -
Beijing lawyer fights for pollution victims
Xu Kezhu took pollution for granted – until she saw the clean skies of Europe.
07/17/2008 01:00 am -
Insurer: Weather disasters becoming more frequent
The number of natural disasters has more than doubled since 1980, mostly because of a worsening of weather-driven catastrophes, according to a German insurance company.
07/16/2008 01:00 am -
China says it has cleared algae from Olympic sailing venue
The Chinese government says that it has cleared away the algae that had been blocking the Olympic sailing course in the eastern city of Qingdao.
07/16/2008 01:00 am -
Roundup: a climate time machine, vertical farms, and a kinda boring toy
A look at what's happening elsewhere on the Web.
07/16/2008 01:00 am -
Can we engineer a cooler earth?
As CO2 mitigation efforts lag, some explore sun-blocking, cloud-forming technologies, and more.
07/16/2008 01:00 am -
In Britain, plan for carbon-neutral ‘ecotowns’ draws rural ire
The innovative proposal for ultramodern communities with solar power and subterranean recycling chutes is designed to address an acute housing shortage.
07/15/2008 01:00 am -
Updated: U.S. public’s thirst for oil prodding Congress to act
With Bush urging new oil exploration in coastal waters, top lawmakers respond with calls to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
07/15/2008 01:00 am -
EPA: Your life is now worth 11 percent less
The Associated Press examined the Environmental Protection Agency's cost-benefit analyses over the past 12 years and came to a startling conclusion: the statistical value of an American life is worth almost $1 million less than it was five years ago.
07/14/2008 01:00 am -
Make your own gas station sign
07/14/2008 01:00 am -
Toyota to build Prius in US, scale back truck production
Toyota announced Thursday that it will begin manufacturing its iconic Prius hybrid in the United States for the first time.
07/14/2008 01:00 am -
Putin faces green Olympic challenge
The Sochi 2014 Winter Games are threatened by a looming international boycott, environmental concerns, and public protests against local development.
07/11/2008 01:00 am -
Why I buy things I shouldn't
It started with that wool scarf in Paris and now has escalated to buying a lifetime national parks pass and dining on sea slugs.
07/11/2008 01:00 am -
Black Ohio neighborhood unjustly denied water for decades, jury finds
A federal jury awarded residents of a mostly black neighborhood in rural Ohio nearly $11 million Thursday, finding that local authorities denied them public water service for half a century because of their race.
07/11/2008 01:00 am -
Manufacturers say they knew of FEMA trailer health risks
07/11/2008 01:00 am
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