A report by the American Lung Association finds that air pollution has fallen to its lowest levels since the group began collecting data in 2000. The nonprofit organization credits the Clean Air Act for the cleanup of major air pollution sources, such as coal-fired power plants and the fleet of older, dirtier trucks.
Mitsubishi electric car owners in Japan will soon be able to use the family car as an emergency generator, using their EV's batteries to power a home.
Orlando Bloom has an eco-house; Prince Charles has built a sustainable home, and now a major developer plans to build 500 eco-homes in Devon. Despite the economic gloom, the green way of building has never been more popular - 7,000 projects last year, a number that has more than doubled since 2009.
Following the sun across the nation, a crew of young filmmakers got a first-hand look at how solar is working for Americans, reducing utility costs for diverse users like a boat marina, fire station, zoo and the Crayola Crayon factory.
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.
The U.S. Air Force expects to save more the five million dollars per year as a result of deploying 18,000 iPads in the field. When the iPads replace heavy, paper-bound flight manuals, a savings of well over $50 million on printing costs and fuel is the result.
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.
Scientists in Denmark have built a device designed to clean polluted air by accelerating natural atmospheric processes, helping to get rid of chemicals and smells. That Atmospheric Photochemical Accelerator developed at Copenhagen University underwent six years of trials working atop a stinky industrial plant.
Researchers have found an eco-friendly alternative to the metal ores currently favored in the electrodes of lithium-ion batteries. The new non-toxic and sustainable battery uses purpurin, a red/yellow dye extracted from the root of the madder plant.
Investors in China betting big on the organic concept have poured money into food producers and distributors. Some are wrestling with a conflict between scale and quality, but this has not dampened their enthusiasm.
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.
A start-up in Northern California is working on creating solar windows that could act as solar panels while also blocking sunlight from entering office buildings to reduce their energy needs. The company, Pythagoras Solar won a $100,000 prize last week in the GE Ecomagination Challenge, for its idea.
An innovative financing mechanism for achieving the green jobs and carbon cuts mandated in New York was passed last week by the state legislature. The Power NY Act funnels energy savings from individual electric bills to the cause of financing energy efficient retrofits on one million buildings and homes.
Hewlett-Packard Co. has been in the forefront of the movement to recycle old computers and has strategized to benefit from it.
In California, where one-eighth of Americans reside, we have a Republican governor and a Democratic legislature moving in the same direction -- and with broad public support -- on the issue of Global Warming.
Nike's World Cup jerseys for the 2010 South Africa games were made of 100 percent recycled polyester, with each jersey taking eight plastic bottles out of landfills. The net result of that one project alone was reusing 13 million plastic bottles, and showed what was possible with the company's new ethos.
KFC restaurants in the UK and Ireland will stop using palm oil to fry its chicken beginning this month and reap a double benefit by reducing climate change and heart disease.
In two recent feasibility experiments, European airlines KLM and Thompson Airlines have integrated cooking oil-based biofuels into their passenger routes, in a 50-50 mixture with jet fuel.
The new World Trade Center in New York currently under construction promises to be the most environmentally advanced structure ever built at this scale. In a project of this size, a LEED Gold certification would be a first of its kind, said Eduardo Del Valle, Director of Design Management, who has incorporated dozens of green strategies like hydrogen fuel cells into the skyscraper's design.
An innovative project called The Green Schoolhouse Series is on a mission -- with the help of volunteers, school officials, community members, and corporations -- to build healthy and efficient green schoolhouses on existing, low-income, public school campuses.
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