It appears beginning daylight savings time early and ending it later to save energy might not have worked out exactly as planned. To be more exact, some say it looks to be a complete failure. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the people who forced me into waking up early and heading off to work while still in a sleepy haze. My feelings ...

Venues have been announced and 16 headliners revealed for Live Earth's U.S. show. If you want to be one of the two billion people gathering in the name of combating climate change, you better have your credit card ready Monday, April 16 at 10 a.m. EDT. And if required, a bus ticket to East Rutherford, New Jersey's Giants Stadium. ''We hope ...

It would be easy to use the weeks leading up to Earth Day to encourage small initiatives like recycling or even a complete lifestyle overhaul, but we're not going to do that. Don't get us wrong, we always support steps towards green living, but we also want people to remember why they are taking those steps. Why people careIf we didn't care about ...

As unbelievable as it sounds, a UK study has found the dangers of air pollution in major cities is worse than the damaging health affects radiation exposure has had on Chernobyl survivors.A report published last week by Dr. Jim Smith, a scientist at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, finds high levels or urban air pollution, obesity and tobacco ...

On Friday the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a much-anticipated report detailing impacts of human-caused global warming. As expected, the news isn't good. Predictions include hundreds of millions without water, mass food shortages and floods and millions of species becoming extinct -- with the world's poor bearing the brunt ...

In Monday’s 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court labeled carbon dioxide and other emissions as pollutants under the Clean Air Act. The National Resource Defense Council (NRDC) calls news that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) already has the power to set emissions limits a “stunning rebuke” to the Bush Administration.What NRDC says the decision ...

It's a holiday specific example of cause and effect, but a kind that's sure to become more common in the coming months. Interest in ethanol has grown and corn prices have consequently risen, so farmers are paying more to feed their egg-laying hens. As extra costs get shifted to consumers, the price of eggs is also rising. Ok, so pricier Easter ...

A lack of ice flows in Canada’s Gulf of St. Lawrence is suspected to have caused the deaths of thousands of harp seal pups. Mother seals require the ice flows to give birth and nurse their pups, but surveillance flights over the region by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) have found the area seriously lacking in both seals and ice. ...

Leonardo DiCaprio is being featured in May’s issue of Vanity Fair, with fur! Don’t worry; the fur’s attached to celebrity polar bear cub Knut (sounds like Ka-noot). As you may recall, Knut was born in captivity at the Berlin Zoo and raised by a keeper after being rejected by his mother. Annie Leibovitz shot the photos, of DiCaprio at the ...

In a recent 10-1 vote, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors banned petroleum-based plastic bags from the checkout aisles of supermarkets and pharmacies -- to the cheers of environmentalists everywhere. Biodegradable plastic bags or recycled paper bags are two permitted alternatives. And even though it’s not happening in my town, I’m hopeful one ...