North Sea Natural Gas P...

After a couple months of work the methane leak amounted to not much at all, but it is a reminder that potentially environmentally damaging leaks are business-as-usual with fossil fuels. Original post:  North Sea Natural Gas Platform Leak Finally...

Fewer Women Racing For ...

On Sunday, the Susan G. Komen Foundation will hold its annual Mother’s Day Race for the Cure , one of the organization’s biggest fundraising events. But this year, race registrations around the country have dropped significantly, a situation most are attributing to Komen’s February decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood (a move it later reneged on amidst public outrage). Just how much are registrations down? It’s hard to say overall, but cities and...

Reusable Shopping Bags ...

A while back, I wrote an article about how reusable shopping bags are often covered in bacteria , because they come in contact with meat, veggies, and other potentially contaminated items. I got some emails from readers who accused me of being a fear-monger and overly-cautious, because come on! No one gets sick from innocent, adorable, eco-friendly totes! Except they totally do , says a report published today. Time to take a lesson and learn how to clean reusable shopping bags. The...

Science Tells Us How To...

Everyone agrees that a pregnant woman shouldn’t smoke crack or snort meth, right? And the consensus that they shouldn’t smoke cigarettes or throw back a six-back every night is fairly ironclad, as well. Beyond obviously harmful behaviors like alcohol and drug use, however, things get more complicated. And with good reason: Mothers’ own needs and health must be carefully balanced with the needs and health of potential children they’re carrying. After all,...

U.N. To World Leaders: ...

Judging by current U.S. political debates, you might think women’s reproductive health wasn’t a huge priority for governments. But the U.N. would like to tell world leaders that they do, indeed, need to wake up and take birth control more seriously, especially when it comes to young women. At last week’s Commission of Population and Development, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon explained in a speech that he believes the U.N. (of which the U.S. has been a member...

Winner Announced in Wor...

Congratulations to Scott Bartlett for winning the UNEP and TreeHugger World Environment Day Blogging Competition! Read the rest here:  Winner Announced in World Environment Day Blogging...

Send Your Questions to ...

There’s no doubt that improving transportation is a priority for the environmental movement. Moving goods and people around requires a lot of energy, and sadly, most of that energy still comes from fossil fuels that pollute our air. See the original post: Send Your Questions to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood via Twitter or...

The Top Five Anti-Envir...

The American Legislative Exchange Council has at least five “model bills” waiting in the wings to roll back environmental protections for the benefit of polluting industry. Take a look: Here is the original: The Top Five Anti-Environment Objectives of...

5 Indian Farmers Commit...

This comes as a new report warns that genetically modified eggplant, currently banned for cultivation but pushed for by agribusiness, could be an environmental threat. Read the original here:  5 Indian Farmers Commit Suicide in Past Two Days Over Debts & That’s Just in One District of One...

Great New Idea For Old ...

This is one of those why-didn’t anyone-think-of-this-before ideas that are so simple and so good. Original post:  Great New Idea For Old Buildings: Radiator Labs Solves The Too-Hot Apartment...