Oct 06, 2011 10:32PM
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, as dubbed by scientists, is a region of floating trash in the ocean that is twice the size of Texas. It com...
Oct 06, 2011 10:30PM
Want to know how far it’s possible to travel by biking or using public transit in under 15 minutes? There’s a map for that. Mapnificent show...
Oct 06, 2011 10:29PM
How long does it take a species to disappear forever? It turns out that habitat destruction drives species to extinction more slowly than pr...
Sep 05, 2011 10:49PM
Tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world after water, and many drinkers prefer the convenience afforded by prepackaged individu...
Sep 05, 2011 10:47PM
Andrew Yip, Ph.D., lead author of a new report, Religion, Youth and Sexuality, a multi-faith study by sociologists from Nottingham and Notti...
Sep 05, 2011 10:46PM
The environmental certification nonprofit Green Seal continues to expand its reach across industries with its latest quality standard for pe...
Sep 05, 2011 10:45PM
A group called 170 Million Americans, a partnership of more than 400 public television and radio stations throughout the country, has been s...
Sep 05, 2011 10:44PM
September 22 is World Carfree Day, and people all over the world are pledging to ditch their cars and travel by bikes or mass transit or wal...
Sep 05, 2011 10:34PM
Governments around the world are taking action to protect sharks. News from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) points out that sha...
Sep 05, 2011 10:33PM
Harnessing the power of tidal currents to produce electricity may seem like a new idea, but President Franklin D. Roosevelt started the firs...
Sep 05, 2011 10:32PM
Since its inception in 1981 at the United Nations, Peace Day has marked personal and planetary progress toward peace. Each year, events comm...
Jun 08, 2011 01:02PM
Florida, the nation’s 22nd largest and fourth most populated state, is also geographically diverse. That is why a 2010 move by the U.S. Envi...
Jun 08, 2011 12:59PM
A new ruling by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) underscores the federal government’s intent to encourage use of local farm product...
Jun 08, 2011 12:56PM
With the family farm an endangered institution, urbanites have a growing desire to reconnect with America’s rural countryside. Farm Stay U.S...
Jun 08, 2011 12:53PM
GE Energy has released a study estimating that 5 percent of the world’s natural gas production is wasted by burning, or “flaring”, unused ga...
Jun 08, 2011 12:51PM
A new report by the European Commission, an executive branch of the European Union, proposes to completely eliminate gasoline and diesel-fue...
Jun 08, 2011 12:47PM
In the nation’s most aggressive clean energy legislation to date, California will require utilities in the state to obtain at least 33 perce...
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