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KFC and Taco Bell Operate First Green Restaurant

Yum! Brands the world's largest restaurant company and parent of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC, has opened an environmentally-friendly KFC-Taco Bell restaurant in Northampton, Massachusetts

9 Mar 2009

Using Plants to Understand Results of UV Exposure

The three varieties of bryophites (liverworts, hornworts, and mosses) have long been utilized as indicators of the health of local environments, but with the recent effects of climate change and the depleting ozone layer, these plants present an important measure in their ability to withstand increased exposure to UVR

9 Mar 2009

Solar Hot Water Systems Pay For Themselves Five Times

An analysis of the engineering and economics for a solar water-heating system shows it to have a payback period of just two years, according to researchers in India

9 Mar 2009

Increase in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Expected to Dissolve Coral Reefs

Rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the resulting effects on ocean water are making it increasingly difficult for coral reefs to grow and doubling carbon dioxide levels is expected to cause coral reefs to dissolve

9 Mar 2009

Marine Algae May Be Poisoned by Toxic Dust Deposited in Oceans

Dust blown off the continents and deposited in the open ocean is an important source of nutrients for marine phytoplankton, the tiny algae that are the foundation of the ocean food web. But new findings show that some sources of dust also carry toxic elements that can kill marine phytoplankton

9 Mar 2009

EPA Plans to Monitor Schools Air Quality Supported by Clean Air for Children Advocate

One of the attorneys who negotiated an agreement with California's largest school bus operator to reduce potentially harmful diesel exhaust from its school buses is now speaking out on the risk of dangerous levels of air pollution that exist around the nation's schools

9 Mar 2009

AQUAMANTRA Introduces World's First Completely Biodegradable Recyclable Bottle

The AQUAMANTRA ENSO biodegradable water bottle will be available for shipment to store shelves in May 2009. It is welcomed news to both retailers and consumers who have felt the pressure from environmental groups and consumers who are concerned about exploding landfills bulging with non-recyclable-compostable plastics

9 Mar 2009

'Frugal Green' is the New Era Says Green Building Consultant

Jerry Yudelson, one of the world's top green building consultants, proclaims that green building professionals can make sustainability pay its own way

5 Mar 2009

Certain Rocks Found to Pull CO2 From the Air and Lock It Away Like Trees Do

Trees already pull carbon dioxide from the air and safely lock it away naturally through photosynthesis. Now, in a new report, geologists have mapped large rock formations in the United States that can also absorb CO2, which they say might be artificially harnessed to do the task at a vastly increased pace

5 Mar 2009

Pepsi Goes Retro and Natural With a Limited Release of Three New Products Sweetened With Natural Sugar

As part of the company's "Refresh Everything" campaign, Pepsi is reinvigorating its beverage lineup with the introduction of three new products. Pepsi Natural, Pepsi Throwback and Mountain Dew Throwback , all sweetened with natural sugar, will be hitting the beverage aisle this March and April

5 Mar 2009