World trade rules are incredibly complex and right now, government officials are meeting in Geneva to try to hammer out an agreement to save the World Trade Organization. Remember how the negotiations failed spectacularly nine years ago in Seattle? The same proposals - many of them anti-environmental, a...

Awareness is low, but 63 percent of those who had a view on it favor a California ballot measure that would require half the state's electricity to come from renewable sources by 2025, a Field poll issued on Tuesday shows. Voter awareness of Proposition 7 on the November ballot is extremely low -- 82 percent of those interviewed said they did not know of the measure. Phone interviews of 672 likely voters were conducted last week, Field Research said. Voters were asked opinions on several issues on the statewide ballot this November. On the renewable energy measure, 24 percent said they were likely to vote against it and 13 percent said they were undecided.

Political appointees at the Dept. of Labor are moving with unusual speed to push through--in the final months of the Bush administration--a rule making it tougher to regulate workers' exposure to chemicals and toxins.

As wind energy continues to expand across the U.S. heartland, rural America is likely to experience a revitalization not experienced since the homestead land grabs of the 19th century. Green jobs - high-quality employment for environmentally sustainable industries - and related spin-off opportunities are proliferating across West Texas. Local leaders predict that the economic growth has only just begun.

Common household items such as dryer sheets, fabric softeners, detergents, and solid, spray and plug-in air fresheners are potentially exposing your family and friends to dangerous chemicals, a new study finds.

With the Games due to start in less than three weeks, Beijing on Sunday cranked up anti-pollution measures by yanking cars off the roads, expanding mass transit and staggering work hours in a bid to meet its pledge of a "green" Olympics.

Global food shortages have placed the Middle East and North Africa in a quandary, as they are forced to choose between growing more crops to feed an expanding population or preserving their already scant supply of water.

A flame retardant that was taken out of children’s pajamas more than 30 years ago after it was found to cause cancer is being used with increasing regularity in furniture, paint and even baby carriers, and EPA's safety assessment is biased toward industry, again.

New evidence has emerged that a large plate of floating ice shelf attached to Antarctica is breaking up, in a troubling sign of global warming, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Thursday.

When Weyerhaeuser began clear-cutting the Douglas firs on the slopes surrounding Little Mill Creek, local water officials were on edge. They worried new slides could dump sediments into the mountain stream and overwhelm a treatment plant. Those fears came true last December.

A transition to renewable energy sources promises significant global job gains at a time when the coal industry has been hemorrhaging jobs for years.

In a slew of announcements this week, a picture of what the future of plug-in vehicle charging might look like is starting to emerge.

Shown above from left to right~ Kelly B has created by far the most sophisticated eco swimsuit seen yet! Front ring gathers the top, under bust stitching provides shaping and lined in front for full coverage. “Halter ties remove so you can wear it strapless if you prefer. 3 fabric strips on each side give this [...]

The European official who drafted the legislation accused Britain of "obstructing" EU efforts on renewables and said UK officials wanted to protect traditional energy suppliers and their coal, gas and nuclear power stations.

There's no way around it: 13 MPG sucks. But what do you do with a Range Rover that's already on the road? Selling it just passes the burden on, so, should we blow it up? Drive it off a cliff? Convert it to a biodiesel or plug-in hybrid and give it to an organization that can use it to do something great? This guy will use the best idea he gets...

This one is old news but I just happen to see it today and thought I would make a comment  on this.

One of the hot celebs our there, Kim Kardashan and her boyfriend Reggie Bush made an effort to save the environment

“I conserve water by showering with my boyfriend so we can save water together,” Kardashan told Tarts this week at Svedka Vodka’s launch of their eco-friendly T-shirt collection E.VIL to benefit Heal the Bay, held at Fred Segal in Santa Monica, Calif.

Anybody believes that showering together conserves water?   I doubt it.    Most of the time, I think it will only take more “shower” time.   The longer you are in the shower,  the more water you’ll consume.

If it were toddler twins or triplets taking a bath on the same bathtub, then that I think would be saving water.   But still,  a bath definitely waste more water than a shower.   It’s good once in  while though.

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