After years and years of failing to address carbon emissions, scientists are urging that we at least cut some more easily managed greenhouse gasses. At this point, it may be the best we can do (and our only hope).READ»
Damned if you do, damned if you don't. A new study finds that while biodegradable products help reduce mass in landfills, they may be worsening global warning. Luckily, there's a solution: Make earth-friendly plastics that actually disintegrate more slowly. READ»
The lake's lethal combination of methane and carbon dioxide has residents fearing for their lives, but it's also the country's most vital and promising energy source.READ»
McDonald's isn't known for the sustainable qualities of its hamburgers, and for good reason--a burger-shaped mashup of various beef sources isn't all that appetizing to think about. But while MickeyD's probably won't start using ...READ»
Each year, the Tech Awards honors innovators who use technology to benefit humanity. This year's winners are a motley crew, ranging from nutrient-rich rice and open-source math software to a slaughterhouse waste-reducing program ...READ»
Why use lawnmowers when farm animals can get the job done just as easily? We already know that Bayer Health rents sheep to graze grass on its Richmond, California campus, and Google made news a few months ago with its campus-grazing ...READ»
Methane is 20 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, and cows are responsible for almost three-quarters of total methane emissions. So it makes sense that Stephen Moore, a professor of agricultural, food, and ...READ»
As if New York City's national debt clock wasn't depressing enough, the city is now the proud bearer of a 50-foot high sign with a digital display tracking the greenhouse gases entering our atmosphere. In addition to scaring the ...READ»
Cows at 15 farms throughout Vermont are doing their part to reduce global warming by eating more plants like alfalfa and flax and less corn and soy--feed products that are cheap and filling but unhealthy. The diet program, ...READ»
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) launched a Google Earth mash-up map earlier this month to show alternative energy installers where they might run into trouble with legal restrictions or endangered wildlife advocates. ...READ»
The next time you buy L'Oreal haircare products, you can tell everyone that your sweet-smelling locks come courtesy of cow manure. The cosmetics company is powering one of its haircare factories in Belgium with poop beginning later ...READ»
Christiaan Huygens attributed his 1655 discovery of Saturn's largest moon Titan partly to "the quality of his telescope and partly to luck." And now it seems luck has struck again in the latest Titan discovery: the first ever ...READ»
