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Iceland’s Volcanoes May Power UK
The volcanoes of Iceland could soon be pumping low-carbon electricity into the UK under government-backed plans for thousands of miles of cables across the...
Record Investment in Alternative Energy in 2011, US Back at Number One
A record amount of money was invested globally in alternative energy in 2011 -- more than a quarter trillion dollars, a 6.5 percent increase...
Vast Urban Farm Grows Fish, Food In Old Chicago Meat Plant
On the third floor of an old meat-packing plant is a humid hothouse filled with rows of greens and sprouts, even exotic white strawberries....
Flying Car Gets Closer to Reality with Test Flight – the New York Auto Show is Next
Instead of driving through morning rush hour, what if you could fly over it?
Terrafugia Inc. said that it hopes to begin selling its 2-seat...
Apple to Build Largest Private Solar Array in the US
The world's most valuable company, Apple, has announced plans to build America’s largest private onsite solar array at their North Carolina data center.
Apple’s data...
60 People Join Largest-ever Organ Exchange After Good Samaritan Donates Initial Kidney
What made the domino chain of 60 operations possible was the willingness of a Good Samaritan, Rick Ruzzamenti, to give an initial kidney after...
The Greening of London’s Olympic Park Includes Clean-up of Toxic Site
London is using its plans for the 2012 Olympic games to revitalize neighborhoods, clean up a polluted industrial site and generate a large urban...
Truckers Who Saved Others are Finalists for Highway Hero Award
Professional truck drivers who jumped from their cabs to rescue fellow motorists are being honored as heroes by the Goodyear Tire Company in their...
Thriving North American Start-up Turns Trash into Source of Power
A young woman of 23 is helping to turn pizza crusts, leftover lasagna, and other food waste into methane gas to fuel electric generators...
Unemployment Rate Dips to 8.5% With 1.6 million New Jobs in 2011
200,000 jobs were added in December, pushing the unemployment rate, down to 8.5 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains...
Cash Grants Allow Cutting Edge Science Experiments in UK Schools
Schools are being encouraged by the UK's top scientific body to bring cutting edge science into the classroom. Projects, funded by the Royal Society,...
Sony’s Bio Battery Turns Waste Paper into Electricity
Sony has unveiled a paper-powered battery prototype in Japan. The technology generates electricity by turning shredded paper into sugar which in turn is used...
Bamboo Packaging on Dell Computers Saves 70,000 Trees
All the hard-to-recycle packaging that keeps new Dell computers snug in their cartons but ends up in landfills is being replaced by environmentally-friendly bamboo...
AIDS Deaths, Infections Down 20% From Peak
Aids-related deaths are at the lowest level since their 2005 peak, down 21%, according to the UNAids 2011 report. Additionally, the number of new...
Newest National Park is in New Jersey City
A waterfall in one of New Jersey's largest cities that inspired generations of newcomers to America, fueled the Industrial Revolution and was featured in...
Couple Donate $150 Million to Fight Poverty in Developing Nations
Stanford University will open an institution with the sole purpose of alleviating poverty in developing nations, thanks to a $150 million gift donated by...
Frito-Lay Just Opened “Greenest Manufacturing Facility In the US”
Frito-Lay, best known for its snack chips, achieved their "most ambitious sustainability project to-date" with the reopening of an Arizona plant the company calls...
Tribute: Wangari Maathai, First African Woman to Win Nobel Peace Prize (1940-2011)
Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan environmentalist who went on to become the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize, died of cancer at...
Greenest Skyscraper Ever Rises From World Trade Center Site
The new World Trade Center in New York currently under construction promises to be the most environmentally advanced structure ever built on such a...
Growth After Disaster: Going Beyond Resilience
It seems whenever we turn on the TV these days we witness disastrous scenes of flooding, fires, and typhoons forcing people from their homes...