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A five-year, $3 million study indicates rainforests can be protected if the pharmaceutical industry establishes Third World laboratories and hires local researchers to look for new medicines extracted from plants that evolved defenses against insects. Read More

Gov. Gray Davis has signed the California Electronics Waste Recycling Act of 2003, which establishes a management and handling program for cathode ray tubes found in computer monitors and TVs. Read More

Tom Delay, chief executive of the Carbon Trust, challenges business to adopt a rational approach to global warming. Read More

The Rolling Stones have become the first band to stage an entirely carbon-neutral tour across the U.K. Read More

The human tendency to seek "silver bullet" solutions to complex problems can create problems of its own. In the environmental area, concepts such as biomass and "the hydrogen economy" are achieving almost mythic status -- to all our detriment. By Brad Allenby Read More

The lead-acid battery remains as the nation’s most highly recycled consumer product, according to a new study by the nonprofit Battery Council International. Read More

Call me impatient, but things don't seem to be changing fast enough in our efforts to shift the current economic system to a more restorative model. By Johanna Schults Read More

Staples has introduced a new program that raises money for U.S. public schools by recycling used inkjet and laser toner cartridges. Read More

How do we define social and economic efficiency? By Brad Allenby Read More

The British government’s Environment Agency successfully prosecuted 53 companies last year for not recycling or recovering packaging waste, an increase of 66%. Read More