Clean running water, an absolute necessity to our very survival, is also incredibly handy around the house. So handy, in fact, that most of us use it wastefully at least part of the time. As our growing population strains our water resources and infrastructure to the limits, costs for providing wate...

SEA SHEPHERD TO RENAME ITS WHALE DEFENDING SHIP THE STEVE IRWIN Terri Irwin Joins Captain Paul Watson at the Naming Ceremony MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, December 5, 2007 –/WORLD-WIRE/– Terri Irwin has granted the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society permission to rename its ship currently...

IT’S EASY BEING GREEN THIS HOLIDAY SEASON AT THE ECOMALL WOODSTOCK, N.Y. December 5, 2007 –/WORLD-WIRE/– With the distressing state of the environment on people’s minds this year, they are thinking more than ever about the environmental impact of their gift choices. The ne...

Joint effort by professors at Fuqua, Harvard, and Tuck Business Schools and students at Dartmouth College offers tool for locating industrial pollution and environmental protection activities of over 20,000 facilities across the US BOSTON; DURHAM, NC; HANOVER, NH, December 3, 2007 –/WORLD-WIR...

Whenever the sun is out, your home’s roof is exposed to solar energy. Why not harness that energy, reduce your electric bill and limit the amount of carbon dioxide you add to the atmosphere each day? Depending on where you live, your roof’s orientation, and the load your roof can bear, m...

By John Gartner WASHINGTON, DC, November 30, 2007 (ENS) - A diverse group of investment bankers, energy executives, government officials and clean energy advocates has agreed that the environmental cost of producing energy should be factored into its price, and that Congress must develop energy po...

If you’re serious about cutting your home energy costs, you might want to take a second look at your home landscaping. You may not be aware of it, but energy-efficient home landscaping can reduce your household’s energy consumption for heating and cooling by as much as 25 percent. Prop...

Houses leak most of their heat through the windows. Seals and weather-stripping on cheap and badly installed windows allow heat-robbing drafts, and regular glass is not a very good insulator. But the initial cost of quality energy-efficient windows can give one pause. Is it really worth the extra mo...

If you want to know more about the monstrosity of plastic bags, you have to delve to the very root… Plastics are petroleum products. They come from polymers by virtue of ‘biogeochemical’ manipulation. One thing that plastic bags and paper bags have in common is that they are both ...

As many of you may realize, protectingourenvironment.com has changed ownership. For now, this website will be run by a small group of passionate environmentalists. We will strive to pack this site with resources, information, news, and tips on every aspect of conservation. We will celebrate advance...