Publication archives

The Stockholm International Water Institute issued a new report (while many of us were vacationing in August) that is worth revisiting. The report covers an aspect of the global food crisis that is often missed: waste.

U.N. climate talks in Ghana are making progress on ways to help developing nations slow deforestation and have eased disputes over use of greenhouse gas targets for industrial sectors, delegates said on Monday.

It's 2008: The housing market is a mess, new home construction is half the level of four years ago and remodeling sales are down. It's a pretty crummy time to be in the building supply industry. But not for EcoTimber.

Alishia Beckham uses a hand-mirror and a flashlight to defend the United States from foreign invaders. Working aboard ships three football fields long that arrive in Seattle's bustling port stacked with truck-sized cargo containers, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agricultural specialist scours for bugs, plants or pathogens that could lay waste to native species.

IATP's Smart Fish Guide tells consumers how to select fish that provide the chief source of healthful omega 3 fats, as well as being lower in toxic chemicals like PCBs and