“If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life , as an unfailing... 

Here comes more dour empirical data. Ongoing deforestation in countries such as Brazil, Indonesia and Malaysia has been further linked to the rising demand for biofuels, according to speakers at a recent meeting of the American Association for the Advancement... 

A bill introduced by assemblyman Wesley Chesbro (D-Arcata) aims to reduce waste, litter, and greenhouse gases and create thousands of green jobs. The California Product Stewardship Act, AB 283, also would tackle the front end of product life cycles by... 

Hilarides Dairy , in California, has converted a pair of big rigs (18-wheelers) to run on biomethane produced from cow manure. The effort is thought to be the nation’s first trucks powered by chow chips. Hilarides plans to use manure produced by... 

Thanks to a freedom of information request by justice spokesman David Howarth, police have revealed a list of 2,000 items confiscated from protesters at the Climate Camp protest at England’s Kingsnorth coal plant last August. A clown outfit, children’s... 

Leading scientists call foul in the use of kids aged 6 to 10 as subjects in genetically modified foods trials, claiming a severe breach of medical ethics, specifically the Nuremberg code. “We are writing to express our shock and unequivocal denunciation... 

The question for businesses used to be “Can we afford to go green?”  Now it is ” Can we afford NOT to go green?”  The upcoming Greener by Design 2009 conference, to be held May 19-20 in San Francisco will focus on helping industries... 

Did you know that the Rocky Mountains contain more oil than Saudi Arabia? Most people don’t. The problem is that, unlike the easily accessed and processed oceans of liquid oil under Middle Eastern sands, the Rocky Mountains’ petroleum is found in... 

Late in the Bush administration, the president lifted an executive order banning offshore drilling. A few months later, facing skyrocketing gas prices, Congress allowed a congressional moratorium, dating back to 1982, to lapse. Offshore drilling has... 

The good folks at ZapRoot give two nods to Red, Green, and Blue this week with their usual brand of critical eco-snark; featuring a piece by Tom Scheunemann about scrapping the eleventh-hour Bush offshore drilling plan ; as well as a piece by Amanda...