How India’s cities came to drown in sewage and waste
Sewage and waste infrastructure has failed to keep up with urban expansion, leaving India to drown in its excreta.
Higher Levels Of BPA in Children and Teens Significantly Associated With Obesity
This is the first association of an environmental chemical in childhood obesity in a large, nationally representative sample…
Shell’s Alaska Offshore Drilling Plans Abandoned Until Next Year
Following a series of setbacks, Royal Dutch Shell PLC announced on Monday that it will be abandoning plans to drill for oil this year off Alaska’s coast.
California Coastal Clean Up Day, 2012, Artwork
Every piece of trash you remove reveals something beautiful… Be part of the solution to marine pollution!
International Coastal Clean Up, 2012
Join thousands of your friends and neighbors today, for the 2012 International Coastal Clean Up. Local actions, global changes!
San Francisco Plastic Bag Ban Gets Go-Ahead From Judge
Superior Court Judge Teri Jackson upheld a San Francisco ordinance that would ban most retail locations in the city from distributing plastic bags and begin charging customers a dime for each paper bag (or comparatively more expensive compostable plastic bag) they use.
Salton Sea fingered as culprit of big California stink
After a day of odor surveillance and other scent-based sleuthing, Southern California air quality investigators confirmed Tuesday what they had already expected, that a pungent, rotten-egg aroma that stretched across the region came from the Salton Sea.
Environmental activism gains a foothold in China
Protesters have pushed green issues on to the state agenda, despite a predictably heavy-handed response.
The Fatal Shore, Awash in Plastic
A recent typhoon off Hong Kong washed half a dozen shipping containers overboard, and it wasn’t long before the cargo, 150 tons of tiny plastic beads, began washing up on the beaches. Local fish farmers also started finding the plastic in the stomachs of their fish…