Korean Village Runs On 100% Solar PowerThe Korean village Donggwang gets 100% of its power from the sun. The village is located on the semi-tropical island of Jeju-do. Near the village, Halla Mountain, a volcano and the tallest mountain in South Korea, rises from the island’s center amidst a patchwork of small farms.
An epidemic of […]
Solar Power goes to Extremes for 5 cents per kiloWatt-hour (kWh)Michelle Bennett of Cleantechnica.com with the latest on solar concentrators coupled to solar panels: “We already know that concentrated solar power (CSP) is shaking things up in the solar industry. A subset within the industry is turning up the heat. EUR
Carbon monoxide aids shift from active infection to a drug-resistant dormant TB infectionA toxic gas present in air pollution and tobacco smoke plays a significant role in triggering tuberculosis infection, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).The UAB study focused on carbon monoxide (CO), a colorless, odorless […]
Want to help the environment? Eat insects.Traditional livestock - whether raised by a subsistence farmer in a developing country or on a feedlot in the U.S. - has a huge negative impact on the environment. David Gracer wants people to consider an alternate protein source: Insects.
High fuel prices could slash US emissions.HIGH gasoline prices could […]
The Health Risks of Global WarmingNo one can say for sure which of us will become victims of global warming.But these three illustrations tell realistic stories that could become more likely in a warmer world.
Young Girl Worries About Her Grandmother
Jenny, 10 years old, is sitting in her 3rd period class in Philadelphia not paying attention to […]
SCE seeks incentives for emissions-cutting program.Southern California Edison proposed to California clean air regulators what it calls the first major “early action” greenhouse gas reduction projects since the state’s ambitious emissions-cutting plan was passed in 2006.
Solar Powered Airplane AvionicsPowerenz, a manfacturer and retailer of portable solar power systems in Georgia, has designed a system to […]
Can restaurants go green, earn green?If the restaurant industry can dial down the enormous environmental damage it does daily even slightly, it would be huge. Now Ted Turner and the National Restaurant Association are trying to make that happen.
Landfill Powered Garbage TrucksThe government of California is backing an initiative between the Linde Group and Waste […]
Dawn of an energy famineThis week the shape of the global energy crisis came into its sharpest focus yet. The world needs renewable energy fast, but as BP and Shell announced record profits, they also demonstrated that they are in essence retreating from renewables, perhaps with the exception of biofuels. They intend to focus their […]
When going green, don’t forget to reduce your pet’s carbon paw print, too.Thanks to Al Gore and a swiftly evolving movement of planetary consciousness, many of us have already made the decision to go green. Now we can help our pets do the same.
President Uses High Gas Prices to Bushwhack Arctic RefugeGas prices are sending […]
Safe Passage for the Utah Prairie DogBecause Utah prairie dogs forage on crops and dig networks of underground burrows, they were poisoned for 50 years by landowners and government agencies.Despite federal endangered species listing in 1973, they remain threatened, ravaged by a fatal disease, sylvanic plague, and corralled onto just 7,000 acres of usable habitat […]