Over the past couple of decades, architects and builders looking to green their projects turned to the addition of various piecemeal elements to save water here or cut down on electricity there. Those who added more than a few green touches could apply for and get certified by the United States [...]

As would be the case after any natural disaster, water-borne illness could run rampant and chemicals and oil could leak out of damaged storage facilities as a result of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that ripped apart Haiti on January 12. Surprisingly, no large industrial spills have been found during initial [...]

Club Awesome began as a rotating cast of musicians and instruments in 2004, finally settling around founders Errol Crane and Rick Kemp, joined by Blair Gainous and Lance Warner. The band soon became known for inventively self-aware stage pranks like stopping mid-set to read aloud from their suggestion box, staging impromptu “battles” with other [...]

Like so many hot button issues, the answer to whether hunting is good or bad for the environment depends upon who you ask. On the one hand, some say, nothing could be more natural than hunting, and indeed just about every animal species — including humans — has been either predator [...]

There are a number of online marketing offers of kits that will convert your car to run on water, but these should be viewed skeptically. These kits, which attach to the car’s engine, use electrolysis to split the water into its component molecules – hydrogen and oxygen – and then inject the [...]

Across most of Major League Baseball (MLB), teams are turning greener than the outfield grass, reports the June 2009 issue of E – The Environmental Magazine. They’re reducing energy consumption, extending recycling efforts, and taking the first steps into renewable energy. So far, four parks, including Fenway Park in Boston, the nation’;s oldest, draw some [...]

Researchers believe that global warming is already responsible for some 150,000 deaths each year around the world, and fear that the number may well double by 2030 even if we start getting serious about emissions reductions today.
A team of health and climate scientists from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the University of Wisconsin at [...]

ATLANTA – As Wall Street crumbles and the financial world falls, some industries have taken quite a hit. One, though, continues to thrive – the wild little world of drugs.
No surprises there – when times are tough and money is scarce, the small price of a little relief is often welcomed by many. And for [...]

Nine Signs of a Predatory Payday Loan
1. Triple digit interest ratePayday loans carry very low risk of loss, but lenders typically charge fees equal to 400 percent APR and higher.
2. Short minimum loan term75 percent of payday customers are unable to repay their loan within two weeks and are forced to get a loan “rollover” [...]

Mobile, Ala. — When his car stalled out with a leaky water pump, Advance America helped Clayton Jenkins get rolling again with a $200 advance on his next paycheck.
Without the payday advance, Jenkins would have been stranded, left with no transportation to his job at a psychiatric hospital in Mobile, Ala. Now, he’s spinning his [...]