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Green remodeling: Flooring and carpets

The complete manual for healthy, renewable, energy-efficient materials that will add value to your home and let you breathe a lot easier. [...]

How to green your carpet cleaning

Whether it’s wall-to-wall carpeting or area rugs, your floor coverings will eventually need a good cleaning. But the last thing you need is chemical cleaners. [...]

Not of the garden variety: Outdoor composters

Have a kitchen full of food scraps and a garden in desperate need of some TLC? Turn biodegradable waste into solid (black) gold with one of these 10 standout outdoor composters. [...]

Yoko Ono says Japan should abandon nuclear energy

The artist and widow of John Lennon said Japan should tap the geothermal energy beneath the unstable ground of the volcanic island nation. [...]

Nagasaki calls for shift from nuclear power

Regional governments in Japan have been slow to authorize restarts for nuclear power plants. [...]

UK rhino horn museum heist highlights crime trend

Like the fate that threatens many of their living relatives, stuffed rhinos in museums are having their horns stolen in a wave of heists. [...]

Monsanto plans farm trials for drought-tolerant corn

The trials will begin next spring, marking the seed giant’s first roll-out of seeds genetically engineered for harsh environmental conditions. [...]

Carbon offsets near record low, worst performing commodity

Economic and regulatory hurdles stifle the carbon market. [...]

Southern states break U.S. heat record in July

Only states west of the Rocky Mountains have been spared from the heatwave that has covered the rest of the United States. [...]

Frans de Waal’s study finds that chimps like to help others

Given a choice of 2 tokens, one which guaranteed a banana for 2 and the other which gave a reward for the chooser only, the chimps picked the social option. [...]