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HP Ranks Above Nokia, Apple on Latest Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics
The newest edition of the group's gadget guide is live, and reveals which electronics company is doing the most to lighten their environmental load.
- New Design for Wall Socket Fights Old Problem of Vampire Power
- Airdrop Design Pulls Water From Air to Irrigate Deserts
- iPhone App Creates Music from Stars and Galaxies (Video)
- Cells with Installed "Operating Systems" Could Create New Life Forms
- MegaPhone Amplifies Your iPhone Without Batteries
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Dr. Rajendra Pachauri on Pricing Carbon, the Himalaya Glacier Error, and GOP Climate Denial (Video Interview)
I sit down with Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, the head of the IPCC. He explained why we still need to price carbon, how we can overcome GOP climate denial, and clears the air on the Himalaya glacier controversy.
- Extinction Looms for an Entire Genus of Mammal
- Deep Sea Expedition Will Explore Underwater Mountains to Save Them from Overfishing
- Sleeping Black Rhinos Are Hung from Helicopters in Wild Journey to a New Home
- Climate-Related Natural Disasters Cost US $14 Billion in Health Care Over Past Decade
- Putting a Lock on the Startling Trend of Exotic Pet Ownership in the United States
- Cycle For Water Project Bikes Into 13th Country On Epic Journey for Clean Water
- Top U.S. Climate Scientist: "Tar Sands are the Critical Juncture"
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Energy
Renewable Energy Best Promoted By Feed-In Tariffs, IPCC Working Group Says
The IPCC's renewable energy working group backs up the conventional wisdom on feed-in tariffs, that they are the most cost-competitive way of promoting renewable energy -- as long as they are well constructed.
- Special Investigation Opened into Keystone XL - Decision Likely to be Delayed
- Now We'll See If Obama's "An Oil Guy or a People Guy": Bill McKibben
- 12,000 Tar Sands Protesters Wrap White House in Human Chain
- How a Transition Town Defeated Fracking
- Propane Gel Could Eliminate Water Use In Fracking - Satisfy Opponents?
- 1/10th China's Land Highly Polluted With Heavy Metals - Coal To Blame?
- Investment in U.S. Cleantech Up 73% This Quarter: $1.1 Billion Went to Clean Energy Projects
Design
Unofficial Posters for London's 2012 Olympics Might Be Better than the Real
The posters use unexpected everyday objects -- from half-eaten cookies to beer cans -- to form the iconic rings.
- Guardian Fiberglass Threatens Blogger With Legal Action For Showing Lousy Installation
- How to Heat a Home Office Efficiently: Wear Some Bloody Gloves
- Enter A Competition To Show How 3D Printing Might Change The World
- 'Mushroom Death Suit' Could Remediate Bodily Toxins With Specially-Trained Mushrooms (Video)
- The Shipping Container News: Lawsuits Threatened over Pop-Up Shopping Mall in Christchurch
- Renovation and Repair Creates Way More Jobs, Uses Far Less Material Than New Construction
- Guardian Apologizes For Threatening Blogger For "Commercial Disparagement"
Transportation
Alaska Airlines to Fly 75 Planes on 20% Cooking Oil-Based Fuel Starting Later this Week
The biofuel blend is only a small step in the right direction, but it shows that it is possible to operate airplanes without fossil fuels.
- Traffic Makes Us Dumber: Scientists Say Car Exhaust Causes Brain Damage
- Another cyclist Gets The Right Hook: It's Time For Sideguards On Trucks In North America
- United Airlines Flies First-Ever Commercial Biofuels Flight in U.S.
- Toyota Funds Bike That Reads Minds
- Clever Dutch 'Traffic Garden' From 1950s Teaches Children About Road Safety
- Six Astronauts 'Return to Earth' After Successful Mars-500 Mission
- Scotland to Build the World's First Hybrid Ferries for 2013
- Tesla v. Top Gear: Proof of Damages Needed
- How Much Money is Car-Commuting Costing You?
Living
Surprise! Grocery Store Honey is Not Actually Honey
That honey that lines the shelves of your local grocery store probably isn't honey at all.
- Guerrilla Gardener Grows Community, Finds God, and a Beautiful Note (Video)
- Recipe: Lavender Hot Chocolate
- On Parentables: Christine the Chemist Explains The Problems With PVC And Vinyl
- Best Comfort Foods for Winter, with Recipes and Photos
- Weekday Vegetarian Recipe: Lentil Soup
- More on Raising and Eating Insects for Low-Impact Meat (Video)
- Meat Now Available in Coldly Convenient Vending Machines
- Green Gift Guide: The Fashion Buff
Business
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The Story of Stuff took on over consumption. Join a live chat with its creator as her latest work takes aim at Wall Street and the financial system.
- How Reclaimed Hand Tools Can Revive the Local Economy (Video)
- Wine Industry Establishes System to Calculate GHG Emissions
- Hilton Invests $1.3 Million in Global Soap Project, Redirecting Hotel Waste for Social Good
- Australia Passes National Carbon Pricing Program - Second Outside of EU
- Smithfield Foods, McDonald’s Pork Supplier, Lying About Environment & Animal Welfare?
- Changing Your Bank This Week? Find A Green Bank, Too
- The Story of Broke Puts the Real Crony Capitalism on Notice (Video)
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