In the third edition of Greenpeace’s seafood sustainability scorecard, called “Carting Away the Oceans,” more than half of the leading supermarket chains in the U.S. have now made some progress in increasing the sustainability of their seafood operations. The supermarket chain Wegmans received top ranking followed by Ahold USA, while Whole Foods dropped to third [...]

Colorado lawmakers recently passed two laws that allow certain state residents to collect rain, while also paving the way for a new rain-catching program, according to an article in the The New York Times today. The laws come about as some U.S. states like Colorado are struggling to maintain sufficient water supplies amid drought or [...]

In Amsterdam, the main hub of culture and business in The Netherlands, almost 40% of commuters and residents use their bicycles as their primary mode of transportation. In Utrecht, a city southeast of Amsterdam, cyclists account for around 35%. “The bicycle is the means of transport used most often in Amsterdam,” reports Bike Europe. “Between [...]

It’s been a strange and sad week for America. First, Ed McMahon then Farrah Fawcett, then Michael Jackson, and just today, the news that OxiClean spokesman Billy Mays sadly and abruptly passed away. The 50-year-old OxiClean commercial star was found unresponsive in bed by his wife, TMZ reported. Mays had apparently just returned from a [...]

So we thought we’d seen every Michael Jackson video ever made, but we recently stumbled across “Earth Song” – a 1996 Jackson hit we’d never heard before. Apparently, the song was never released in the United States but did extremely well over in the UK. “For me, this is Earth’s Song,” Jackson had said about [...]

Microsoft Corp., has launched Hohm, a web-based service that lets consumers monitor their home energy consumption and rates in real-time and get related energy information. The real time monitoring service is currently available with a small handful of energy partners who use smart meters, including Sacramento’s Municipal Utility District, City Light Seattle, Puget Sound Energy, [...]

A recently implemented limit in China on ultra-thin plastic bags has successfully and significantly reduced bag-related pollution nationwide in the past year. China avoided the use of 40 billion bags, according to estimates. The State Council, China’s parliament, responded in January 2008 by prohibiting stores and supermarkets from providing free plastic bags that are less [...]

In advance of tomorrow’s vote on the American Clean Energy and Security Act in the House of Representatives, Greenpeace USA Deputy Campaigns Director Carroll Muffett issued the following statement: “Since the Waxman-Markey bill left the Energy and Commerce committee, yet another fleet of industry lobbyists has weakened the bill even more, and further widened the [...]

The Sears Tower is getting set to undergo a massive 350 million dollar green overhaul, and will be installing wind turbines, solar panels and roof gardens to help complete the task. The five-year project would reduce the tower’s electricity use by 80% and save 24 million gallons of water a year, according to the building’s [...]

Actress Daryl Hannah and NASA scientist James Hansen were with over thirty other people arrested this week as they protested mountaintop removal mining in southern West Virginia. State Police said all were released after being cited for impeding traffic and obstructing an officer after they blocked a road near a Massey Energy Co. subsidiary’s coal [...]