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Emirates to Make World's Longest Green Flight

On December 15th, Emirates Airline, with one of the world's youngest fleets, will trial a new environmental program to execute the longest green journey

10 Dec 2008

Keep America Beautiful and the Curbside Value Partnership Team Up to Increase Recycling

The national nonprofit organization Keep America Beautiful (KAB) and the Curbside Value Partnership (CVP) announced today that it has formed a strategic alliance designed to increase participation in curbside recycling programs

10 Dec 2008

New Guidebook Gives Schools Instruction to Generate the Power They Consume

California's State and Consumer Services Agency (SCSA) announced the release of Grid Neutral - Electrical Independence for California Schools and Community Colleges, a step-by-step guide to help California schools and community colleges cut energy costs through on-site electricity generation

10 Dec 2008

Energy Efficiency and Cost Savings For Californian Schools With Custom-Bilt Metal Roofs

Custom-Bilt Metals is pleased to announce its low-maintenance and energy-saving Titan Cool Roof metal roofing is helping Southwest College to significantly reduce its energy costs and contribute to green building energy certification

9 Dec 2008

Software Quantifies Carbon Sequestration of Urban Trees

U.S. Forest Service scientists are providing online software that can show users how much carbon dioxide an urban tree in California has sequestered in its lifetime and the past year

9 Dec 2008

Environmentally Friendly Economic Stimulus Package to be Presented to Barack Obama Congress

The Nature Conservancy released a "green" economic stimulus package today, advocating for the funds to restore ecosystems, initiate green infrastructure construction, and create much-needed jobs in the process

9 Dec 2008

Ozone Pollution To Stunt Tree Growth

Modern day concentrations of ground level ozone pollution are decreasing the growth of trees in the northern and temperate mid-latitudes

9 Dec 2008

Unifying Concept of Movement Ecology Gets Scientific Recognition

Movement ecology has achieved significant international recognition. Movement ecology is a developing academic pursuit, combining expertise in a variety of fields, including biology, ecology, botany, environmental science, physics, mathematics, virology and others

9 Dec 2008

World Leading Wave Power Comes From Dissertation

A technology that is adapted to the special conditions for wave energy places the wave energy technology from Uppsala on the absolute cutting edge in the world

9 Dec 2008

Including Tropical Deforestation Carbon Emissions In Climate Change Regulations Not Enough to Save Rainforests

Including carbon emissions from tropical deforestation in a future international climate regime will not suffice to protect the world's remaining tropical forests from expanding palm oil plantations

9 Dec 2008

Scottish Climate Change Bill to be World Leader

The newly published Scottish Climate Change Bill has the potential to become a world leading piece of legislation if it receives cross-party backing from Scottish MPs

9 Dec 2008

Carbon Dioxide Found on a Planet Outside Our Solar System

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. This is an important step along the trail of finding the chemical biotracers of extraterrestrial life, as we know it

9 Dec 2008

Hurricane Proof Homes to Battle Climate Change Head On

Home foundations and frames built of a lightweight composite material that may bend - but won't break - in a hurricane and can simply float on the rising tide of a storm's coastal surge

9 Dec 2008

Chi-Chang Kao Appointed Director of Joint Photon Sciences Institute at DoE Brookhaven Lab

Chi-Chang Kao, a physicist and leader in synchrotron light research, has been named founding Director of the Joint Photon Sciences Institute (JPSI) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory

9 Dec 2008

Young People Choosing Cars Over Green Transport Options

Young people find the prospect of driving cars more attractive than other modes of travel that are kinder to the environment, according to research conducted by a researcher at the University of the West of England

8 Dec 2008