This first report from the Joint Investigation board is a stark view into the dangers of complacency, overconfidence, and a convoluted management structure.
Some California environmental groups got a last minute invite to an unusual spectacle taking place on Earth Day to launch Coke's new "plant bottle" packaging for Coca-Cola brand "Dasani" bottled water.
Creating attractive buildings that are able to work for the environment should be considered a broader, holistic effort. There is no use in having urban planners thinking in isolation about a better future.
In a powerful new documentary, Stories from the Gulf, residents make it clear they are still suffering the aftermath of the largest oil spill in U.S. history. We must not minimize their struggle or sense of loss, which persists to this day.
The Obama Administration has done some historic therapy on America's oil addiction, including new vehicle efficiency standards, but the president's blueprint doesn't lay out the path to full sobriety.
If environmental regulations are such a burden to economic growth, why do the countries with the strictest environmental regulations tend to be the wealthiest and most stable?
We Greens say all the right things about expanding our base beyond primarily white, affluent members and activists. But it takes real commitment, money and effort to set new priorities. And the price of talk is well known.
From China's first carbon neutral hotel, URBN Hotel Shanghai to Adrère Amellal in Egypt that is made completely of mud and salt brick, there are many hotels that are environmentally conscious to choose from.
The haunting faces of the moai statues on Easter Island, off the coast of Chile, look out at us from the past, and beckon travelers from around the world. They also stand as symbols of the dangers of environmental degradation.
For more than two decades, corporations have lobbied for designer laws to criminalize animal advocates and environmentalists. About 39 states have laws that single out these activists for disproportionately harsh sentences or financial penalties.
Here are five things you and your neighbors can do to celebrate the planet and put some energy cost savings back into your local economy.
The very American impulse to blame the "other" for our problems is counterproductive. On Earth Day, we should realize that economic security and energy security actually go hand in hand.
As we celebrate Earth Day, we would be wise to focus on the role of women as environmental leaders. Investing in women will be critical to addressing the myriad environmental challenges our world faces.
Ed Mazria is a preeminent leader in sustainable design. He closed his practice in 2006 to start Architecture 2030, a nonprofit that challenges designers to achieve carbon neutrality in buildings by 2030.
Legislation currently making its way through Congress would increase the likelihood of future oil spills by accelerating offshore drilling without proper safety and environmental reviews.
It's not just our health that suffers from our cultural obsession with lawn chemicals; our environment suffers too. The Chesapeake Bay suffers catastrophic "dead zones" resulting from the excessive nutrients running off suburban lawns.
Big Oil and its proxies hate alternative energy and energy efficiency. Do you think they'd be kicking and screaming to stop progress if they didn't see a threat to their bottom line?
For Earth Day, we teamed up with Jonathan Jarvis and Kristen Bell to create a simple film on how water changes everything for people in need. Help us make this Earth Day all about water.
In their questions, the justices were generally wary of getting courts involved in regulating greenhouse gases. "Asking a court to set standards for emissions sounds like the kind of thing that EPA does," said one justice.
Charles R. Wolfe, 2011.04.24
