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Toxic sludge and treasures in Lake Okeechobee
Thousands of years of history were revealed this summer as drought drained the water from Lake Okeechobee in the Florida Everglades. Native American tools and jewelery, a hundred year old fishing boat...
Breathing easier with Enviro-Paint
When I was little, I loved the smell of house paint. I have asthma, though -- the kind of asthma that lands you in the hospital at two in the morning because your inhaler just isn't cutting it -- so...
GreenFest Philly: Who doesn't love a block party?
September 9th sounds like a good day for a green street festival, doesn't it?
Outside the Box: Show me the money!
Need smart, sound financial tips? Contact a broker. Interested in the bizarre ways people are making money using kegs, beetles, and rats? Read on, because this week's Outside The Box is green in more...
'Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.'
Thanks to Jack Nicholson's Oscar-winning performance in Chinatown, the story of how Los Angeles stole the water from the Owens River may be the best-known environmental crime in U.S. history. (OK, I'm...
Iceland tops the European Happy Planet Index
The European Happy Planet Index ranked Iceland as the best in Europe today, according to the new report released today by the New Economics Foundation.
Saturday Morning Multimedia: H520 off the hook
This week, in what many would term an unfortunate setback, Vermont's House of Representatives was unable to override the Governor's veto on an energy bill that would have provided incentives for...
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Two days left to Grow Organics!
We're almost there! In the past week, more than ten thousand people have signed the petition to Grow Organics. We only need a couple thousand more to meet our goal, and we've got just over two days to...
What's not for dinner? Great Lakes fish.
So much for "gone fishing". A report by the Canadian watchdog Environmental Defence has revealed that many types of Great Lakes fish are "somewhat or completely unfit for human consumption". And, the...
Arsenic and old lies in Baltimore
Today's villain is brought to you by the letter C, for Coverup: Back in early June we posted a story about a couple of Jersey City journalists who were arrested for crossing police barricades to...
Before you send your children out to play in the yard...
It was recently revealed in a new study that among some of the other “ingredients” that can be found in fertilizers Americans use on their lawns and gardens are steroids, drugs and fragrances. How...
Outside the Box: Green goes gray and more
Enviroblog's new weekly column, Outside The Box, features stories outside the norm and refusing to conform.
EU, U.S. will share safety data on cosmetics
Ever wonder about the safety of your imported cosmetics? Last week, the United States and the European Union agreed to trade information on safety of cosmetics. The agreement is planned in hopes of...
Organics: Growing bigger every day
I read blogs for a living. Okay, I also write, and edit, and coordinate, and track numbers, and a whole host of other things. But every day I receive links to interesting, diverse blogs where people...
Al Gore live webcast today
Have you been counting down the days to the Live Earth concerts? We've been pretty quiet on the subject here at Enviroblog, but not because we don't care -- we've just been too busy keeping you in the...
Who's in your Zipcode Village?
In a world where web-empires have been built on connecting you to people across the country and across the world, it can be easy to lose sight of what's going on in your own backyard.
Last Action Hero: The Sequel
A couple of months ago, I ranted against the mainstream news media's rush to hail Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as an environmental hero.
Outside the Box: Ship shape & smelly energy
Enviroblog's new weekly column, Outside The Box, features stories outside the norm and refusing to conform.
McDiesel anyone?
McDonald's has announced today that it will reuse its supply of cooking oil to manufacture biodiesel fuel for its UK delivery trucks. Biodiesel will be created by combining rapeseed oil and cooking...
