archives: Environment

Google’s PowerMeter calculates your energy use


Google, could you just go ahead and take over the world?   More »

Best Buy wants you to recycle electronics

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And they're making it easy for you.   More »

6 Inspiring TED Talks About the Environment

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Six videos that will give you hope about the environment.a  More »

Vancouver 2010: The Green Olympics

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The Olympic Games get green.  More »

Chevron appoints new CEO: Will he lead the way in cleaning up the company?

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Send John Watson a message and ask him to be accountable for his company's actions.   More »

21st Century Refugees: Displaced By Climate Change

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Climate change and rising sea levels are creating a new group of refugees.  More »

Bacteria: A New Gasoline Alternative

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Researchers at UCLA have modified a bacterium to potentially serve as not only a fuel substitute, but also an environmental cleanup agent through its   More »

Fighting Deforestation In Copenhagen

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Photo of Dr. Jane Goodall by: JJ W. Famed primatologist, Jane Goodall, joins thousands of other participants at this year’s UN Climate Change C  More »

The Facts About Bottled Water [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Online Education breaks down everything you need to know about bottled water in a few simple graphics. This might make you think twice about buying b  More »

How to Make Your Christmas Greener

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Neha Puntambekar shares all you need to know about having an environmentally conscious Christmas.   More »

Overboard?: The Environmental & Cultural Impact of Cruises

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Jonny Finity observed the recent Twitstorm about the environmental impact of cruise ships and decided to do his own research.   More »

Higher Taxes For Country Living: A British Proposal

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Turns out, the regions with the largest carbon footprints in the UK are in the rural northeast, not the famed cities of London or Glasgow. London, in  More »

Will More People Take The Stairs If We Make It More Fun?

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In September, The Fun Theory, a group promoting behavioral and environmental change, turned an average subway staircase in Stockholm into a giant, mus  More »

Japan to Harvest Energy from the Sun Via Solar Space Station

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The SSPS project, which Japan hopes to become fully realized as soon as 2030, will put into orbit giant solar panels just outside Earth's atmosphere t  More »

Should travel writers care about their environmental impact?

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That's the take-away question in the latest "twitstorm."  More »

No Impact Week, Day 5: Energy

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Abbie Mood has a light bulb moment.   More »

Matador’s Abbie Mood Takes the No Impact Week Challenge

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Day 1: So far, so good. Day 2: Well, we'll get to that tomorrow....  More »

Care about the climate? Got a blog?

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Blog Action Day is October 15. Will you participate?  More »

Green to the Extreme?

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"You can be a bomb in bed without nuking the planet."  More »

Chevron: The Toxic Tour

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A Matador contributor takes a toxic tour of the Amazon.  More »

10 Steps Hotels Can Take to Go Greener

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Sheet and towel change just aren't enough.   More »

The Happy Planet Index: Finding Happiness Without Destroying the Earth

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Happiness and long life expectancy don't have to cost the earth.  More »

Chris Jordan Gets Ready to Visit the Pacific Garbage Patch

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Artist announces newest photography and multimedia project.   More »

Plastic Bans on Uptick Around the World

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Let's hope these plastic bans lead to a domino effect.   More »

Guerrilla Gardening, Chicago Style

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If you're in Chicago and notice flowers in a planter that was empty yesterday, you might be witnessing the work of a guerrilla gardener.  More »

ING Says “No” to Kitesurfing in Cornwall

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The financial giant takes the "ING" out of kitesurfing.   More »

Bolivia to Become World Battery Capital?

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Bolivia faces a tough decision.   More »

Greenhouse Gas Clock Measures Emissions Second by Second

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The debt clock? That's so passe. Manhattan now has a greenhouse gas clock.  More »

40 Shocking Facts About Water

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Feeling thirsty? So are millions of other people.   More »

Shame on Shell: Settlement Reached in Wiwa v. Shell

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That rumor about a settlement in Wiwa v. Shell wasn't unfounded. Here's the latest.   More »

Budget Cuts Burn California’s State Parks

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Hey, Arnold! This land was made for you AND me!  More »

BREAKING NEWS: What Happened to Wiwa v. Shell?

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The trial is rescheduled for June 3. Then it's postponed "sine die." That's Latin for "without date."   More »

Arab Golf Courses Threaten Mideast Water Supply

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Can't you get your golf on elsewhere?   More »

First Person Dispatch from the Chevron Protest

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Matador member Ryan Van Lenning happened to be on the front line of the Chevron protest & shares this first person dispatch.   More »

Photo Essay: Protest at Chevron’s Annual Shareholder Meeting

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A photo report of the protest outside Chevron's Annual Shareholder Meeting in San Ramon, California.   More »

An Open Letter to America

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A letter from a resident of the Ecuadorean Amazon who has experienced Chevron's environmental hazards firsthand.   More »

Chevron’s Greenwashing Ad Campaign

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It's simple, touchy-feely, and personal. But critics say Chevron's latest ad campaign is just the latest example of corporate greenwashing.   More »

Big Week Ahead for Big Oil

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From the East Coast to the West Coast, big oil will be big news this week.   More »

Polar Bears vs. The Poor?

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Environmental and social justice activist Majora Carter sets up a false opposition.   More »

Carbon Footprint of US Junk Mail Equivalent to 480,000 Cars

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The average person in the US receives 11 pieces of junk mail per week. How many trees would be saved, and how much carbon could be offset were this ju  More »

Green TV

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The best green shows on television. (Hint: We're not in Wild Kingdom anymore.)  More »

Is Your Computer Killing the Planet?

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The New Scientist says the answer to that question might just be "Yes." If that's the case, what are we going to do about it?   More »

Six Reasons Why Cities Can Be Sustainable Places

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I've spent half of my life in the country & half in the city. Guess which place is more sustainable?  More »

How To Be Good (Better) Drivers and Cyclists

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Now is a good time to freshen up on some basic considerations for drivers AND cyclists as we share the road.  More »

Grand Central Gets Greener

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New York City's transportation crossroads and tourist attraction gets green makeover.   More »

May is National Bike Month in the US

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Are you ready to ride?   More »

Ken Saro Wiwa’s Death Was Not in Vain

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Almost 15 years after Nigerian writer and activist Ken Saro Wiwa's execution, Wiwa v. Shell is scheduled to open in a Manhattan court on May 26.   More »

“60 Minutes” Exposes Chevron’s Environmental Atrocity in the Amazon

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Dirty deeds done dirt cheap turn a tidy profit for America's third largest company.   More »

Are You the Greenest Person on the Planet?

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Are you greener than everyone on the planet?   More »

6 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day

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Six things you've been putting off and can start doing... NOW.  More »

From Elephant Tourism to Elephant Voluntourism

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Is this really the way you want to travel? Marieke van der Velden explains why your answer should be no.   More »

Plastic Bag Ban: Coming Soon to a City Near You?

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Governments around the world are banning plastic bags.  More »

Is Paul McCartney a Hypocrite?

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Put your money into environmental causes and take a private jet... is there an inconsistency here?  More »

The Trouble with Black Gold: 7 Sins of Oil Production

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Oil dependence isn't just an environmental problem....  More »

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