
by EcoWorld Editorial Staff on March 27, 2006
Their Struggle to Survive
A Hawkbill Turtle in its natural habitat
Editor’s Note: If you are looking for examples of how concerned people have mobilized to help a species, the worldwide efforts to save the Great Sea Turtles is a good place to start. If it weren’t for individuals getting involved on every continent, these [...]
by Ed Ring on March 23, 2006
It may not be soon enough for everyone, but the greening of America’s automobile population is happening. Hybrid cars are here to stay, and more and more of them include innovations such as expanded battery packs that can be recharged from an at-home wall socket. As battery technology improves at a faster pace than ever, [...]
by Ed Ring on March 17, 2006
Our latest feature story on our website EcoWorld, “India’s Water Future,” describes a proposal currently being debated in India to link their major rivers in order to move vast quantities of water from the water-rich north and east to the arid west and south of that country.
Well it isn’t as if it hasn’t been done [...]
by Ed Ring on March 16, 2006
Fuel cell vehicles are not ready for prime time, and this isn’t because of a conspiracy on the part of the auto-makers. If any car threatens the status-quo, it’s a battery powered commuter vehicle, or a serial-hybrid using an onboard high-efficiency constant RPM clean diesel to power a generator to charge a battery that powers [...]
by EcoWorld Editorial Staff on March 14, 2006
Are Interbasin Water Transfers a Solution?
India’s magificant Himalayan mountains
Water flows in abundance from the rooftop of the world
Photo: Michel Dalle
Editor’s Note: India and China have comparable rates of per capita water consumption; Indians consume 470 cubic meters of water per person per year, Chinese consume 407 cubic meters water per person per year. But at [...]