A government-funded report out of the UK questions whether organic foods are actually less harmful than their intensively-farmed counterparts. While it does question whether “all organic” is better than “all conventional”, it’d be a bit misleading to say they’ve questioned the benefit of every organic product. Unfortunately that assumption could ...

A tipping point on global warming is said to be close at hand in the U.S. Politicians, leading businesses (including GE, of ecomagination fame) and economists have been joining up with environmental organizations to push for laws limiting greenhouse gases. So far the Bush administration has brushed off calls, while maintaining a commitment to deal ...

The American Solar Energy Society has recently released a 200 page report explaining how concentrating solar power (CSP), photovoltaics (PV), wind power, biomass, biofuels, and geothermal power, along with increased energy efficiency, can significantly reduce carbon emissions by some 1.2 billion tons a year by 2030.''Takling Climate Change in the ...

A series of concerts planned for July will be showcasing musical talent from around the world. The concerts called “Live Earth” are being organized by Al Gore and the Save Our Selves (S.O.S.) campaign for Climate Crisis. The concerts will take place on July 7, 2007. London, Sydney, Shanghai and Johannesburg and Rio de Janerio have been confirmed ...

Well it's been a week since the release of the UN’s IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report that states that ''warming of the climate system is unequivocal.” The cause of the warming is “a very high confidence that the globally averaged net effect of human activities since 1750 is one of warming.” The term “very high confidence” ...

  If you paint a mountain green is it considered green-washing, feng shui for the countryside or just another western concept lost in translation? Villagers in western China have found their neighborhood has been beautified by government workers who have been literally painting the side of a mountain with green paint. Workers have ...

If children are our future, then here is an opportunity for them to imagine and shape their own future; at least as relates to renewable energy. Imagining Tomorrow is a contest for students to submit their written and video ideas for the future of alterative energy. The contest is open to all US high school students. Young people are aware of the ...