A new bank in a seacoast town on the mouth of the Columbia River in Washington State is Dubbed the country's first environmental bank by its parent, SouthShore Corp. of Chicago, because it is currently reviewing loan applications from businesses eager to use new technology to benefit both their ecological community and their own cash flow.
Clothing company Patagonia is asking people not to buy its outdoor sportwear and gear unless the really need it. The company may be the first ever to ask customers to formally take a pledge to reduce consumption and be partners, along with eBay, in the effort to keep products out of the landfill or incinerator.
Today is World Honey Bee Day, previously known as Honey Bee Awareness Day, organized by beekeepers in the USA.
When conservationist and philanthropist Rob Purves decided to preserve a lost Tasmanian wilderness, he also wanted to share it. He arranged for 11 artists to camp out and capture the Australian experience.
The last time a bison was born in a wild habitat east of the Mississippi River was in the 1830s. Now, 95 miles west of Chicago, history was reset on a patch of restored prairie grass.
Britain's Prince Harry is spending the summer helping protect endangered rhinos and elephants against poachers.
Angry Birds' creator Rovio Entertainment is getting angry about non-native rats eating birds' eggs on South Pacific islands. They've swooped in to assist.
Illegal logging has practically been eliminated in the western Mexico wintering grounds of the monarch butterfly, according to a report released in August. The successful anti-logging patrols and payments to rural residents may help solve other forestry conflicts throughout the country.
This plant will turn trash into coal replacement, reducing West Virginia CO2 emissions by 28,000 tons every year.
After reading an article in the local newspaper, Cassandra Lin of Westerly, Rhode Island discovered that many residents could not afford to heat their homes. Inspired to do something, she formed a team of five seventh graders to recycle waste cooking oil and turn it into biofuel for distribution to needy families. Started in 2008, TGIF (Turn Grease Into Fuel) works with local biofuel companies to recycle the grease from residents and restaurants, and refine it into biodiesel. The award-winning project has been collecting more than 36,000 gallons of waste cooking oil a year, bringing an estimated value of $60,000 of alternative energy that keeps 92 needy families warm in the winter.
A Formula 1 race car builder has its designs on slashing supermarket energy usage, saving money and reducing carbon emissions.
A new study shows mercury levels in bluefish off the U.S. Atlantic coast have dropped 43% since 1972, after coal-fired plants cut emissions in half.
Today, retailers are defining a new role as agents for consumers–and, even more, as educators and partners for consumers and their health.
The PaperLab can create a ton of new paper from waste documents in your office every month, while saving up to 12,000 gallons of water.
Japan's abandoned and bankrupt golf courses are getting a second life as solar power stations.
Discovery of this record-breaking tree could help breed disease-resistant American Chestnuts to restore the nearly extinct species.
Californians can now breath a little easier, according to a report released at the end of 2015 stating that smog is continuing to clear up. During 2015's peak summer season, California had 82 high smog days - twelve percent fewer than the previous year with its tally of 92. According to the Air Quality Management District, […]
Yosemite, Grand Teton and Denali National Parks will be the first National Parks to eliminate landfill waste–and they've got a great partner in Subaru.
You won't believe which sea creatures have been spotted in London's Thames River after the environmental comeback of the last ten years.
Cleaning up plastic pollution may soon be as simple as feeding it to some hungry bugs now that science has learned how mealworms can thrive on a styrofoam diet.
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