Cyclists assemble in Yerevan, Armenia, for a bike tour to Teghut Forest. Photo by Ruzanna Hovasapyan via ride-earth on Flickr. Armenian environmental activists fighting plans to build a copper mine in an endangered forest got a boost recently when former... 

“Orthographic aerial photograph of Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill, in Kingston, Tennessee, taken the day after the event.” Photo: Public domain CO2 is Important, But Not the Only Thing David Roberts over at Grist has a great... 

Photo: Ecologic Brands Some weeks ago we were sent a media release describing what was considered a “first-of-its-kind bottle.” The Ecologic Brands hybrid milk bottle is biodegradable, compostable and recyclable. We say hybrid because it... 

Photo: Currie Technologies “We are confident that the Express will make an eBike believer out of anyone that takes it for an extended test ride,” says Larry Pizzi, president of Currie Technologies. The iZip Express is the latest hybrid electric... 

Image via Plastiki crew We’ve been following the progress of the Plastiki for over a year now. In case you’ve forgotten, it’s the pet project of eco-adventurer David de Rothschild and it’s a huge boat made from recycled plastic... 

Photo via USA Today And he’s right. The market needs a clear signal that energy companies that create carbon pollution are going to have to pay for it, so that investment can be diverted to cleaner sources. We can subsidize clean energy or provide... 

Plastic marine debris collected in a surface plankton net tow. Photo: Sea Education Association. Though it hasn’t garnered nearly as much attention as its plastic-ridden analog in the Pacific, the North Atlantic Ocean too has its very own gigantic... 

Photo via Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing When it comes to supporting environmental causes, even the small donations can mean big changes–the non-profit Foundation Center reports that less than $100 million was earmarked for climate change... 

photo: Chelsea Oakes via flickr. Here’s another group opposed to the EPA calling CO2 a danger to human health and potentially regulating it under the Clean Air Act. The US Chamber of Commerce has come out against it (big surprise), and now The... 

Image: compliments of Grist Our friends over at Grist are asking a serious question about the nitrogen dilemma: Is America Fertilizing Disaster? This is the first piece in a series, and is a great primer in nitrogen, its uses, and abuses. The basic story...