EPA Forced Into Analyzing Pesticide Impacts, Massive Efforts Underway to Restore Pollinators
The settlement is a first step toward reining in widespread use of pesticides; and the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge launches.
The settlement is a first step toward reining in widespread use of pesticides; and the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge launches.
Across the US, some of our most important natural areas will be restored, from Southwest Florida to Hawaii.
From the UK to the Arctic, people want the Pope's Encyclical to be heard around the world.
While wind turbines produce clean energy unlike dirty power plants that pollute out of sight, many people aren’t thrilled to see them dotting the landscape. Over the years, there have been many turbine designs that have yet to gain traction, notably vertical turbines. Now, there’s a new design that takes it to the limit – turbines that look like sticks in the ground – with no blades at all. Does this new design look better to you?! No more worries about noise for people who live nearby. It has no moving parts and is therefore silent. It doesn’t have blades, so it can’t kill birds and bats. Prototypes are almost as efficient as conventional turbines and are markedly cheaper to build and maintain. “It will need less material, allowing us to provide electricity to more people at a lower cost, while leaving a smaller environmental footprint. It won’t kill birds and it won’t make noise. Stop imagining – here comes Vortex!,” says the developer, Spain-based Vortex Blades, on its crowdfunding page. Here’s how it works Instead of capturing energy by the rotating motion of turbine blades, Vortex takes advantage of “vorticity” – an aerodynamic effect that occurs when wind breaks against a solid structure. It begins to oscillate and captures the energy that is produced. It “floats” on magnets, which […]
3M's supply chain will be held to one of the highest standards in the industry for environmental protection and respect of human rights.
75 bats are released back into the wild after being cured of the deadly fungus.
In what's become hugely controversial, the EPA issued regulations that protects water sources from pollution.
Amazingly, Walmart is taking first steps toward cleansing its supply chain from inhumane practices inflicted on farm animals.
The strategy is strong on research and habitat restoration, but falls short on addressing the core issue of pesticides.
The biggest increase comes from China's Great Green Wall, the world's largest ecological engineering project.