The EcoPlum Daily

Starbucks is hosting an energy efficiency competition among ten of its own stores to see who can cut electricity use the most in 30 days.

A new type of wind turbine is poised to leap onto the wind power scene, this time without blades, twice as efficient and half the price of conventional wind turbines.

A new scientific paper says that more and more of the earth is being affected by extreme heat in the summer.

Tokelau may not yet be a fully self-governing country, but it may well become the world's first nation to get all of its electricity from solar power.

Bhutan is taking a step towards creating a more ecological sustainable world by attempting to make the transition to only using organic agricultural methods.

Environmental groups in England are demanding that shoppers pay for their single-use plastic bags.

July 2012 was the hottest on record and also the hottest month in the contiguous US on record.

A new design for the LED harkens back to the shape of the incandescent bulb we all know and love.

A major fire at one of the country's biggest oil refineries that sent scores of people to hospitals with breathing problems will push gas prices above $4 a gallon.

The couch seems like the perfect place to cheer on Team USA during the Olympics. But this activity will not win you a gold medal in the health department.

The European heatwave of 2003, the Russian heatwave of 2010, last year's record-breaking drought and heat in Texas? All climate change.