EBay has announced a worldwide ban on the sale of ivory on its auction website starting next year.
Although an eBay spokesman told BBC News the move was the best way to help African and Asian elephants, the announcement comes just as The International Fund for Animal Welfare prepares to release a report damning the online [...]

Big festivals like South by Southwest and Austin City Limits in Austin, Texas draw huge crowds and in hot climates, those crowds need to hydrate. Unfortunately keeping cool and drinking lots of water often leads to excessive waste in the form of empty plastic bottles and beer cups. Add to that all the paper waste [...]

Add L.A. to your list of big cities doing good things; the L.A. City Council voted Tuesday to ban plastic bags in stores beginning July 1, 2010. Starting that date, shoppers will have to shop with their own bags or pay 25 cents for a paper or biodegradable bag. L.A. will be joining the ranks [...]