Why did production in such a factory continue to go on even though conditions were known to be dangerous? As you can likely guess, the reasons were purely financial.
It has been said that football is a game of inches and that field position often determines who wins and who loses. Is not the same true when it comes to protecting the planet?
Going green will drive the open-pit copper mining industry with a new demand for copper components. Going green is best for the planet, but doing so will mean digging enormous holes in the Earth, all of them bleeding toxic metals into watersheds in the name of clean technology.
Human well-being and nature's well-being are inextricably linked. Both the soul and the soil must be nurtured for life to have meaning, generativity, and significance. Yet too often we live with notions of scarcity, that there is not enough or that competing priorities necessitate painful sacrifices.
Work, create, save, tax, invest and sustain. There is no free lunch and you get what you pay for. That is Mike Bloomberg's sustainability state of mind.
A recent survey from the Pew Research Group reports that the number of Americans who believe the earth is warming dropped to 59 percent last year from...
While McDonald's intentions may be admirable, it's going to take a lot more than a bunch of drought-tolerant plants to convince us that we are buying a product from a company that's really interested in sustainable food production.
Mr. Martin's idea, enabled by a rotten economy that made his free time greater and his potential labor pool deeper, is now manifest in his new busines...
Our grandparent's generation didn't use the word green to describe their lifestyle, but many of the things they knew how to do are now considered to b...
France launched the "battle of the electric car" Thursday as it unveiled plans to invest 1.5 billion euros on infrastructure for the two million elect...
Wednesday night on The Colbert Report, Colbert joked about rectal splinters and using the next softest thing - a spotted owl - if environmentalists wi...
Plush U.S. toilet paper is usually made by chopping down and grinding up trees that were decades or even a century old. They want Americans, like Euro...
September and October are great planting months for root veggies and leafy greens. Want to eat local? Give growing your own veggies a try this winter....
We rounded up some cute, clever, and funny green-themed commercials for your viewing pleasure. Watch and tell us which commercial gets its message acr...
The 'Week' officially starts on Monday, but events start in earnest tomorrow. There's a full event listing on the Climate Week NY°C website, but here...
Think you've heard every creative and inventive way to go green? Here are some sensible suggestions - but if your tastes tend towards the wackier end ...
Fuel takes us through America's complicated, often ignominious energy past and illuminates a hopeful, achievable future, where decentralized, sustainable living is possible, and imperative.
Even though you buy your nicely plastic-wrapped meat at the grocery store, it doesn't mean that what's in that package didn't suffer to get there.
University of California, Irvine's Urban Water Research Center hosted an evening in September at the St. Regis Monarch Resort in Dana Point that broug...
I am a huge fan of companies taking the steps to create eco-friendly products for us, with a major consideration of our planet. Hence, why I am writin...
Green travel isn't only about the journey--it's about the destination too. Here are seven great picks, recently surveyed by National Geographic Travel...
One of the first lessons we teach kids is to share, so you'd think our grown-up society would be all about give and take.
Happy Earth Day! In honor of today's planetary celebration, The Huffington Post has pulled together everything you could possibly need or want to know...
