Recycled tires present a huge problem in worldwide landfills, particularly in South East Asia. Tires take over 80 years to degrade and do so with a lot of noxious fumes. Furthermore, tires are breeding grounds for mosquitoes that bring malaria and Dengue fever to hot and humid weather communities. There were 80 million cases of Dengue Fever last year alone.
Let's say information about factory emissions of toxic metals was readily available to the public in Hunan and Shaanxi provinces. Would more than 1,600 children still have been poisoned by lead or cadmium recently?
Attention all women and moms! Ever feel paralyzed when faced with the daunting task in your home you think is more of a “man’s job?” Fear no more! Let me share a story with you which may make you feel more empowered when it comes to issues like this one.
This weekend, I had the pleasure of participating in a US Open event. No - not a tennis match - but something that is still an integral part of the US Open: the announcement of this year's greening initiative.
This is the second year now that NRDC has worked with the US Tennis Association to make the US Open an increasingly sustainable sporting event.
India wants the world to know that it will be part of the international solution to climate change.
Having just been named, Tropical Storm Erika is heading toward The Leeward Islands, which include Anguilla, St. Kitts, Nevis, Antigua and Montserrat. The National Hurricane Center and Weather Underground both report that the storm’s track is uncertain while the intensity of the storm remains uncertain.
As a long-time customer, I was appalled to learn that Verizon Wireless has hopped into bed with Don Blankenship, chairman, CEO and president of Massey Energy, one of the largest coal companies in America and one of the driving forces behind the devastating rape of America's lands known as mountainto
If all U.S. office buildings turned off their computers at night, or at least switched to standby mode, trillions of BTUs of energy would be unnecessary.
El Niño, last appearing in 2006, returned this June, scientists at the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the World Meteorological Organization recewntly announced. This week Hurricane Jimena threatens the Baja California Peninsula, where a hurricane warning and watch has been issued.
It may be better for the planet to not have vending machines, but if they are to exist, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has just released new energy efficiency standards for refrigerated beverage vending machines.
