If your biggest worry is getting circus peanuts or conventional apples in your trick-or-treat bag tonight, hold on to your hat, because there are a LOT scarier food issues these days. Here’s a roundup of the most frightening.
Ain't afraid of no ghosts? Consider phantom power drains, the appliances we leave plugged in while we're not using them. Cable boxes alone cost Americans over $3 billion a year in energy bills but don't freak out -- there's something you can do.
On a late night in early October, “Rolling Sunlight,” Greenpeace’s mobile solar power center, pulled up to the curb near Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan and hooked up its power to Occupy Wall Street. Off went the gasoline-powered generators to huge applause.
The next reauthorization was not expected until late in 2012—if not 2013—but earlier this week, the House and Senate Ag Committees suddenly announced that they would write the entire 2012 Farm Bill in the next two weeks.
Just five years ago, director Chris Paine asked "Who Killed the Electric Car?" With his new film, "Revenge of the Electric Car," we get the inside story of how the EV has been reborn.
From the stories that made our hearts leap with inspiration to the stories that made us shake our heads -- in no particular order -- here are some of Ecocentric's most compelling stories from the last year. Enjoy!
The latest Freeing the Grid report aims to help level the playing field for clean energy. Download the new report to see if your state makes the grade!
Judith Labelle is the president of the Glynwood Center, an organization dedicated to regional food systems in the Northeast. Recently, we talked to Judith about her path as an environmental lawyer and land conservation professional, her agricultural policy wish-list and her love for hummingbirds.
It’s that time of year. The growing season is winding down, but there is still quite an abundance of local fruits and vegetables at all but the northernmost farmers’ markets. But there is a way to extend the bounty. Preserve, preserve, preserve!
Smart restaurant owners see that consumers are making smarter choices when it comes to personal health as well as the environment and as a result, they are offering more local, seasonal produce, vegetarian options as well as grass-fed beef, pastured pork and free range organic chicken.
Despite the potential environmental threat posed by genetically engineered fish, biotech corporation, AquaBounty has received more than $2.4 million in federal research grants since 2003 to support its GE salmon project.
Some say we shouldn't be using subsidies to pick energy winners and losers. Too late! Fossil fuels have been the federal government’s winner of choice for close to a hundred years, subsidizing a mature and hugely profitable industry.
Our Hero: Judith Labelle of the Glynwood Center
Freeze The Last Vegetables For The Cold Months Ahead
