What do dive-bombing wasps and devil’s worms have in common? On May 23rd, the International Institute for Species Exploration (IISE) published its 5th annual list of new species discovered during the previous year. Based out of Arizona State University, IISE’s scientists collaborate with a committee of taxonomists across the globe to describe and classify new…
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — On a recent sunny morning at the Big Y grocery here, Cynthia LaPier parked her cart in the cereal aisle. With a glance over her shoulder and a quick check of the ingredients, she plastered several boxes with hand-designed stickers from a roll in her purse. “Warning,” they read. “May Contain…
WASHINGTON — Shortly before Thanksgiving in 2010, the leaders of the commission President Obama had appointed to investigate the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico sat down in the Oval Office to brief him. After listening to their findings about the BP accident and the safety of deepwater drilling, the president abruptly…
Limited Time Savings Ending Soon In these past few months we’ve had great success with individuals and businesses joining our 100 Cities for Change campaign. Our members have been able to enjoy benefits such as a national business directory listing, social media blasts, Office Depot discounts, and much more. To top that off, they’ve taken…
What is oil sands mining? Crude oil deposits lie beneath the earth among layers of rock, water, and sand in the form of bitumen, a heavy, viscous type of crude oil that mixes with the geological strata like cold molasses. Mining these oil sands deposits takes place in the Athabasca region of northern Alberta, Canada,…
Submittal Deadline is Monday, June 18, 2012 8:00 AM Arrow Awards Application Introduction The California Product Stewardship Council recognizes businesses that are based in or operate in California for outstanding leadership, innovation and partnerships in product stewardship and green design. The goals of this program are to recognize the accomplishments of businesses with innovative product…
New York Times – The United States on Thursday announced the imposition of antidumping tariffs of more than 31 percent on solar panels from China. The move by the Commerce Department is certain to infuriate Chinese officials already upset after recent bilateral frictions over China’s human rights policies and its increasingly confrontational approach toward American…
Smart meters, those small, digital, and wireless technologies, have generated more opposition in states like Vermont. Highly esteemed as a key energy conservation and grid reliability tool by the Department of Energy, proponents of the smart meter reach as far as the Obama administration which allocated $3.5 billion of its $787 billion economic stimulus package…
Many people would argue that large corporations by their very nature are not green. I see the big boys as being able to make the biggest impacts. Since they use so much energy, material, etc. any action they take to reduce waste and pollution makes a big impact. Not only that, the customer loyalty these…
In just a few short weeks, the world’s leading thinkers and practitioners of sustainability and social innovation will descend on San Diego for the 6th Annual Sustainable Brands Conference. Growing environmental and social pressures, compounded by consumer activism worldwide, is alerting more and more businesses of the importance of joining in on the sustainability conversation…