Meet The Adorable Recycling Robot
By Morgan Clendaniel Recycling is an obtuse process. Throw a can in the bin, the garbage men take it away, and maybe your next can is made from old cans. Or maybe not. You don't know what happens to those ...
Electric Cars In Portland, Oregon Get Charging Stations On ‘Electric Avenue’
By Jonathan J. Cooper Electric car drivers will get a charge out of a block-long stretch of a downtown Portland street that's been dubbed "Electric Avenue," and it may also help the automotive in...
Doctors Take Aim At Antibiotic Resistance From Factory Farming
By Lynne Peeples "Here's the big secret that no one wants to talk about: We're not very good at keeping what's inside a cow's intestines out of the meat." The roomful of yo...
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North Sea Oil Spill: Shell Struggles To Shut Down Second Leak
By Meera Selva Royal Dutch Shell has shut down the main leak at one of its North Sea oil rigs but said Tuesday it is struggling to stop a secondary spill in a hard-to-reach part of the ocean floor. The ...
China Mulls ConocoPhillips Lawsuit Over Bohai Bay Oil Spill
BY ELAINE KURTENBACH China's oceanic administration says it is preparing to sue the local unit of ConocoPhillips for damages to the environment resulting from offshore oil spills that began in June. ...
New HBO Documentary to Shed Light on Cruelty of Puppy Mills
By Jennifer Mishler A documentary premiering this month on HBO, ‘Madonna of the Mills’ follows a woman intent to rescue the discarded victims of Pennsylvania’s puppy mills. Laura Flynn...
Dog Meat Protest: Local Group Demonstrates Against South Korea’s Consumption of Dogs And Cats
The San Francisco-based animal rights organization In Defense of Animals wants South Koreans to stop eating animals--at least the adorable ones, anyway. The group is staging a protest in front of San Fra...
NYC Vegan Bodega Could Be a Reality
By lindastcyr NYC has always been a place for new trends to emerge and spread to a hodgepodge of people. For Vegans, this could mean the start of vegan bodegas all over the country, starting in NYC. It seems li...
Is The Canned Tuna Industry Unsustainable?
Tuna may be a cheap and tasty snack, but where it comes from is another story. Greenpeace wants consumers know to know that there's a dark side to the canned tuna industry. This animated video from ...
Activists Ask For Wolf Hunts In Idaho And Montana To Be Halted
By Keith Ridler Environmentalists have asked a federal appeals court for an emergency injunction to halt wolf hunts scheduled to start in a few weeks in Idaho and Montana. The request filed by the Alliance fo...