Chrome is popular for putting finishing touches on everything from household appliances to military equipment, but it's also known for the environmental and health hazards it comes with.

The

Petróleos Mexicanos, Mexico's state-owned oil company, is preparing to export three tankers to shipbreaking yards in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India or China, where environmental regulations are minimal and

The Brower Youth Awards (BYAs) are one of my favorite environmental events that I attend every fall. This past Tuesday was no exception, when six inspiring young activists were recognized for their

It's the battle of the toothpaste titans: In the red corner we have Colgate Palmolive, the the world's largest producer of toothpaste, who have taken out a patent for an Indian herbal toothpaste. In the blue corner we

In case the Gulf oil spill has begun to fade from your mind already, here are a couple first hand accounts to keep the impact fresh. Put together by NRDC in collaboration with StoryCorps and Bridge the Gulf, these are the first in a series of

Two months after the Indian government stopped plans by UK-based Vedanta Resources to put a bauxite mine on a mountain held sacred by two indigenous tribal groups in Orissa, on the

Back in May it was announced that India was establishing a National Environmental Tribunal to focus on prosecution of green crimes. While it's not quite establishing ecocide as a crime internationally, it's a good

As a rule, celebrity eco-campaigns can be a mixed blessing. Everybody knows Sting likes organics, Prince Charles wants to save the rainforests, and that Daryl Hannah wants to save just about everything. While these TreeHugging

With little fanfare other than press release a week ago (which I missed and Miller McCune didn't) the Environmental

I confess I've always been bemused when angry skeptics denounce climate activists as "Hitler Youth", or label fellow TreeHugger Lloyd as either an eco-fascist or an eco-commie. While environmentalism, like any

Take this one as reinforcement of what plenty of environmental NGOs have been saying for some time: The commercial palm oil industry in Indonesia and Malaysia is trampling the rights of indigenous people and destroying

All of the media around questions of the mosque being built near Ground Zero is a powerful reminder of how intense and raw feelings are and how quickly those those feelings can turn to hatred and to

It seems that even though "Avatar" is finally out of theaters, its environmental message and memorable imagery have taken root. Protest groups have used the movie's themes to raise awareness of

Residents in one Detroit neighborhood are anxiously awaiting the decision of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Environment (MDNRE) on whether a

Raj Patel is one of the few people who has both worked at the World Bank, and been tear gassed protesting against it. An activist scholar, and author of Stuffed and Starved, Patel argues that markets are a beautiful thing, but that modern capitalism has

It's already well known that climate change is not an equal-opportunity threat, with its impacts on food production,

China has a packaging problem. I don't mean a branding problem. I mean the materials that companies cover their stuff with.