Air and Water Pollution Causing Significant Deaths In China

Everyone knows that air and water pollution is a serious problem, but many of us do not think of how it can affect our health. Most see it as an annoyance but in places like China it can be deadly. While China has seen amazing growth over the past 15 to 20 years, hundreds of [...]

Gorillas Extinct In Central Africa By 2025

Things are not looking good for the gorilla in Central Africa, and many experts have stated that the gorilla will be gone from the Greater Congo Basin by 2025 without safeguards in place. Habitat loss due to illegal logging and mining, as well as poaching, has driven the species to the brink, and with outbreaks [...]

Solar Energy From Skyscrapers

Skyscrapers are getting into the solar panel game by beginning to switch their windows to solar panels, allowing the entire building to run off the power of the sun, while also providing power back to the grid. Solar panels are now being manufactured which will fit to the exteriors of skyscrapers in large cities. These [...]

Burning Tires As Renewable Energy?

In a very bizarre move, Illinois lawmakers are trying to label “tire incineration” as a renewable energy source within the city. Anyone who has seen tires burn knows that this is far from a renewable source of energy, or even a clean one, yet a House Committee has already approved the bill to designate burning [...]

Several Butterfly Species Nearing Extinction in Europe

The Welsh butterfly is nearing extinction in Europe and that has many conservationists worried because of the role the butterfly takes in the eco-systems that it inhabits. The Welsh butterfly is not the only butterfly that is nearing extinction either. It is estimated by the European Red List that roughly one-third of the butterfly species [...]

Scotland Ready To Be An Energy Powerhouse

Currently the havens of energy production are in the Middle East, where oil is king, but that may be changing thanks to some amazing initiatives from Scotland. Scotland, which doesn’t have oil to speak of, has plenty of another form of energy and that could make Scotland a very rich place to be in the [...]

Dead Zones Contribute to Global Warming

You would think that dead zones would be bad enough given that they kill all life in an area of the ocean, creating an area completely devoid of life. As it turns out, a recent report from the Journal of Science has found that aquatic dead zones not only kill marine life, but they also [...]

Two African Countries Want Ivory Ban Lifted

Right now, the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) is meeting in Doha to various topics related to the trade in endangered species but by far the hottest topic is the possible lifting of the ivory trade ban in Africa. Currently, Tanzania and Zambia are requested that CITES lift the ban on [...]

Loggerhead Turtle May Be Listed As Endangered

The United States government is working to put the Loggerhead turtle on the Endangered Species List due to the risk of extinction of this species of turtle. As a result, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are looking at accepting or denying the turtle’s admission to [...]

Disposables Create Big Problems

We live in a disposable culture. Every day, millions of items are being thrown away after only one use, and the concept of using something and throwing it away has become a staple of our world. The disposables are meant to make our lives easier, but what effect are the disposables having on our world? [...]