Republic Services will host a free drop-in composting Q&A from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the April 27 Saturday Farmer’s Market in Albany, 4th Avenue and …
Eco-Friendly Luxury Hotels in Riviera Nayarit for Earth Day
From biodegradable cleaning products to solar water heating, recycling, meticulous beach cleanup, composting and donations to local organizations, …
Vancouver may give businesses breathing room on plastic straw, Styrofoam ban
… for a provincial policy for dealing with single-use “compostable” items like cutlery that aren’t accepted at composting facilities in British Columbia.
Local Leaders Will be Our Climate Change Heroes
As another Earth Day approaches, I feel the need to make a confession related to something I heard at a climate conference two years ago.
Climate–Change Protesters in London Are Planning to Disrupt Heathrow Airport
The group vowed to escalate its campaign of disruption if the British government doesn’t step up action against climate change. London’s Metropolitan …
City needs $11 million to clean burned-out recycling site
LUBBOCK, Texas – LUBBOCK, Texas — The City of Lubbock asked for $11 million from the State of Texas to help clean up a recycling facility that has …
Lubbock appeals to state to fund cleanup of abandoned recycling facility
LUBBOCK COUNTY, TX (KCBD) – Nearly a decade after it burned for a second time and was ordered to be shut down, Lubbock city and county …
Woman dubbed “Worm Queen” offers sustainable option for food, plant-based waste
JUPITER, Fla. — A lot of what you throw in your trash can actually be composted and turned into a nutrient-dense soil in a matter of six months, which …
Provincial or federal: which carbon tax is cheaper?
In Alberta, 60 percent of the carbon tax goes to household rebates while 40 percent goes to green technology, city transit and lowering the small …
Bill McKibben on how we might avert climate change suicide
However, McKibben does offer a scintilla of hope, based on the widespread adoption of green technology, the acceptance of regulation, and the …