Almost everyone seems to agree: governments now face a choice between saving the planet and saving the economy. As recession looms, the political pressure to abandon green policies intensifies.
"Every time the price of gasoline goes up a penny it costs the U.S. Postal Service $8 million. The USPS operates the largest civilian fleet of vehicles in the country -- 215,000 motor vehicles."
Rapidly rising energy costs have been draining millions from the Fairbanks economy, causing local officials to look to a coal gasification plant for relief.
Workers at Wal-Mart separate cardboard, plastics, paper and aluminum beverage cans before using a baling machine in the store's back storage room to compress them into 600-pound cubes.
Bees are dying in rapid numbers around the world and they pollinate about 90% our food supply. Some researchers have predicted that Colony Collapse Disorder could bring about the extinction of honey bees. There are several working theories linked to this
WASHINGTON - Legendary Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens has gone green with a plan to spend $10 billion to build the world's biggest wind farm. But he's not doing it out of generosity - he expects to turn a buck.
Our nation's agricultural policy should be part of the solution to global warming, not an obstacle. Unfortunately, the Farm Bill now under conference contains taxpayer handouts to Big Coal, including a measure that would enable the Rural Utilities
USDA Secretary Ed Schafer stopped by to visit the annual meeting of the North American Agricultural Journalists in Washington, D.C., on Monday. Here's what's on his mind.
It will mean either there will be pubs without beer or the cost of beer will go up, the Daily Star quoted Jim Salinger, a climate scientist, as telling New Zealands Institute of Brewing and Distilling convention.
Only soy products that do not directly or indirectly destroy ancient rainforests, or intensify climate change and other problems inherent with large-scale industrial monocultures, will be tolerated in international markets
The OASIS standard was spearheaded and created exclusively by conventional industry members like Estee Lauder (owner of Aveda), Loreal and Hain (Jason, Avalon), without any input.
