Vatican Gardens by Hello, I Am Bruce via Flickr For years, groups both for and against Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) have been lobbying for endorsement from the Vatican. Up until now the the Holy See has remained neutral on the subject although is has sponsored studies that seemed to have the goal of promoting the use of GMOs to cure world hunger. The Catholic News Service (CNS) is now reporting what lo...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Photo via Seed Magazine Do climate scientists seem too angry? Mathew Nesbit, a professor of communications, has an interesting piece in Slate today arguing that they do, and that it's going to have a negative impact on the public's understanding of climate science. It's a pertinent topic, as a recent editorial in the esteemed scientific journal Nature has described the current situation climate scientists are in as a 'street fight'--with climate scientists in one corner and skeptics and a misinformation-prone media in...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Photo: Michael Graham Richard Can BYD Deliver on EV Promises? For a while it looked like BYD would be a leader in electric cars and plug-in hybrids. They had aggressive release schedules, great battery technology (at least on paper), and being based in China, they had some cost advantages over most of their competitors. They even had backing by none other than Warren Buffett! But then we started hearing about Read the full story on TreeHugger

How do you draw the world's attention to a deadly global scourge? Call up your friends and climb a mountain (it could help if your friends are mega-celebrities and MTV wants to make a film about it.) This is how Kenna set out to illuminate the global clean water crisis. Calling it Summit on the Summit, the Grammy-nominated recording artist assembled Read the full story on TreeHugger

All Cyclists and Bus Operators Should Know This Surprisingly, despite their very different sizes, bicycles and buses have many things in common. They both stick mostly to the right side of the road (in countries that drive on the right, that is) and move slower than most other vehicles. On top of that, buses are frequently making stops and moving in and out of traffic, making them particularly intimidating from the point of view of cyclists. But from the point of view of bus drivers, the relationship with cyclists can also be confusing. That's why it's important to teach both how to saf...Read the full story on TreeHugger