Wade is a big-game angler, constantly in search of freshwater monsters that make sharks seem as docile as dolphins. The host of Animal Planet’s “River Monsters,” Wade plies his skill with heavy fishing equipment and a passion, he admits, that borders on obsession.

The Cost of High-Speed Rail in the U.S. (INFOGRAPHIC) view! - *****

Does this make technology ironic? Or did we always know that computers were bad for the environment?

Ford vehicles are now 85 percent recyclable by weight. In 2009, Ford saved approximately $4.5 million by using recycled materials, and diverted between 25 and 30 million pounds of plastic from landfills in North America alone.

1970 Earth Day Predictions: “We have about 5 more years at the outside to do something.” “Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind.” “It is already too late to avoid mass starvation.” And more...

Global Warming Not Going Gently

It's that time of year again, when a number of companies try to persuade us that, in honor of Earth Day, we can shop our way to a cleaner, greener planet.

The volcano continues to rumble and hurl ash skyward, if at a slightly diminished rate now, as the dispersing ash plume has dropped closer to the ground, and the World Health Organization has issued a health warning to Europeans with respiratory conditions. Collected here are some images from Iceland over the past few days.

The most recycled product? It's not aluminum cans: only half are recycled. Or even office paper, at more than 70 percent.

These latest UK Met Office predictions show the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull's air travel havoc-wreaking ash cloud moving its smoky tendrils closer to North America and the United States. It's comin' right for us!