Tag Archives: conservation
Options For A WaterLess Lawn
Bermuda grass can survive arid conditions
When it comes to manicured lawns, the green choice is always to go without unless the lawn is functional and practical for, say, a play area for kids. Otherwise, lawns use a ton of water, and don’t...
Obama Announces Deal To Review Threatened Species
The Obama administration announced a deal with environmentalists to work through a backlog of more than 250 imperiled animals and plants and decide which merit greater protections.
Most would likely be proposed for threatened or endangered status...
How Many Wild Pandas Are Left?
China has counted its 1.34 billion people; now it’s the pandas’ turn.
After conducting a census of its human population last year, China is about to start a once-every-10-years count of giant pandas in the wild.
The official China...
New Additions To List Of Endangered World Heritage Sites
NESCO has added tropical rainforests in Honduras and Indonesia to its list of endangered world heritage sites.
The Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve on Honduras’ Caribbean coast is back on the endangered list after only coming off it in 2007....
Activists to search for tuna boats with helicopter
The helicopter lifted gingerly off the aft deck of the ship, banked sharply, then sped off a few hundred feet above the Mediterranean whitecaps in search of boats fishing illegally for bluefin tuna — potential targets for activists determined...
Flexible Solar Cells Reach Record Efficiency of 18.7%
The Previous Record was 17.6%
Scientists at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, have made flexible solar cells made of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) with a light-conversion efficiency of 18.7 percent,...
Gas Prices Tightening Family Budgets Just In Time For Summer
NEW YORK — There’s less money this summer for hotel rooms, surfboards and bathing suits. It’s all going into the gas tank.
High prices at the pump are putting a squeeze on the family budget as the traditional summer driving season...
Cigarette Packaging Still Too Alluring, Studies Find
Savvy tobacco companies are using color and other design elements to circumvent new U.S. regulations that crack down on misleading cigarette packaging, researchers say.
As of June 2010, tobacco companies were prohibited from using terms such...
Congress Asks FDA is BPA is safe
There is a landmark food safety billthat has been making a lot of noise on Capitol Hill these days. Most greenies have been playing close attention to the bill — in particular, as it relates to the future of organic farming in the U.S....
What is the Backstory on Google’s Renewables Play?
Google announced yet another big wind buy, this one in California’s Tehachapi Mountains. The company paid $55 million for a piece of the 102-megawatt Alta IV wind farm built by renewables developer Terra-Gen Poweras part of its multi-phase...
