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World’s First LEED Platinum Hospital Thriving in Austin
Unique among its peers, Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas is the first healthcare facility in the world to achieve a LEED Platinum...
Good News: Major Indicators This Week Confirm Economic Recovery
In the last week, several economic indicators and corporate profit reports provided good news for the US and UK as further evidence that the...
Solar Power Rescues Lebanon Schools from Frequent Black-outs
With Lebanon’s chronic power shortages, classes at the Rajam Issa public school are often plunged into darkness during the winter.
In the remote northeastern district...
Revolutionary Water Filtration System Designed to Save Lives
LіfеSаvеr, a UK-bаѕеd manufacturer оf роrtаblе and rеuѕаblе wаtеr fіltrаtіоn systems, рrоudlу аnnоunсеd a brаnd new product that "rеvоlutіоnіzеѕ" соmmunіtу аnd оff-grіd wаtеr рurіfісаtіоn....
Power Plant Set to Clean Up its Act
The largest air pollution control project in Delaware's history finally received approval Wednesday, a $500 million plan that could cut smog-forming toxic emissions...
AmeriCorps Hiring Largest Class in 16 Years
The Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency created in 1993 to engage Americans in service, today announced grants to eight organizations...
Plankton Power To Build Algae Biofuel Facility on Cape Cod
To help meet the federal mandate of quadrupling biofuel use by 2020, a public-private consortium announced plans to construct a new facility on Cape...
One of the Most Polluted Sites in US to Become Green Tech Community
A 140-year-old shipyard in San Francisco Bay, left for dead in the early 1970's as a radioactive wasteland contaminated by heavy metals, is to...
How is the Stimulus Working Out?
President Obama announced Wednesday that the stimulus is now providing $2.4 billion in taxpayer grants to create electric cars and tens of thousands of...
Federal Court Overturns Bush Administration Logging Rule
Protections were restored this week to 193 million acres of national forest by a federal court that struck down the Bush administration policy of...
Human Waste to Heat Thousands of Homes in Britain
Within two years, thousands of people will be cooking and heating their homes using clean methane gas extracted from human waste. The...
Supermarket Powers Store Checkouts With Modified Speed Bumps
A British supermarket chain, Sainsbury's, opened a new store yesterday where the checkouts will be people-powered. The store features a new kinetic energy generator...
Clean Energy Economy Yields Significant Job Growth at all Skill Levels
The number of jobs in America’s emerging clean energy economy grew nearly two and a half times faster than overall jobs between 1998 and...
Man Builds Stonehenge Using Nothing but Gravity (Video)
A retired carpenter with 35 years experience in construction has demonstrated that he can lift a Stonehenge-sized pillar weighing 22,000 lbs...
US State Mows with Goats to Go Gently on Environment
Officials in Maryland have come up with an innovative, cost-saving way to protect the environment: they use goats to mow the grass. The...
Positive Psychology, Person-Centered Therapy, and Happiness
Mental Health Minute: A New Column By Cristina Frick... This new Monday Morning weekly column will showcase recent...
Sturgeon Return to Spawn in Detroit River Thanks to Artificial Reef
For the first time in almost 40 years lake sturgeon have spawned in the Detroit River, thanks to an international reef construction effort completed...
San Francisco Now Recycles An Astonishing 72 Percent of All Trash
Mayor Gavin Newsom announced yesterday that San Francisco has attained a US recycling record by keeping 72% of all recyclable material out...
53 Wind Projects Awarded $8.5M, Includes Environmental Impact Research
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu last week announced a list of 53 wind energy projects that will receive up to $8.5...
183 Projects Funded for Fish and Wildlife
From the Lower Mississippi River Delta to the North Carolina coast, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will undertake 183 construction projects focused...