Environment
Coffee growers in Uganda and elsewhere find climate change hurting their crops
In Uganda, the coffee trees are nearly empty — and it's not because of the harvest. A combination of disease, lack of rain and rising temperatures are decimating coffee crops.
Nigeria turns to empty plastic bottles to build homes in remote villages
Because drinking tap water in Nigeria can be hazardous to your health, a lot of bottled water gets created. Now, an NGO is trying to turn those bottles into material to build houses....
VIDEO: Environmentalists find sensitive trees turned into building materials for Olympics
A war of words over logging in Australia has ignited between a large Malaysian logging company and environmentalists, and it's captured the Olympics in London as well....
Live in a cold state? Here's an easy way to cut your winter electric bill
David Lachman has come up with what he thinks is a quick, easy way for residents of areas with colder climates to cut electric bills. Turn the modern refrigerator into a bit of an old-fashioned ice box....
House committee approves bill granting wide exemptions to environmental laws
House Republicans are trying to carve out a large exemption to federal clean environment regulations. A bill in committee now would grant the U.S. Department of Homeland Security an exemption from almost all environmental laws when on federal land, within 100 miles of an international border....
Kosovo trying to cultivate reputation as a burgeoning wine making location
Kosovo's wine industry was facing ruin in the 1990s, when the former Yugoslavia fell apart, and it was plunged into war. Now there are signs that a once-thriving industry is getting back on its feet....
VIDEO: Australian conservationists using a dog to help save endangered penguins
The Little Penguins are disappearing around Sydney in Australia, but a new tool — a dog — is helping conservationists get a handle on their hard-to-find birds....
VIDEO: Camera catches stunning pictures of what lies in waters of Australian harbor
A small video camera was lowered into Darwin Harbor to monitor the health of that ecosystem. They discovered more than 50 fish — some not known to live in the area — and pronounced it very healthy....
Tiny Pacific Island nation slipping beneath the ocean waves
In Kirbati, as the ocean levels rise, the island nation disappears. In time, the nation may have to move to giant floating islands in order to still have a home of their own....
Brown Revolution: Preserving soil quality by changing grazing patterns
The brown revolution is about what the plants are planted in (soil) and not the plants themselves. Ranchers say they can make their land usable longer by mimicking natural livestock patterns....
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