Nearly 40% of the food supply in the United States goes to waste, according to a new study by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) in Bethesda, Maryland. Eco-Fail!

Study links ADHD to smoking, lead. Exposure to both tobacco smoke before birth and lead during childhood increases a child’s risk of developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder more than eight-fold, according to new research from …

According to Harvard Business Publishing, a recent McKinsey & Co. survey of executives shows that “the environment is perceived as being less critical to the public than it was a year ago (49% of respondents …

The average British woman “hosts” 515 chemicals on her body every day, according to a new study of 2,016 women by deodorant maker Bionsen. OMG! You put on some lipstick, wash your hair, moisturize your …

Now there can be a coherent rating system for sustainable landscape design, thanks to a consortium of experts. The Sustainable Sites Initiative has developed the United States’ first rating system for the design, construction, and …

The trash vortex in the Pacific ocean is bad enough without imagining all the endocrine disrupting chemicals from the plastics, such as bisphenol A (BPA) and phthlates! I don’t know why Nicholas Krostof’s …

Just about everyone in my town of 7,000 woke up this morning to a mailbox with a plastic bag stuffed with promotional election papers, hanging off the red flag. Plastic waste. Paper waste. I don’t …

Having overfished and polluted its own waters to the point where they are home mainly to great ghosts of the past, Hong Kong now imports up to 90 percent of its seafood.
WWF says that “Hong …

While exempt from government regulation, the United States Postal Service has taken the initiative to reduce petroleum use by 20 percent by 2015 and greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by 2020. Additionally, the …

The EPA announced that all flea collars will be free of the pesticide carbaryl by September 2010. The action came in response to a 2005 petition by the Natural Resources Defense Council requesting that the …