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Climate Warming Causes Tree-Killing Bark Beetles to Attack High-Elevation Pine Forests

Trees and the insects that eat them wage constant war. Insects burrow and munch; trees deploy lethal and disruptive defenses in the form of chemicals.

2 Jan 2013

Business Electricity Provider Urges People to Make Green New Year's Resolution

As the year draws to a close and Big Ben strikes twelve, many will be thinking about what positive changes they want to make for 2013. Instead of the usual 'go to the gym more', or 'cut out the booze', business electricity provider green energy uk urges people to green-up their New Year's resolutions to become even more environmentally friendly.

31 Dec 2012

Delta Air Lines Achieves Third Party Verification of Greenhouse Gas Inventory

SCS Global Services (SCS) has verified the carbon footprint of Delta Air Lines, making it the world's first legacy airline to achieve a successful, independent third party verification of its greenhouse gas emissions inventory. SCS confirmed Delta's conformance with The Climate Registry's General Reporting Protocol, one of the world's most trusted methodologies for measuring greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

29 Dec 2012

U.S. EPA and LG Enter Collaboration on Environmentally Beneficial Goals

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and LG Electronics USA (LG) have entered into an agreement to collaborate on a number of environmentally beneficial goals.

28 Dec 2012

SCS to Present Sustainable Growing Practices at National Green Centre Conference

SCS Global Services will provide expert insights about sustainable growing practices at the National Green Centre Conference in St. Louis this January.

27 Dec 2012

Commencement of Research Project on Sustainable Polymers from Algae

EU research project on algae-based polymers kicks off: SPLASH - Sustainable Polymers from Algae Sugars and Hydrocarbons

21 Dec 2012

Fraunhofer CSE to Receive DOE Funding for Effort to Make Solar Energy Cost-Competitive

The Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems (CSE) has been selected to receive project funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SunShot Initiative, a collaborative national effort to make solar energy cost-competitive with other forms of energy by the end of the decade.

18 Dec 2012

Failure to Measure Intrinsic Wealth in Natural Goods Impacts Sustainability Goals

Sustainability scientist and professor Ann Kinzig says, while we do measure the bounty that nature provides, we fail to measure the intrinsic wealth that’s found in natural goods. That’s the reason why our inclusive wealth is not growing, and one of the reasons why we haven’t achieved sustainability.

18 Dec 2012

Researchers Develop Comprehensive Map of Great Lakes’ Environmental Stressors

A comprehensive map three years in the making is telling the story of humans’ impact on the Great Lakes, identifying how “environmental stressors” stretching from Minnesota to Ontario are shaping the future of an ecosystem that contains 20 percent of the world’s fresh water.

18 Dec 2012

Fuel for Cars from Naturally-Occurring Fatty Acids

Writing in PNAS, the researchers have shown that the emerging field of synthetic biology can be used to manipulate hydrocarbon chemicals, found in soaps and shampoos, in cells.

18 Dec 2012