If you are looking for ways to save money and energy then you may want to consider looking into tankless water heaters. Tankless water heaters are designed to supply hot water on demand rather than supply water from a tank, which has to be kept constantly filled, and constantly at a set temperature....

Where do the presidential candidates stand on climate change? John Blackstone reports both propose measures that sound the same, but there are differences between them. ...

“Efforts to tackle climate change could result in the creation of millions of new green jobs in the coming decades, according to a new report from the United Nations on the impact of the emerging global green economy. Green jobs reduce the environmental impact of enterprises and economic secto...

Using the energy from the sun to generate electricity is, thankfully, getting a lot more press lately. But there are many other applications for solar power. One of the most important is for treating water. Many countries around the world have impure water that causes diarrhea, typhus and other med...

Here are some of this week’s environmental news headlines from the Environmental News Service… European Climate Poll Shows 61 Percent Have Acted After poverty, climate change is the most serious problem Europe faces according to a Eurobarometer survey presented in the European Parliament...

There’s so much going on today in environmental news it was hard to pick which stories to highlight. Well here you go… Democrats Reluctantly Embrace Offshore Drilling “For decades, opposition to new offshore oil drilling has been a core principle of Congressional Democrats, ranki...

Today Toyota started test driving their Prius plug in hybrid electric car in the United Kingdom. To celebrate I thought I’d list some great videos I found describing plug in vehichles and how important they are for our sustaible future. Google.org RechargeIT: Plug-in Hybrids Featuring Ji...

Go in my kitchen, my home office, and my spare bedroom and you’ll find something truly scary - piles and piles of endless junk mail stacked in mountains of clutter waiting to meet the fate of the recycle bin. And I know I’m not alone. Most of us receive dozens and dozens of pieces of un...

There are a lot of people out there wanting to get solar panels and/or solar water heaters for their homes or businesses.  If you’re one of them you know how frustrating it is when looking for solar panel financing. Unfortunately there’s still this huge gap between the consumer and the...

(Photo Courtesy of Environment Canada) A few years ago I wrote about bacteria being used to clean up nuclear waste. Now I learn that they will be used to clean up arsenic contamination in mines. What will those little buggers do next? Here’s the news clip: “Scientists studying arsenic ...