In London, an experimental new substance is being sprayed on the streets to keep the particulate matter from factories and cars from going into our lungs. It won't stop climate change but, if it works, it could at least clean up our ...READ»
The food isn't the only part of the fast food industry that's killing us--they're the number one source of litter. But a few simple fixes and nudges could help fast food lovers waste less.READ»
Cute animals are the first things any beginner learns to make. Japanese artist Takayuki Hori takes his origami menagerie one step further, by imagining his paper animals as victims of urban pollution and exposing their garbage-tainted ...READ»
Container ships are huge polluters--it's hard to make thousands of tons of slow moving steel cut through the oceans efficiently, after all. But now entering the harbor are new vessels that can carry 16% more cargo, while releasing 20% less CO2.READ»
"It is the first time Indigenous people have sued a multinational corporation in the country where the crime was committed and won," says a watchdog group.READ»
Perhaps one of the most bedeviling things in the fight against carbon dioxide pollution is the fact that the gas is odorless and invisible. Everyday, we belch millions of tons of it into the air, but it doesn't feel like we're ...READ»
A group of 36 Chinese environmental groups accused the computer manufacturer this week of ignoring concerns about pollution and health issues in its Chinese factories.READ»
The world’s rivers are in bad shape. That’s according to a new study published in September 2010 in the journal Nature that analyzed human impacts on rivers worldwide. The study looked at how things like chemical and ...READ»
Mark Eakin: It’s been a really bad year for coral reefs around the world.
Mark Eakin is coordinator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Coral Reef Watch. He said high ocean temperatures in ...READ»
NASA's revealed a study detailing the location and extent of the world's oceanic dead zones--regions where oxygen depletion stifles life. It looks like they're growing. First up: What is a dead zone (apart from a creepy movie starring ...READ»
As you slept last night, and Roger Federer drowned his sorrows in the Chalkdust pub in Wimbledon, innovation was putting on the pancake makeup and stepping out of its FEMA trailer for a YouTube appearance. 1. While Hurricane Alex ...READ»
Creative Jesus-figure Alex Bogusky, co-chairman of Crispin Porter + Bogusky and the man behind Denver's B-cycle bike sharing program, has come up with a simple way to make the world understand the seriousness of climate change. Rather ...READ»
While you were sleeping, innovation was doing push-ups, stretches, and some cardio.
1. China first. While Foxconn raises its workers' salaries by an additional 70%, to go with last week's 30%, as long as certain conditions are met, ...READ»
