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Environmentally Friendly InterContinental Hotel Uses 100 Percent Renewable Energy

Chicagoland’s new eco-savvy and luxury destination hotel, the 556-room InterContinental Chicago O’Hare, is going above and beyond in its quest to lighten businesses’ impact on the environment

17 Sep 2008

Flights Now Being Giving an Energy Label so Customers Can Make Environmentally Conscious Travel Decisions

CheapTickets.nl has attached an energy label to all the flights in its booking system. This new tool now allows passengers to make an environmentally conscious choice when they book their flights

17 Sep 2008

Whales Return to New York Area for the First Time in Modern History

For the first time in waters surrounding New York City, the beckoning calls of endangered fin, humpback and North Atlantic right whales have been recorded

17 Sep 2008

Greenhouse Gas Inventory Announced by Cornell

As part of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), Cornell University has calculated its first greenhouse gas inventory. This news from the inventory indicates that Cornell will be on course to reduce central utilities emissions by almost one-third – far exceeding the university’s goal of being 7 percent below 1990 levels of carbon emissions by 2012. The university is expected to meet that goal by 2010, two years ahead of schedule

16 Sep 2008

Arctic Sea Ice Set To Reach Lowest Level Ever

Arctic sea ice may well have reached its lowest volumes ever, as summer ice coverage of the Arctic Sea looks set to be close to last year's record lows or lower

15 Sep 2008

Scientists Develop New Way of Making Biofuels from Biomass

Scientists from the Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) have developed a system that can improve the efficiency of the conversion process of biomass to fuel gas that will contribute to the production of energy in a more sustainable manner

15 Sep 2008

Clean, Safe Drinking Water Purified With Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology could be the answer to ensuring a safe supply of drinking water for regions of the world stricken by periodic drought or where water contamination is rife

15 Sep 2008

Microbiological Treatment Can Remove Selenium Pollution

A new study funded by the European Union has demonstrated that unsafe levels of selenium, sometimes referred to as an “essential toxin”, can be reduced by a microbiological treatment. With this method, microorganisms reduce selenate to the less-toxic elemental selenium, which can potentially be recovered from the process. An estimated 0.5 to 1 billion people worldwide suffer from selenium deficiency, even though many live near areas where levels of selenium have reached toxic levels.

15 Sep 2008

New Book Says Asian and African Cities are the Template For Cities of the Future

Cities in Africa and Asia are creating a new template for urban development, says Binghamton University Sociologist Martin J. Murray. Though some may see them as backward, these are the cities of the future, he argues, with an entrepreneurial spirit and ever-shrinking public spaces

15 Sep 2008