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Efficiency Changes Could Cut 30 Percent of U.S. Electric Use and Avoid Need For 60 Percent of Coal Fired Electricity

Closing a national "electric productivity gap" could curtail up to 30 percent of current electric power consumption nationwide, according to a report released today

9 Feb 2009

Emissions Payments Could Make the Amazon Prosper

Global payments for ecological services rendered by the Amazon such as the carbon retaining in its forests could go a long way to preserving them, a new study has found

9 Feb 2009

Hybrid Nanocables to Improve Lithium Battery Technology

Need to store electricity more efficiently? Put it behind bars. That's essentially the finding of a team of Rice University researchers who have created hybrid carbon nanotube metal oxide arrays as electrode mater...

9 Feb 2009

Lab On A Chip Helps NASA Astronauts Keep The Toilet Clean on The International Space Station

Even in space, someone has to clean the bathroom. Good housekeeping is essential when you're living in the close quarters of a tightly-sealed spaceship for months at a time

9 Feb 2009

Paris Heads List of French Cities to Turn Off The Lights For Earth Hour

Paris heads a list of 28 French cities and towns intending to join the world in making a visual vote for decisive action on climate change during WWF's Earth Hour 2009

9 Feb 2009

Dreamscapes Sex Toy Recycling Program Gains National Green Certification

Dreamscapes gains Green Certification for their Sex Toy Recycling Program, enabling consumers to mail in their old, broken or used (but cleaned) adult toys. This program offers an alternate option to reduce the improper disposal of hazardous wastes such as motors, batteries, silicones, etc

9 Feb 2009

South African Wine Industry Teams With WWF To Go Green

South Africa's wine industry was ranked just one place down from US President Barack Obama when it comes to building public awareness of environmental issues thanks to a unique partnership with WWF

9 Feb 2009

Tool Shows Energy Use and Carbon Emissions Generated by Growing Crops in the United States

For the first time, farmers have data that tracks at the county level on-site and off-site energy use and carbon dioxide emissions associated with growing crops in the United States

9 Feb 2009

Study Shows Toxicity Levels of Particulate Matter From Wildfires

A study of coarse and fine particulate matter (PM) generated by the California wildfires of 2008 suggests a toxicity level greater than that of an equivalent dose of PM in ambient air, as reported in the January 2009 issue of Environmental Health Perspectives

9 Feb 2009

Coal Dewatering Technology Turns Sludge to Powder

A dewatering technology developed at Virginia Tech has succeeded in reducing the moisture content of ultrafine coal to less than 20 percent, transforming it to a salable product

9 Feb 2009

EPA "Champion" Award Presented to Barricade Fire Gel

Barricade Fire Gel has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its environmentally friendly formula through the use of safer surfactants and for its efforts in documenting a strategy for ensuring that only safer surfactants are used

9 Feb 2009