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Motorola Shows World's First Mobile Phone Made from Recycled Water Bottle Plastic

Not only is the plastic housing of the Motorola MOTO W233 Renew made from plastics comprised of recycled water bottles and 100 percent recyclable, but it is also the world’s first carbon neutral phone

8 Jan 2009

Climate Induced Food Crisis Could be Faced by Half the World's Population by 2100

New research shows that rapidly warming climate is likely to seriously alter crop yields in the tropics and subtropics by the end of this century and, without adaptation, will leave half the world's population facing serious food shortages

8 Jan 2009

Carbon Nanotube Ink the Key to Solar Cells and Transistors Becoming Thinner and Lighter

Using a simple chemical process, scientists at Cornell and DuPont have invented a method of preparing carbon nanotubes for suspension in a semiconducting "ink" which can then be printed into such thin, flexible electronics as transistors and photovoltaic materials

8 Jan 2009

Ancient Global Cooling Coincides With a Decline in Carbon Dioxide Devouring Plankton

According to a new Cornell study, after a sudden rise in species numbers, diatoms abruptly declined about 33 million years ago - trends that coincided with severe global cooling

8 Jan 2009

Hong Kong Residents Have Twice the Environmental Footprint as People in China

Hong Kong residents are using nearly twice the resources of citizens of mainland China, according to an ecological footprint assessment by WWF Hong Kong and the Global Footprint Network

8 Jan 2009

Environmentally Friendly Surfactant-Enhanced In Situ Chemical Oxidation Method Remediates Contaminated Site

VeruTEK Technologies, an international environmental technologies company, announced today that it has successfully completed an in-place remediation of contaminated soils and groundwater using its proprietary Surfactant-Enhanced In Situ Chemical Oxidation

8 Jan 2009

Polarized Light Pollution Sending Animals Astray

Human-made light sources can alter natural light cycles, causing animals that rely on light cues to make mistakes when moving through their environment

8 Jan 2009

Potato Reproduction Can Be Damaged by Low Level Herbicide Use

A recent study examining the development and reproduction of plants and the effects that herbicides can have upon those processes has shown that treating potato plants with low levels of herbicide application can have a detrimental effect on crop yields

8 Jan 2009

DuPont Joint Venture Announces Bio Based De-Icing Product

Susterra propanediol is a specialty glycol that offers a non-petroleum alternative for end uses that desire a bio-based product without sacrificing performance or quality

8 Jan 2009

Million Hectares of Chinese Forest Now Certified by the Forest Stewardship Council

Forests owned by members of the Chinese chapter of WWF's Global Forest and Trade Network (GFTN) and certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) went beyond 1,000,000 hectares for the very first time late last year

8 Jan 2009

Award for Electronics Recycling at Brookhaven Lab

The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory was named a winner in the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive's third annual Electronics Reuse and Recycling Campaign at a White House ceremony on December 16

8 Jan 2009

Lime Energy, REC Solar and IDEC Complete Solar Electric System and Lighting for IDEC Headquarters

Lime Energy and REC Solar, Inc., together with IDEC Corporation today announced the completion of a 162 kilowatt (DC) solar electric system and new efficient warehouse lighting system as part of IDEC's mission to "green" its US corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, California

8 Jan 2009