Environment

Elephant Seals Mysteriously Contract Swine Flu Submitted By Estelle

▲16 Votes Comment The notorious swine flu that emerged in the U.S. in the spring of 2009 and made its way around the world in humans causing a public health emergency has been discovered in elephant seals off of cen...

www.care2.com |  1h ago

Could the Monsanto Protection Act get repealed? Submitted By Charlotte

▲14 Votes Comment Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) is trying to roll back a provision that allows GMO crops to be planted even before they've been OK'd by the USDA.

grist.org |  2h ago

5 Green Ways To Show Your Graduate Some Love Submitted By Miranda

▲11 Votes Comment With the end of May coming up fast, college graduation season is now in high gear. If you have been wondering what to get your beloved graduate and don't want to get her more useless stuff that jus...

www.care2.com |  19h ago

Adidas Sustainability Report: Misses Goal to Verify Supplier Data Submitted By Estelle

▲23 Votes Comment Adidas missed its goal to verify supplier data last year, according to the companys 2012 Sustainability Progress Report. The verification isa necessary step towards Adidass targeted 10-15 percent c...

www.environmentalleader.com |  3h ago

Pete McMartin: British Columbia exporting the future for todays gain. Submitted By Andrew

▲25 Votes Comment In the last eight years, corporate donors most notably, a group of mining, gas and oil companies have inundated the provincial Liberals with $46 million in donations. That buys a lot of attention.

www.vancouversun.com |  1h ago

Garden gnomes allowed at Chelsea Flower Show in honour of its hundredth anniversary Submitted By Andrew

▲12 Votes Comment It's official: garden gnomes are allowed into the Chelsea Flower Show for the first time ever.

www.treehugger.com |  3h ago

52 Sea Turtles Converge on Florida Sand and Swim Free Submitted By Newman

▲27 Votes Comment In an experience thatany sea turtle conservationist would classify as simply profound,52 turtles rescued up and down the Atlantic coast were lined up along the sand in Jacksonville, Florida for a s...

www.care2.com |  12h ago

Wind Farms and Eagle Deaths: The Dilemmas of Green Energy Submitted By Newman

▲20 Votes Comment Golden eagles and thousands of birds are killed every year by wind turbines: Green energy is necessary but has dilemmas.

www.care2.com |  15h ago

Mysterious Anteater Birth is Ripe for an Anteater Submitted By Sloane

▲24 Votes Comment The mystery surrounding a recent birth at a conservation facility in Connecticut is leading some to summon the phrase 'immaculate conception'.

www.care2.com |  17h ago

Just in Time for Fire Season, Government Cuts Firefighting Budget Submitted By Frank

▲13 Votes Comment Like knowing that firefighters have your back come summer fire season? So do we. Thanks to across-the-board budget cuts courtesy of the sequester, the U.S. Forest Service will have 500 fewer of the...

www.care2.com |  18h ago

Nations biggest uranium mine planned in New Mexico Submitted By George

▲32 Votes Comment Companies from Japan and Canada want to build the mine on land held sacred by Native Americans, and the U.S. Forest Service may just say OK.

grist.org |  3h ago

Can we blame climate change for the tornado that took out Moore, Okla.? Submitted By Morty

▲10 Votes Comment Sometimes natural disasters are just that: natural.

grist.org |  12h ago

Listen to your conscience, Grist readers Submitted By Jeanie

▲26 Votes Comment We're appealing to your altruistic superego in our quest to collect 2,500 generous gifts of support by tomorrow.

grist.org |  12h ago

Everyone relax, Sarah Palin has proven theres no such thing as climate change Submitted By Miranda

▲23 Votes Comment You know it's science because she used the Latin word for "ass."

grist.org |  16h ago

Nutella demands immediate cancellation of World Nutella Day Submitted By Newman

▲32 Votes Comment Oh Nutella, why won't you let us love you?

grist.org |  18h ago

Butterflies: Masters of disguise Submitted By Andrew

▲34 Votes Comment In a last-ditch effort at survival, prey animals will fight. Even the squeaky field mouse a favorite food of hawks, owls, foxes, coyotes and just about every predator that flies or walks is equippe...

www.mnn.com |  15h ago

Amazon kills off 'Zombieland' series Submitted By Claire

▲6 Votes Comment Amazon's "Zombieland" has been double-tapped out of existence.The comedy horror series, part of a slate of original programming in development by the online giant, was axed after receiving less-tha...

www.mnn.com |  15h ago

New kitten cam stalls your productivity in name of population control Submitted By Claire

▲19 Votes Comment By Amanda Lindelow for explore.orgKittens are better for you than chocolate. Be they in your house pouncing on imaginary mice or on a webcam, watching a loveable furball discover the world around h...

www.mnn.com |  16h ago

Joe Farman, ozone hole discoverer, dies at 82 Submitted By Sloane

▲21 Votes Comment Joe Farman, a British scientist who discovered manmade damage to Earth's ozone layer in the 1980s, has died at age 82. On top of exposing the leak, Farman also helped set the stage for the 1987 Mon...

www.mnn.com |  17h ago

Honey bees could help to clear dangerous land mines in Croatia Submitted By Cameron

▲29 Votes Comment Somewhere in the neighborhood of 1.5 million explosive land mines were hidden in Croatian soil during that country's war of independence. Nearly 20 years later, an estimated 90,000 of those deadly ...

www.mnn.com |  18h ago

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