More Drilling Will Decrease Safety, Increase Big Oil Profits – But Won’t Bring Down Gas Prices WASHINGTON (May 5, 2011) — The House today took the first step toward mandating a dramatic increase in offshore drilling while making oversight of drilling weaker than it was before last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster. The…
New York Times Published May 6, 2011 To an untrained eye, the fields of Iowa have a reassuring solidity. You cannot tell that the state has lost half its topsoil in the past century. According to a new report from the Environmental Working Group, Iowa’s soil is washing away at rates far higher than anyone…
CONTACT: EWG Public Affairs: 202-667-6982; leeann@ewg.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 25, 2011 Washington, D.C. – U.S. pediatricians are putting their considerable muscle behind the calls for Congress to overhaul a failed federal law that has exposed millions of children, beginning in the womb, to an untold number of toxic chemicals. In its statement, Chemical-Management Policy: Prioritizing…
Pictures: Cool Cars Designed by Students to Sip Fuel
Andrew Curry For National Geographic News Published May 3, 2011 This story is part of a special series that explores energy issues. For more, visitThe Great Energy Challenge. Archaeologists at work in the Egyptian desert call them “desert blossoms.” Beleaguered city dwellers refer to them as “urban tumbleweeds.” Flimsy, translucent, and so cheap to produce they…
The population of the world, long expected to stabilize just above 9 billion in the middle of the century, will instead keep growing and may hit 10.1 billion by the year 2100, the United Nations projected ina report released Tuesday. Growth in Africa remains so high that the population there could more than triple in this…
Photo: Crystian Cruz, Flickr, CC The Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center has release its list of the most pedestrian-friendly cities in the US, with 11 getting rankings from Platinum to Bronze and 8 more getting ‘honorable mentions’. Only one city received the highest honor. Find out which one below… Photo: Garyisajoke, Flickr, CC You can see the criteria…
Global demand for rare earth minerals has skyrocketed in recent years, driven in no small part by the popularity of hybrid cars like the Toyota Prius. At the same time, China — which is home to the vast majority of the world’s rare earth mining operations — has been tightening its hold on the elements,…
We are a throwaway society. The U.S. solid waste recycling rate hovers at a dismal 34 percent. Product packaging is the largest category of landfill waste and the biggest component of ocean litter that harms marine life. There’s a lack of federal and industry leadership on recycling. It’s hard to see recycling treated as a…
Tune in to CNN on Saturday at 3 p.m. ET for a special Earth Day edition of CNN’s “Green Solutions: In Focus.” The award-winning series is produced by CNN photojournalists and brings you stories of people’s efforts tosave our planet and nourish a nation. (MNN) — So you’ve decided to take the plunge — to…