Want an easy way to go green on Earth Day and all year long?Ride METRO. Commuting on public transit can reduce your carbon footprint by 4,800 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions a year. That's according to the American Public Transportation Association (APTA),which has calculated that switching to buses and trains from your car ...

  Today is Earth Day, a day celebrated by almost 1 billion people around the world with concerts, rallies and neighborhood clean-up events, according to Earth Day Network, an organization which started the first Earth Day in 1970. Even cartoonists are getting into the act with 43 comic strips today focused on an Earth Day theme. Read more ...

  Herbal tea giveaways are just one way METRO plans to celebrate Earth Day at the Houston Zoo and the Houston Arboretum this weekend. Next Tuesday is Earth Day, but starting this weekend, you'll find METRO tables full of brochures and freebies that show how the agency goes green all year long. We'll be at the Houston Zoo this ...