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Want to Save the Trees? Try Paying People Not to Chop Them Down.
08.20.2008 A few test projects show that landowners protect forest when it's valuable to them.
by Thomas Kostigen
The World's Largest Dump: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
In the central North Pacific, plastic outweighs surface zooplankton 6 to 1. 07.10.2008
Everything You Know About Water Conservation Is Wrong
Forget short showers. Worry about the 6,340 gallons of "virtual water" in your leather bag. 05.28.2008
The Great Forgotten Clean-Energy Source: Geothermal
The U.S. uses less than 1 percent of our available geothermal energy. 04.03.2008
A New Source of Green Energy: Burning Tires?
If rubber recycling hits a glut, there may be little choice. 02.12.2008
Perdue Too Chicken to Quit Antibiotics Cold Turkey
Antibiotic use on the farm hurts people—and doesn’t help the bottom line. 09.12.2007
Better Planet: Nuke Power is Earth's Friend
It’s time to replace coal power with wind and, yes, nuclear. 08.01.2007
Better Planet: Beepocalypse
Can we save honey bees from Colony Collapse Disorder? 06.28.2007
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