Cigarette Butts' Toxicity Kills Fish
Even with a small amount of unburnt tobacco clinging to it, a single cigarette butt soaked for a day is enough to turn a liter of water a sickly yello...
Even with a small amount of unburnt tobacco clinging to it, a single cigarette butt soaked for a day is enough to turn a liter of water a sickly yello...
Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 11.19.2009 | New York
I sprinted through the market, grabbing things at random, enough for this delicious Rockfish in Fennel-Saffron Broth, Orange Sweet Potatoes and Roasted Fennel.
Dr. Daniel Pauly | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living
The novelty of seafood has gradually decreased as it turned out to have health issues, legal issues and ethical issues.
Wendy Gordon | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living
A new EPA study found 268 bio-accumulative and toxic chemicals--notably mercury, polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins and furans--in fish from a national sampling of 500 lakes and reservoirs.
dumblittleman.com | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is no laughing matter because these dark-gray-rainy days have a huge impact on your mood and energy level. The good ...
cnn.com | Denise Mann | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living
Salmon, tuna, and other fish are loaded with heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids, so they must be good for you, right? Not so fast--some types of fish h...
Julie Packard | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green
Ocean life is today threatened as never before. Human activities are taking their toll, and nothing exacts a greater price than the industrial scope and scale of fishing to feed our growing appetite for seafood.
ny.eater.com | Scott Solish | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York
The downward spiral of the space formerly known as Buddha Bar continues, with news leaking today that the owners are being sued by their attorneys ove...
BBC NEWS | Posted 09.29.2009 | Green
It said that 20% of mammals were endangered, as were 12% percent of birds and 29% of amphibians. Almost 5% of reptiles were considered threatened, alo...
Sarah Chasis | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green
Like the passage of a Clean Air Act or a Clean Water Act, President Obama is in the process of creating a landmark national healthy oceans policy and plan of action for our seas.
Dave Hill | Posted 11.09.2009 | Comedy
After nearly maiming me, the kitty cat got back up and headed for the end- of-aisle chip display. Here it just sat there and stared for a second before discovering a box of snack-sized Combos.
Tara Lohan | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green
Farming salmon, once a dream fish, has become a nightmare for the environment.
AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green
WASHINGTON — No fish can escape mercury pollution. That's the take-home message from a federal study of mercury contamination released Wednesday...
AP | By DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green
From The AP: WASHINGTON -- A federal study of mercury contamination released Wednesday found the toxic substance in every fish tested at nearly 300...
Frances Beinecke | Posted 09.12.2009 | Green
The long-term vitality of many important industries rests entirely on the vitality of the oceans, and right now, they are threatened by something called ocean acidification.
Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 09.07.2009 | Green
Grossly polluted, overfished to the point of near collapse of many fish stocks, and home to giant "dead zones" incapable of sustaining life, the oceans are in a state of dire threat.
Mary Liz Thomson | Posted 09.06.2009 | Green
Discovered 10 years ago, The Garbage Patch or Plastic Vortex, is a huge area of floating plastic garbage, stretching hundreds of square miles northwest of Hawaii in the ocean's No Man's Land.
AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 09.03.2009 | World
LONDON — She was big. She was beautiful. And boy was she popular with the fishermen. The death of Benson, the monster carp, has sent grief ripp...
BBC NEWS | Posted 08.31.2009 | Green
There is fresh hope that the world's depleted fisheries can be saved from collapse, says a team of researchers. They said that efforts introduced t...
Michigan Messenger | Eartha Jane Melzer | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business
Despite health deptartment warnings that many Michigan fish are contaminated with mercury, PCBs, dioxin and other chemicals, more people are fishing i...
Trey Borzillieri | Posted 08.24.2009 | Green
The average consumer is so uninformed about fish that looking through the glass case and pointing is like hitting a button on a vending machine with signage in a foreign language.
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 08.23.2009 | Green
IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Honey, I shrunk the fish!; Off-shore drilling vs. California's budget; "Clean coal" vs. reality; Tourism vs. Safety in Misso...
Kelly Meyer | Posted 08.23.2009 | Green
For decades, we have preserved iconic landscapes with wilderness areas and parks. Now, California is leading the charge to do the same underwater.
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 08.22.2009 | Green
Obama to ban antibiotics?; Mining the Grand Canyon; Chevron refuses to pay for environmental damage; The bulb is back.... PLUS: Wal-Mart going green!
Laurie David | Posted 08.18.2009 | Green
The schooling fish in the deep ocean are practically gone. We have only caught one tuna in over a month of fishing.
news.discovery.com | Posted 11.20.2009 | Green