Plastic unfantastic
The "great Pacific garbage patch" highlights a major global problem: the overuse and poor disposal of cheap and abundant plastics.
1 March 2008
Tag: Environment
The Green Report: Excess estrogen, the growing GM debate, and non-stick toxins
New tax gouges gas guzzlers in London
1 March 2008
Mission to save Britain’s wilderness
After centuries of preened hedgerows and manicured gardens, Britons are looking to return their landscape to its rugged roots.
24 February 2008
The Green Report: Religious tips, festival reform, fast-forward climate change
Holy orders: Give up carbon for Lent
16 February 2008
The Green Report: Energy news from all over
Europe likes biofuels, but some are 'worse than useless'
2 February 2008
The Green Report: Shipping news: Cargo vessel flies a kite
Nano cars, prohibited plastic and ocean bulldozing
19 January 2008
The Green Report: The ultimate eco-meal? In-vitro vittles
Protecting peatland, reinventing the battery and an upside to carbon-heavy forests
5 January 2008
The Green Report: Call it a cellphone with a conscience
Solar sway, CFC's dangerous proxy, and an environmental Brita filter
15 December 2007
The Green Report: A power list companies might not want to publicize
Beyond corn-fueled commutes and a new approach to wind farming
1 December 2007
Antarctica, the new hot real estate
There's oil and gas in the Antarctic, too, which global warming may open up. But as the U.K. and others stake claims, scientists wonder what it would cost environments there, and ultimately the planet
18 November 2007
The Green Report: A toxic Trojan horse
Tiny plastic particles pack a major punch
17 November 2007
The Green Report: Planet, heal thyself
Channelling cold, nutrient-rich water from the deep ocean to the nutrient-poor surface could "help the planet heal itself"
3 November 2007
The hole truth
A success story and cautionary tale
1 November 2007
Brain damage
The rising sun
London Calling
Will oceans surge 59 centimetres this century – or 25 metres?
To surprise and dissent
Toxic neighbour
Whatever happened to … acid rain
The New Climate Almanac
Chemically bonded
Playing dirty
Coming clean on climate–change spin—how the PR industry sold the “made in Canada” solution to global warming
1 September 2006