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China's Tallest Building Brings New Thinking to Tall Building Sustainability

Groundbreaking ceremonies held today mark the start of construction on Shanghai Tower

30 Nov 2008

Experiment Shows Students How to Save The World One Snack at a Time

The Green Education Foundation and IXG are launching Green Week at William Seach Elementary Schoolin Weymouth, MA

30 Nov 2008

Microbes Can Generate Electricity and Clean Up Pollution

Microorganisms are vital to humans and the environment. Some can corrode metal or protect it, some microbes generate electricity and some can clean up pollution

30 Nov 2008

New Discovery Predicts Where Ice Shelves Will Calve or Break Off

A newly derived, simple law may help scientists improve their climate models and glaciologists predict where icebergs will calve off from their parent ice sheets

27 Nov 2008

Aquatic Osteoporosis Found in North American Lakes

A research team has documented biological damage caused by declining levels of calcium in many temperate, soft-water lakes

27 Nov 2008

Forests and People at Risk From Climate Change Crisis

Unless immediate action is taken, climate change could have a devastating effect on the world's forests and the nearly 1 billion people who depend on them for their livelihoods, warned a leading group of forest scientists in a report to be released next week

27 Nov 2008

Governor’s Award for Environmental and Economic Leadership in Sustainable Communities Goes to Treasure Island

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, California EPA Recognize TI’s Green Building Features and Energy Conservation

27 Nov 2008

Energizer Bunny Just Keeps Going at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

The Energizer Bunny surprised the crowds at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade when he continued past the end of the parade down 34th street. The escape marks the beginning of his 20th birthday celebration and brings the first Bunny commercial to life

27 Nov 2008

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies Signs Understanding for Scientific Research with University of Waterloo, Canada and the Centennial Energy Institute

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies has taken a step forward and has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with University of Waterloo, Canada and the Centennial Energy Institute (CEI), for Scientific Research and Educational Cooperation with UPES

26 Nov 2008

Mercury Levels in Red Snapper Being Boosted by Shrimp Trawling

New research from Texas Christian and Louisiana State universities finds shrimp trawling may be raising the level of toxic mercury in juvenile snapper

26 Nov 2008