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Has a New Glacial Age Been Diverted by Climate Change

The common wisdom is that the invention of the steam engine and the advent of the coal-fueled industrial age marked the beginning of human influence on global climate

17 Dec 2008

Study Shows How Salt Water Irrigation Works

Take an arid field riddled with salty soil. Irrigate it with salty water. Plant a salt-tolerant grass along with a salt-sucking companion plant and what do you get? If you're a Brigham Young University research team, you raise a crop that successfully replaces corn as cattle feed

15 Dec 2008

Australian Emissions Reduction Plan Branded Low, Unacceptable, Pitiful, Short Sighted and Pandering to Polluters

In the space of a year Australia has gone from climate change hero to climate change under-achiever, announcing an emissions reduction target of just 5-15 per cent by 2020

15 Dec 2008

Soybean Aphids May be Controlled by a Biocontrol Option About to be Tested

A program supported by university researchers, farmers and soybean groups is introducing tiny parasitic insects to control soybean aphids in South Dakota and neighboring states. The hope is to better control the pest by introducing a natural predator

14 Dec 2008

Whole Foods Market Named No. 1 Retailer in Seafood Sustainability by Greanpeace

Whole Foods Market has again been named the nation's number one retailer in seafood sustainability by Greenpeace

11 Dec 2008

European Butterflies Face Threat from Climate Change

Climate change will cause Europe to lose much of its biodiversity as projected by a comprehensive study on future butterfly distribution

11 Dec 2008

Urban Agriculture Summit From Sky Vegetables

Sky Vegetables, will host a summit of industry-leading specialists from around the world at the first-ever Building-Integrated Sustainable Agriculture (B-ISA) Summit

10 Dec 2008

Stunted and Deformed Fish in Polluted San Francisco Water

Striped bass in the San Francisco Estuary are contaminated before birth with a toxic mix of pesticides, industrial chemicals and flame retardants that their mothers acquire from estuary waters and food sources and pass on to their eggs

10 Dec 2008

Global Food Security Through Organic Farming

Ogranic Farming methods proven worldwide can sustain farmer profits, address hunger and malnutrition and restore ecological health

10 Dec 2008

When Choosing a Christmas Tree, Take a Moment to Think About the Environment

Christmas trees come in many shapes and sizes - and materials - real or fake. Depending on which tree you choose this Christmas, the impact on the environment may be large or small

8 Dec 2008