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The town of Hull, Mass., is aiming to build what would be the first offshore wind farm in the United States about a mile and a half off their coast.

A handful of green groups filed suit Tuesday over the Bush administration's latest plan to protect salmon in the Northwest's Columbia Basin.

Pollution and devastating environmental conditions are the theme in most large Asian cities. Seoul’s green transformation offers hope for the possibility of creating more livable urban spaces throughout Asia.

Some shark populations in the Mediterranean Sea have completely collapsed, according to a new study, with numbers of five species declining by more than 96 percent over the past two centuries.

“This loss of top predators could hold serious implications for the entire marine ecosystem, greatly affecting food webs throughout this region,” said the lead author of the study, Francesco Ferretti, a doctoral student in marine biology at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia.

For the first time since the 1930’s, federal biologists confirmed that a leatherback sea turtle has nested on a Texas beach, at the Padre Island National Seashore near Corpus Christi.

Last Friday, staff conducting a beach patrol found turtle tracks and a few exposed eggs.

The Senate held a cloture vote this morning to bring to a close debate on the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act, a vote that would have allowed the amendment process to begin. After four days of conversation & delays, the bill died, failing to reach the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture by a vote of 48-36. Unable to move forward, Democratic leadership yanked the bill from the floor.

General Motors is "undertaking a strategic review" of its iconic Hummer brand, CEO Rick Wagoner said Tuesday, and is "considering all options ... from a complete revamp of the product lineup to partial or complete sale of the brand."

One of the leading UK supermarket chains Sainsbury'sis launching milk sold in a recyclable plastic bag pouch in thirty five of its stores.

The chain expects to have the bagged milk available in as many as 500 stores within the next year.

The salmonella outbreak linked to raw tomatoes continues to grow, as chain restaurants such as McDonald's and Outback Steak House have removed the potentially contaminated tomatoes from their offerings, and supermarkets have pulled the offending produce from shelves.

Since you cannot taste, smell or see salmonella, now is a good time to become extra vigilant when handling and washing produce. Here are steps you can take to prevent the spread of illness.

Dell marked the one-year anniversary of its commitment to be the “greenest Technology company on the planet” by reporting the company’s largest single-year product recycling volume, becoming the first major computer manufacturer to offer Silver 80 PLUS-certified power supplies and demonstrating significant progress in its global zero-carbon initiative.

The International Energy Agency today put a figure on the amount it will cost to go green, and it’s a lot: $45 trillion. Even when you spread that amount over the next 42 years, it’s still more than $1 trillion annually, or more than the GDP of many industrialized nations.

The penguins at ZSL London Zoo have been up to something fishy - getting in on the act of being “green” and helping celebrate the Zoo’s recent Green Tourism for London award, with the addition of environmentally friendly living green roofs to their nest boxes.

Staff at ZSL London Zoo have taken some top tips from these eco-friendly penguins in an effort to go completely green and become the first organisation to be presented with a Green Tourism for London award.

As New Orleans continues to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina many home owners are turning towards building green homes.

More than 300,000 Minnesotans – and millions across the United States – are poised to take advantage of new job opportunities in the growing "green" economy, according to a new report released by a group of labor and environmental organizations.

Shorewood Packaging, a division of International Paper (IP) is making some exciting new strides in the area of sustainable packaging for CD and DVD consumer media products.