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Levi's and Goodwill Team Up and Launch a "Care Tag for Our Planet"

Levi Strauss and Goodwill today announced A Care Tag for Our Planet, a new initiative that aims to put billions of pounds of unwanted clothing to good use instead of into landfill

27 Oct 2009

Guide to Understanding Children's Exposure to Pollutants Released by EPA

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released a user-friendly document to help risk assessors understand how children are exposed to pollution

27 Oct 2009

Environmentally Friendly Silicon-Air Battery Can Supply Thousands of Hours of Power

Scientists at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed a new, environmentally friendly silicon-air battery capable of supplying non-stop power for thousands of hours without needing to be replaced

27 Oct 2009

Copenhagen Climate Change Gathering Success Lies In Meeting Criteria Laid Down by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

As just over one month remains before nations converge in Copenhagen to 'seal the deal' on a new climate change agreement, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has laid out his four benchmarks for success at the negotiations in the Danish capital

27 Oct 2009

Electric Motorbike Company, Zero Motorcycles, Announces Fleet Sales Program

Zero Motorcycles announced today the launch of its fleet sales program. This program will provide the opportunity for corporate, non-profit, government and small business buyers to get professional sales support for multi-unit purchases to meet their motorcycle fleet requirements from Zero Motorcycles

27 Oct 2009

CSIRO Plugs Into the Electric Vehicle Revolution

A road trial of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), which could one day end up in every Australian driveway, is underway

27 Oct 2009

Recycled Materials Key Part of Versatile Building Material of the Future

Scientists have developed a new building material that is fire resistant to temperatures in excess of 1100 degrees Celsius, is made largely from recycled material and is as versatile as concrete

27 Oct 2009

Carbon Nanotubes Hold the Key to Hydrogen Fuel Tanks for Cars, Buses and Trucks

Hydrogen fuel, because its only byproduct is steam, should be the ultimate in green alternatives to fossil fuels, but it hasn’t delivered on its promise yet because of one enormous stumbling block, storage. Now a team of chemical engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has developed a computational model that shows that carbon nanotubes may offer a surprising solution

27 Oct 2009

US EPA Announces Top 20 Green Schools

For the first time, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership announced the 20 primary and secondary schools nationwide using the most power from renewable energy sources. The top Green Power Partner schools are buying nearly 113 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power annually, equivalent to carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) that would be produced from the electricity use of 11,000 American homes for one year

27 Oct 2009

The UNESCO Chair of Sustainability at UPC Turning a Landfill Site into a Community Park

Researchers at the UNESCO Chair of Sustainability at UPC are working with sustainable technologies to convert a rubbish dump of the Colombian city of Medellin in a urban park for the citizens

27 Oct 2009

Free Hybrid Toyota Prius iPhone App Released

Toyota have announced The Prius Experience App is available for free from the App Store. The Prius Experience App has four modes to help educate and entertain iPhone users interested in learning more about the EPA-rated 50 MPG 2010 Toyota Prius hybrid

27 Oct 2009

Disney Fairy, Tinker Bell, Named Honorary Ambassador of Green

She is one of Disney's most popular cartoon characters. Created by J.M. Barrie, the Scottish author best remembered for creating Peter Pan, Tinker Bell the well-loved fairy is reaching new heights with her new designation of "Honorary Ambassador of Green" to help promote environmental awareness in children

26 Oct 2009