Tag archive: environment

Chinese environmentalists have accused Apple of allowing the companies that manufacture its iPhones, iPads and other devices  to heavily pollute the country, reports Reuters. In response, Apple has asked the group to hold talks on the matter. According to a 46-page report released Wednesday by the Beijing-based Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE), along with other nongovernmental sponsors, toxic material from “suspected… Read More

Massive fires in central Africa have emitted an enormous amount of pollution, which was recently measured by NASA's Aura satellite. The resulting image, above, shows a dark-red “butterfly” of high-density air pollution hovering over the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north and Angola to the south. The pollution is caused by massive annual agricultural burns. The fires are used to clear the remains… Read More

Not even high gas prices can convince people to buy electric cars. According to a new USA Today/Gallup Poll, 57 percent of respondents said that they wouldn't buy an all-electric car, even if the price of gas rose above its already-astronomical levels. This finding spits in the face of President Obama's goal of a million electric vehicles on the road by 2015, and the auto industry, which has already begun to make moves towards an… Read More