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Go Team Green
VIDEO | NFL teams draw up a new game plan: sack high energy bills and win one for the environment.
Chemical CornNew GMO varieties can withstand more powerful pesticides. The likely outcomes? Wonder worms and super weeds.
Will Work for WaterFixing our aging water systems would lead to more jobs, less waste, and safer sipping.
February 3, 2012:
Imagine dropping fifty-seven cement caissons, each one the size of a four-story house, on miles of beach and soft coral reefs. It would destroy the marine ecosystem. Our imperfect knowledge already tells us that at least... read more >
February 1, 2012:
After years of disagreement, NOAA's Fisheries Service has decided to list the Atlantic sturgeon as an endangered species. The listing will include five distinct populations of the fish -- four are endangered, and one will be... read more >
January 25, 2012:
From our friends at NASA comes this amazing 26-second video, depicting how temperatures around the globe have warmed since 1880. That year is what scientists call the beginning of the “modern record.” You’ll note an... read more >
At a sanctuary in China, bears freed from bile farms recover from their lives trapped in tiny cages.
The U.S. suffered 12 weather-related disasters in 2011 with damages of more than $1 billion. Get used to it.
As millions of Africans move to cities, they're finding innovative ways to grow food close to home.
