Ohio hasn't been an oil powerhouse for nearly 100 years.
You don't have to invest thousands in high-tech insulation or a super-efficient furnace to cut home heating costs. Just sealing drafts could lower your bills 3% to 18%, according to Danny Parker, a research scientist who works with the Department of Energy.
Environmental interest groups recently rejoiced at the news that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's foundation was donating $50 million to the Sierra Club's "Beyond Coal" campaign. However, this campaign -- if successful -- would do more than move America beyond coal. It would go a long way to moving America beyond jobs, economic growth, energy security and global competitiveness.
President Barack Obama's commission investigating last year's oil disaster is giving environmental groups hope that some change is on the horizon, but not the full scope of what they're looking for, two groups told CNN Thursday.
In northwest Pennsylvania, the epicenter of one of the biggest energy developments in a generation, there's a battle underway to win hearts and minds.
Google is investing in a new wind farm power grid to be located off the East Coast of the United States.
California's Senate has voted down a measure that would have banned plastic bags at grocery stores.
The BP oil spill in the Gulf is shaping up to be the worst environmental crisis in American history. Climate change activist groups have every reason to stand on a soapbox and tout their message about the dangers of oil now, while Washington and the world are listening. But for the most part, they haven't.
It's cold and dark and I'm alone in a puny, mildewed tent nursing a blister and some seriously sore triceps. I figure it's as good a time as any to take stock.
Sierra Club members talk to CNN's Ali Velshi about their opposition to Pres. Obama's offshore drilling plan.
Some environmentalists attack bottled water. Not Conservation International, a Virginia-based nonprofit that aims to protect the earth's biodiversity.
At 21 landfills in New Jersey, methane gas produced by decomposing garbage is used as fuel to generate electricity
The lapse of the federal ban on offshore oil drilling doesn't mean sunbathers will have to contend with drill rigs near the beach next summer, nor does it mean a new era of energy independence is on the horizon.
Human interference has increased the natural extinction rate of the world's species by how much?
High-profile personalities have been telling the nation to ditch that dirty fossil fuel and turn to renewable energy.
A federal judge has overturned a decision by the U.S. Forest Service to allow oil and gas drilling near a forest and a river in Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula
"A moose!" exclaimed my 10-year-old son Matt, "A real moose!"
A federal judge has overturned a decision by the U.S. Forest Service to allow oil and gas drilling near a forest and a river in Michigan
A U.S. Supreme Court decision paving the way for a 670-mile federal fence along the U.S.-Mexico border drew swift criticism from environmentalists
True of False: America's paper bag consumption uses 14 million trees a year.
A group of environmentalists and the owners of a large stretch of wilderness have reached a deal that would set aside the largest parcel of land for conservation in California history
President Bush on Wednesday called for halting the growth of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 and said Congress -- not judges or regulators -- should take the lead role in grappling with global warming.
The Department of Homeland Security will bypass environmental and land-management laws to build hundreds of miles of border fence between the United States and Mexico, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Tuesday.
'Green' is the new 'black' this holiday season as shoppers focus on energy-saving items. CNN's Ines Ferre has more.
More hybrids. More diesels. Smaller engines and fancier technology. And an initial sticker price increase that could total a couple thousand dollars.
A Singapore garbage dump is becoming a hotspot for wildlife and eco-tourists. CNN's Andrew Stevens takes a closer look.
Here's a fact that may surprise people: Garbage collecting is one of the most dangerous jobs you can do.
True or False: In the U.S, more people recycle than vote.
The Teamsters Union said Wednesday it will ask a federal appeals court to block the Bush administration's plan to allow Mexican trucks to carry cargo anywhere in the United States.
In 1913, the New Jersey poet and critic Joyce Kilmer wrote "Trees," a poem which concludes with this simple rhyme:
Many have wondered if and when renewable energy will be cost-effective.
In this era of corporate environmentalism, big companies like General Electric, Wal-Mart and McDonald's have grown accustomed to working closely with save-the-earth groups like the World Resources Institute, Conservation International, even Greenpeace.
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With gas prices setting records, the Bush Administration has proposed an overhaul of fuel-economy standards.
Ford Motor Co. is introducing its second fuel-efficient gas-electric hybrid vehicle a year earlier than originally planned, and the company is turning to some critics in the environmental community to help sell it.
Big money is pouring into "clean coal" -- hyped as an environmentally friendly resource that can keep the lights on and break our dependence on foreign oil -- but some critics question whether the investment is worth it.
In a Washington state forest, a great Douglas fir falls as loggers keep up with growing demand.
While one major environmental group is praising Ford Motor Co. for being the first to produce a fuel-efficient hybrid SUV, others are taking advantage of the opportunity to remind consumers of Ford's otherwise poor fuel economy record.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia refused Thursday to recuse himself from an upcoming case involving Vice President Dick Cheney, with whom he recently hunted and dined.
An environmental group suing Vice President Dick Cheney in U.S. Supreme Court case has asked Justice Antonin Scalia to recuse himself, citing reports that the two recently dined and hunted together.
Most winter sports enthusiasts scoff at frigid temperatures and frozen appendages. Snow-matted facial hair and nose icicles serve as a testament to their commitment and rugged determination.
Justice Antonin Scalia has not indicated whether he will pull out a of an upcoming Supreme Court case involving Vice President Cheney, following reports the two recently went on a hunting trip and had dinner together.
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It seems like only yesterday that my 1995 Ford Explorer was brand new and the envy of friends and colleagues. But lately, when it comes to my sport utility, I find myself under attack. "Why do you ...
In Washington, at least, organized labor is back. The AFL-CIO almost single-handedly defeated fast-track trade legislation last year, won an increase in the minimum wage the year before, and, overa...
The Internal Revenue Service and charities are slugging it out again. Nonprofit groups keep launching new money-raising ventures, like this fall's splashy fashion industry T-shirt sale that will be...
Here's a case where money does grow on trees. The sleepy lumber market -- as in sawing logs -- is looking like gold, circa 1980. Lumber futures prices recently rose to their preset limits -- up $5,...
It has been nine years since the present writer vented his view of preservationism, and nothing much has changed in the interim, including his view. The last time we went around this track, the big...
To the Editor: I protest the headline on a recent editorial, ''Quagmires Revisited,'' . . . which had . . . to do . . . with the situation in Afghanistan. It only adds to the unconscious slander we...
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A new Christmas catalogue is in the mail that bears a familiar, but hardly seasonal, message: ''Buy American.'' The Union Label Shopper offers union- made products at prices 10% or more below retai...
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