Tesco announces that a range of its products will carry a label showing the size of the goods’ carbon footprints.
Greenhouse Gas Cuts Easy on American Pocketbooks: Analysis
A new analysis released by the Environmental Defense Fund shows that the cost of capping greenhouse gas emissions will amount to less than one percent of the average American household budget.
How to Avoid the Eco-Imposters
With Earth Day right around the corner and many of us tackling our Spring cleaning, the Organic Consumers Association lets us know which “eco-friendly” cleaning products are legitimate.
A Shift in the Debate Over Global Warming
With data now showing an unexpected rise in global greenhouse gas emissions and a decline in energy efficiency, more and more economists, scientists and students of energy policy are warning that emissions caps – the policy embraced by all U.S. presidential potentials – will be too little too late.
US: Emissions Cuts Would Hurt World Economy
U.S. negotiators at a United Nations climate conference say steep emission cuts could further rattle the world economy, especially in the developing world – excuses environmentalists and other delegates say the U.S. is using to avoid any real action on climate change.
California Lowers Auto Emissions Rule
Frustrating environmentalists but relieving auto makers, California regulators Thursday drastically reduced the number of zero-emission vehicles to be sold in the state – by an amazing 70 percent from the 2003 target.
Sacrificing Water Quality For Quantity
The proposed U.S. budget for 2009 will provide USGS money for determining the nation’s water use but cut funding for the agency’s water-quality program.
Wal-Mart Move 'TIpping Point' for Driving Monsanto's Bovine Growth Hormone off the Market
Walmart’s announcement that it’s store brand milk will now come from cows not treated with growth hormones sounds the death knell for the genetically engineered bovine hormone.
Green Energy Could Avoid Recession
For a number of reasons, the industry sector that includes clean, renewable and efficient energy has been holding up well under continuing bad news from just about every other segment of the US economy.
Bush: America Must 'Get Off Oil'
At the 3rd global ministerial-level conference on renewable energy – WIREC3 – US President Bush cited economic dependency, terrorism, and climate change as reasons the US must “get off oil.”