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UK Electric Vehicle Subsidy Has Good Intentions But Is Short on Detail

The UK government subsidies to boost low-carbon transport will not be a significant cost for the Treasury, but at the same time they will not improve the UK's carbon footprint in the first few years of its roll out

20 Apr 2009

Lead in the Air Helps Clouds Form More Easily

By sampling clouds - and making their own - researchers have shown for the first time a direct relation between lead in the sky and the formation of ice crystals that foster clouds

20 Apr 2009

Environmentally Friendly Car Achieves 2,757.1 MPG at 2009 Shell Eco-marathon Americas

Distance, not speed, was the goal this weekend on the track at the 2009 Shell Eco-marathon Americas, a challenge for students to design, build and test fuel-efficient vehicles that travel the farthest distance using the least amount of fuel

20 Apr 2009

A New Line of Efficiently Designed Environmentally Friendly Homes Introduced

M/I Homes Inc. today announced the "eco series", a new line of efficiently designed, economically priced, and ecologically smart homes

19 Apr 2009

Sustainable Farms Being Examined by Urban Food Chain Class

Chicago and other cities have adopted green initiatives designed to foster more investment in local and regional agriculture. City officials and citizens alike often assume that by doing so they can help soften climate change by cutting greenhouse-gas emissions. But it’s not that simple.

19 Apr 2009

Overpopulation is the World's Worst Environmental Problem

Scientists at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry ranked a crowded planet as the biggest problem we face, followed by climate change and a need for renewable energy resources

19 Apr 2009

Health and Welfare of the Public Threatened by Greenhouse Gases

After a thorough scientific review ordered in 2007 by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed finding Friday that greenhouse gases contribute to air pollution that may endanger public health or welfare

19 Apr 2009

Building Eco-Homes With The Rå Build Method from H+H

The H+H Rå Build method of high-insulation aircrete reduced both costs and construction time for JTC Developments' three stylish ‘Eco’ family houses recently completed in Manchester

19 Apr 2009

Extended Range Electric Vehicle Concept Based on a Dodge Caliber to be Unveiled by FEV

FEV, Inc., (FEV) a leading developer of advanced powertrain and vehicle technologies, announced today that it will show a range-extended electric vehicle (ReEV) with plug-in capability based on the Dodge Caliber platform at the 2009 SAE World Congress

17 Apr 2009