Navy Silences "Whale-Harming" Sonar to Protect Marine Mammals
The U.S. Navy will limit where they use certain types of sonar believed to confuse and threaten whales and dolphins.
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Energetic Shelter Dogs Get Second Chance in Wildlife Conservation Jobs
Shelter dogs with high-energy can be considered less adoptable, but a program has found a way to save them by putting their unique traits to good use.
Join Thousands Converging on National Parks for Free Admission Saturday
On Saturday, September 24th, more than 170,000 Americans will volunteer at parks and beaches across the country building trails, removing invasive plants and picking up trash in honor of National Public Lands Day. Admission fees into national parks will by waived for the general public that day, a gift from the 100 or so parks that normally charge entrance fees.
New Smartphones, Including iPhone 5, Less Toxic Than Older Models
Recent models including Apple's iPhone 5 and the Samsung Captivate are less hazardous than old handsets, according to a new chemical analysis. The new study offers encouraging results of tests on handsets which measured the amount of toxins these gadgets would unleash into landfills if not properly recycled.
Bald Eagle Population Surges in Wisconsin
In 1973, the state's natural resources department was able to find just 108 breeding pairs in the state. Today, Wisconsin's population of bald eagles is soaring, and state officials said this week that eagles are occupying nests in nearly every county of the state.
Ozone Hole Shrinks: 25 Years of Montreal Protocol is Model of International Cooperation
The international agreement unveiled 25 years ago on September 16 to phase out chemicals harmful to the Earth's ozone shield continues to reap results that show the giant hole in the stratosphere is shrinking. Signed by 197 nations, the treaty became a showcase for successful global environmental cooperation.
Reusable 'Nanosheets' Soak Up Pollutants at 30 Times Their Weight
A next-generation material first earmarked for use in electronics has proven itself a capable clean-up agent for polluted waters. Boron nitride, or white graphene, can soak up organic pollutants such as industrial chemicals or engine oil in incredible amounts for their size, according to a report in Nature Communications.
Apple Bans Use of 2 Hazardous Chemicals in iPhone Assembly
Apple is banning the use of two potentially hazardous chemicals during the final assembly of iPhones and iPads as part of the company's latest commitment to protect the factory workers who build its trendy devices.
New Breed of Ranchers Build Sustainable West While Making Money
A new breed of cowboy is changing how ranching is being done in the American West, and managing the land in benevolent and environmentally sensitive ways because they think it will help them survive – and make money.
This Package Could Help Amazon Use 200 Times Fewer Boxes
UK-based designer Yu-Chang Chou hopes to help stem the flow of single-use packages - like Amazon.com boxes - through a new design that can be reused 200 times. He calls it the Repack bag. Once the package is emptied, it can be folded and tossed in a nearby mailbox to return to the post office for someone else to buy and use.
Start-Up Wins $630,000 for Making Bio-Plastic Out of Greenhouse Gas
A young start-up called Mango Materials has won a Green Challenge prize of $630,000 for its plan to use bacteria to turn the most abundant organic compound on earth, methane, into a biodegradable material that would be a low cost substitute for plastic.
Denmark's Near-Zero-Waste Wonder
The small city of Kalundborg, 64 miles west of Copenhagen, was the first municipality to have engineered a symbiotic relationship between all its industries so that the excess heat, water, waste and other resources leftover become feedstock for other industries and farms, creating a closed loop system.
Check Out the Surprising Products Being Made From Coffee Grounds
More and more, we're seeing brilliant uses for household items once discarded as trash. You will never look at coffee grounds the same way.
43 CEOs: Climate Debate Is Over, Carbon Cuts Are Good for Business
43 leaders of huge corporations joined together as Ambassadors for Climate Action. They challenged governments and big business to do more on climate change.
Baltimore is a Five-Star City - Gets the Rating to Prove it
Baltimore, Maryland has been in the news for all the wrong reasons lately, but one organization is shining a positive light
National Hockey League Looks to Sustainability for Sport's Very Survival
As freshwater ponds and lakes freeze, hockey players of all ages gather their gear to play winter's pastime. But what if, due to climate change and freshwater scarcity, there were no more frozen fields on which to skate? In an effort to preserve the outdoor game, the National Hockey League launched NHL Green, an initiative to detail the environmental impacts and challenges of the sport, and to track the steps taken to become responsible for carbon emitted while conducting business.
Vancouver Students Take Their Plastic Eating Bacteria Idea to TED Stage
High School seniors Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao want to continue pursuing a solution for how to make plastic decompose using natural bacteria already evolving on the planet. The two were finalists for Canada's top student biotechnology award, the 2012 Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge, where their project was judged to have the greatest commercial potential of any project entry, valued at $10 million. Now they are bringing their ideas to the TED stage.
Scientists Hope Polymers Will Give Oil Spills the Slip
U.S. scientists have designed a process to create a material capable of strongly repelling oils, one they said could have applications in hazardous waste cleanup.
Ford Cuts Global Waste by 100 Million Pounds and Counting
This week the Ford Motor Company announced impressive results in efforts to cut waste produced in its factories. Since 2007, the car company has slashed by 44 percent its global waste output -- a total of 100 million pounds. Expanding on the success, Ford plans to further reduce the amount of waste it sends to landfills by 10% per vehicle by the end of the year.
Composting Project Puts 12 Tons of Dog Poop to Good Use
It's been almost three years since a grand experiment began in a dog park in Ithaca, N.Y., and the results are finally in. Dog dung poses public health risks if left on the streets, hurts the environment when left near trails and takes centuries to decompose in plastic garbage bags that end up in landfills. Now, the poop is being composted along with yard waste to produce valuable soil.
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