environmental footprint

A piece of plastic debris that's been colonized by both costal barnacles (pink and striped) and a gooseneck barnacle from the open ocean.

This floating ocean garbage is home to a surprising amount of life from the coasts

11:00am April 17, 2023

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

A study of plastic trash hauled out of the Pacific Ocean found that most of it had been colonized by coastal life that was thriving right next to species that normally live in the open sea.

Rich Showalter bought this land in 1975. He sold it earlier this year to Ray Williams, who hasn't yet had a chance to look at his new asset.

Environment

Big-Money Investors Gear Up For A Trillion-Dollar Bet On Farmland

12:24pm July 30, 2020

by Dan Charles

A trillion dollars worth of American farmland will change hands in the coming years. Wealthy investors are likely to buy more of it with the power to shape rural communities and the environment.

Activists demonstrated recently in High Springs, Fla., to oppose Nestlé's plan to withdraw more than a million gallons of water a day from Ginnie Springs.

The Water Is Already Low At A Florida Freshwater Spring, But Nestlé Wants More

6:00am November 08, 2019

by Greg Allen

Nestlé wants to increase the amount of water it withdraws from Ginnie Springs to nearly 1.2 million gallons a day, to the dismay of environmental groups and local activists.

Allagash employees Salim Raal, left, and Brendan McKay stack bottles of Golden Brett, a limited release beer fermented with a house strain of Brettanomyces yeast. The Maine brewery recently installed solar panels as part of its sustainability initiatives.

Good News For 'Green' Brews: Consumers Say They'll Pay More For Sustainable Beer

9:00am October 13, 2018

by Rachel D. Cohen

More than 1,000 U.S. beer drinkers surveyed say they would pay about $1.30 more for a six-pack of beer if it was produced at a brewery that invests in water conservation or solar power.

A sugar beet. This crop supplies about half of America's sugar.

The Environmental Cost Of Growing Food

7:30pm May 05, 2016

by Dan Charles

Economists are working on ways to put a price on the environmental damage of growing food. Take sugar: Half of what we eat comes from beets, half from cane. Each has an impact, in very different ways.

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