I am glad my mother got me a water filter; thus my skin complexion is a shade closer to the Hulk's. Are you healthily hydrating at the expense of the Earth's health?
Annabelle Gurwitch | Posted 12.07.2009 | Politics
The Bo-Tax is being touted as a way to help solve the health care budget crisis, presumably because a very small percentage of cosmetic procedures are covered under some insurance plans (unfortunately, not mine).
Jennifer Grayson | Posted 11.30.2009 | Green
I generally try to be eco-conscious, but it always seems like all bets are off when I have to fly somewhere. Obviously, air travel itself is bad for t...
Robin Madel | Posted 11.20.2009 | Green
A recent New York Times article might give some people the impression that tap water is not always safe. Before consumers rush to buy with bottle water, there are a few points to consider.
Elizabeth Royte | Posted 09.24.2009 | Green
We must fix our municipal systems -- upgrade treatment plants to remove contaminants, repair pipes and better protect our watersheds from pollution.
Mother Jones | —Rachel Morris and Daniel Schulman | Posted 09.13.2009 | Green
We charted the miles per bottle for nine top water brands....
Jennifer Grayson | Posted 08.29.2009 | Green
Dear Eco Etiquette: I have a roommate who insists on buying bottled water. I've sent her various statistics and pictures about how harmful the produc...
Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 08.21.2009 | Green
As concerns mount over bottled water's impacts on the environment and human health, bottled water sales are beginning to dry up.
Elaine Shannon | Posted 08.17.2009 | Green
Environmental Working Group has just released a bottled water scorecard that grades almost 200 brands for labels or websites that disclose their sources, treatment methods and results of contaminant testing
Kerry Trueman | Posted 08.16.2009 | Green
Will Nick Kristof's below-the-belt exposé resonate in the Beltway, which suffers inordinately from an absence of balls and an abundance of little pricks?
Janice Taylor | Posted 08.15.2009 | Green
We human beings are pretty crude creatures. We want more, more, more. We have insatiable appetites. We do everything in excess, in both our personal and collective lives.
AP | KRISTEN GELINEAU | Posted 08.09.2009 | Green
SYDNEY — Residents of a rural Australian town hoping to protect the earth and their wallets have voted to ban the sale of bottled water, the fir...
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 07.20.2009 | Green
IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT:: Energy legislation fight now moves to the Senate; Climate change outlook now worse than before; Libby, MT now a "public hea...
nytimes.com | ELISABETH ROSENTHAL | Posted 07.16.2009 | Green
Italians are the leading consumers of bottled water in the world, drinking more than 40 gallons per person annually. But as their environmental consci...
Mairi Beautyman | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green
Germans are brainwashed into drinking bottled water, and requests for tap water at a restaurant are often met with scorn, sour expressions, or downright refusal.
planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green
According to a study by the Environmental Working Group, bottled water is just as polluted as a tap water. In fact, twenty percent of bottled water ha...
Anne Dunev | Posted 05.02.2009 | Living
Without starving yourself, without diet pills or gimmicks, even without exercise, it is possible to have thinner, smoother thighs in three weeks.
Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 05.02.2009 | Green
It doesn't seem like so long ago that the president was first caught shirtless, inspiring "oohs" and "aahs" all across the land. You probably don't re...
Michael DeJong | Posted 04.24.2009 | Green
When a company like Nestlé pipes-up about its unfounded environmental credentials with an attempt to address ecological concerns and to self-promote as a green steward, it's "super-greenwashing."
Ina Pinkney | Posted 04.10.2009 | Chicago
For the last three decades, prominent restaurants have been used as a vehicle to promote this sadly wasteful product. And just like consumers, many of us have been lead to believe that what's in the bottle is somehow safer than what is in the tap.
Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 04.06.2009 | Green
I've seen this around, and I even met the entrepreneur behind it, a nice guy, and I still can't quite wrap my brain around it: tap water -- bottled an...
Randall Amster | Posted 04.05.2009 | Green
It's one thing when the desert is bereft of water, but the marshlands? The nation's agricultural leader? Major cities? Whole continents? And this is only the beginning.
Dennis Perrin | Posted 03.26.2009 | Entertainment
Tom Davis has written a book any fan of American comedy will enjoy. His mind remains keen, his comic insights penetrating, his natural humor and humane persona evident throughout.
Sarah Newman | Posted 03.07.2009 | Green
Although I live in Los Angeles, warnings of droughts seem to be a mere blip on most people's radar screens. Global warming doesn't know boundaries and California is next in line.
Treehugger.com | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green
Surely there are bigger culprits out there. The problem for bottled water is that it is so ubiquitous and generally an unnecessary luxury. With most o...
Neal Rodriguez | Posted 12.11.2009 | Green