U.S. churches are going green this week by using eco-palms in their Palm Sunday church services. The palm fronds are considered ''green'' because of the way they’re collected. Only quality palms are cut and the rest of the plant is left intact to provide wildlife habitat and continue growing for future use.Social benefits are also reaped since ...

An article in today’s issue of the journal Science proposes that the focus on carbon dioxide as “the” greenhouse gas responsible for global warming needs to be widened to include other bad gases contributing to the problem -- which we heard recently could see entire climate zones wiped out in under 100 years.A complex mix of greenhouse gases ...

A new study has found by 2100, several existing climate zones could be lost completely, and new climates won’t be anything like what we have now.The worst case scenario is current climate conditions on 48 percent of Earth's land area would no longer exist. The changes would most severely affect biodiverse areas like the Amazonian and Indonesian ...

Love that new car smell? You might want to think again. U.S. environmental group Ecology Center has tested the interiors of 200 new cars and found that intoxicating scent to be a sign of toxic chemicals. The Michigan-based group tested 2006 and 2007 models for chlorine, bromine, arsenic, lead and a few other choice offenders that they point out ...

Scientists from Saint Louis University have unveiled a new battery that's expected to become the future of portable power. It would last several times longer than a lithium battery and run on anything from flat soda to tree sap, although sugar water apparently works best. The great thing about these sugar batteries …they’re biodegradable. I wonder ...

Last week it was reported that CD sales have dropped 20 percent during the same period a year ago. At the same time, legal downloads are growing -- just not enough to fill the revenue gap. Through a bit of creative deduction, I’ve come to the conclusion that sub-par albums are to thank (or to blame if you’re in the group losing money) for reducing ...

Sharing more reflections on his recent testimony, Al Gore says he’s encouraged that increasing numbers of House and Senate members accept the scientific consensus on climate change. And presumably referring about the ever pleasant Senator Inhofe, he also mentions the increasing isolation of naysayers. Putting Inhofe in his placeSumming up his ...

There have been fears expressed in Canada that compact fluorescent (CFL) light bulbs might be a safety risk. Some users have voiced concerns about a possible fire hazard because of a small amount of melted plastic and smoke when the bulbs burn out. One Change, a Canadian organization trying to urge people to switch to CFLs through Project ...

The theme for this year’s UN World Water Day is “Coping with Water Scarcity”, so it’s fitting a report released only days ahead by WWF finds some of the world’s largest and most well-know rivers could dry up due to climate change, pollution and bad planning -- even ones in our own backyard. U.S. river threatenedWorld Wildlife Fund released ...

Melbourne Australia has been sitting at level 3 water restrictions since January, which means a lot of rules about what residents can use their water for. A severe drought has been causing shortages, and may lead to what Victoria’s Water Minister John Thwaites says would be unprecedented water shortages by the end of the year. An opposition leader ...