Van Jones, an administration official specializing in environmentally friendly "green jobs" in the White House Council on Environmental Quality, has resigned. He was earlier this week linked to efforts suggesting a government role in the 2001 terror attacks and to derogatory comments about Republicans.
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The skyline of Manhattan may one day resemble the hanging gardens of Babylon. New York City is among a growing number of states offering tax credits and other incentives for rooftop gardens.
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Northeastern Pennsylvania Destination Strengthens Efforts to Employ Environmentally Friendly Practices
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Failing to see the forest for the trees may be causing us to overlook the declining health of Wisconsin's forest ecosystems.
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The science of mega engineering says we can save Houston with a Dome. Imagine building a huge Dome that covers the entire city, that is higher than Houston's skyscrapers.
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The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) is marking its first World Oceans Day by launching an online campaign to ‘Retweet (RT) for Our Oceans.’
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June 4, 2009 Washington, DC – The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) is urging the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) to follow the advice of its Scientific Staff and adopt conservation measures for threatened tuna stocks in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO).
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Just as a changing radio landscape has made it tough for Foghat to get much airplay these days, so it is for birdsongs according to new research published in The American Naturalist.
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After eight years of the Bush Administration's refusal to address global warming, the Obama administration has vowed to be a friend to science and fight climate change at every level. The latest committment of the administration is to "catch up on climate change."
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On Valentine's day this year I found myself in a discussion with a friend about whether there should be a day set aside for honoring love. His argument was that we should honor love every day, and that setting aside a special day for love trivialized its real importance. Interestingly I'm finding much the same thinking from many about Earth Day.
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