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Photo: Wikipedia , CC David Cameron, the leader of the conservative party and possibly the next primer minister of the UK, said today that a Conservative government would put a tax on the carbon emitted by coal and natural gas power plants. “The... 

Trash collected by the North Atlantic expedition. Image credit: 5 Gyres We have all heard that there is a swirling mass of plastic trash in the Pacific Ocean . What many people still don’t know, however, is that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch... 

Photo via Cobbers A ban backed by the United States to ban the international trade of polar bear skins, teeth and claws at the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species has been shot down, due to opposition led by Canada and Norway.... 

London Fashion Week may have finished a few weeks ago, but we’re still enjoying the prospects of the AW10 ethical collections, such was the high quality on offer. Of course we loved Christopher Raeburn’s and Ada Zanditon’s amazing... 

One of the big myths about Earth Hour is that it doesn’t actually make any difference, that the generators are running anyways. But the generators run on schedules and the operators now take Earth Hour into account. In Ontario, Canada, they dialed... 

Photos via Environmental Graffiti , credit Panthera Snow Leopard Trust USA Today recently reported that a snow leopard was captured in Afghanistan and as a result of the physical and mental trauma of being caught and transported for sale, the big cat... 

It used to be that rising tides due to climate change were just a far-off fear – now they’re a present-day reality. But we all know that humans are a race of survivors, and some of the best designs come out of the necessity to adapt to... 

Britain’s independent watchdog agency, the Advertising Standards Association, has decided it is. The ad, which features a a father reading a bedtime story to his daughter about the the impacts of climate change, caused a stir when it was first... 

Photo via EHP This might be the most depressing story I’ve read all day (and that’s saying something when your job description includes reading depressing stories all day): a recent survey found that most Africans ‘blame themselves’... 

Image via Google PowerMeter A significant component to making home energy monitoring really catch on is the idea of making it into a competition . Manufacturers of dashboards and devices fro power monitors note that when people can see not only their... 

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