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Climate Clues From the Way Caves 'Breathe'

A University of Arkansas researcher studying the way caves "breathe" is providing new insights into the process by which scientists study paleoclimates

9 Mar 2009

Simple Sand Filter Could Bring Clean Water To Millions Around the World

A UNC Charlotte researcher is developing a "rapid sand" filter that could provide a simple means of providing fresh water to millions upon millions of people in developing countries

9 Mar 2009

Campus Renewable Bioenergy Initiative Turns University Rubbish Into Energy

Cornell University is turning its biotrash - vegetable oil from dining hall fryers, animal bedding from campus barns, farm waste from university research - into fuels for use on campus

9 Mar 2009

Toxic Chinese Made Drywall Can Be Identified Using New Indicators

Americas Watchdog and its Homeowners Consumer Center have been leading the national, and state by state investigation of imported toxic Chinese drywall and is now saying, we think charred or blackened electrical wires inside a new homes wall are the number one indicator of this potentially lethal building product

9 Mar 2009

Get Outside - Indoor Air May Be Up to 20 Times More Polluted Than Outdoors

In a recent report, the Florida Department of Health has received many complaints from homeowners throughout the state of Florida stating the drywall in their homes is causing serious health problems and damages

9 Mar 2009

Tax Credit Available for Insulated Garage Doors in the USA

Replacing a garage door in 2009 and 2010 can do more than generate curb appeal - it also can decrease energy costs and save homeowners up to $1500 off the bottom line of their income taxes

9 Mar 2009

Volvo Passes Environmental Milestone With Cleanest and Greenest Ever Trucks

The Volvo Group is passing an important milestone in its environmental efforts when Volvo Trucks now rolls out its most fuel-efficient and cleanest diesel engines ever. During the past 20 years, Volvo trucks in total have become one hundred times cleaner

9 Mar 2009

KFC and Taco Bell Operate First Green Restaurant

Yum! Brands the world's largest restaurant company and parent of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC, has opened an environmentally-friendly KFC-Taco Bell restaurant in Northampton, Massachusetts

9 Mar 2009

ECOtality and Nissan Partner to Bring Electric Vehicle Infrastructure To Arizona's Pima County

ECOtality to Work with Nissan and Pima Association of Governments (PAG) to Establish the Tucson Region as an electronic vehicle EV Micro-Climate

9 Mar 2009

Outdoor Power Equipment Institute Says e15 Fuel Could Injure Operators, Equipment and the Environment

The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) today announced that it has serious concerns with a premature rush to 15 percent ethanol (E15) or other mid-level fuel blends as being suggested by pro-ethanol producers

9 Mar 2009

Stockholm Metro Gets Electronic Nose Used in Space to Check for Hazards

An advanced sensor technique and data processing used to monitor air conditioning inside space stations is now being used in an innovative fire protection system for Stockholm's metro system

9 Mar 2009

Using Plants to Understand Results of UV Exposure

The three varieties of bryophites (liverworts, hornworts, and mosses) have long been utilized as indicators of the health of local environments, but with the recent effects of climate change and the depleting ozone layer, these plants present an important measure in their ability to withstand increased exposure to UVR

9 Mar 2009

Solar Hot Water Systems Pay For Themselves Five Times

An analysis of the engineering and economics for a solar water-heating system shows it to have a payback period of just two years, according to researchers in India

9 Mar 2009

Increase in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Expected to Dissolve Coral Reefs

Rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the resulting effects on ocean water are making it increasingly difficult for coral reefs to grow and doubling carbon dioxide levels is expected to cause coral reefs to dissolve

9 Mar 2009

Marine Algae May Be Poisoned by Toxic Dust Deposited in Oceans

Dust blown off the continents and deposited in the open ocean is an important source of nutrients for marine phytoplankton, the tiny algae that are the foundation of the ocean food web. But new findings show that some sources of dust also carry toxic elements that can kill marine phytoplankton

9 Mar 2009