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Mainstream Media Ignoring the Contribution to Climate Change Made by Food Production

A study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows the nation’s top newspapers have largely overlooked the food system as one of the more important contributors to global climate change

24 Sep 2008

Sustainable Buildings Award Won by Innovative Medical Building

An innovative new Aberdeen medical building has been awarded a prestigious accolade in recognition of its environmental credentials

24 Sep 2008

Cisco Program Promotes Working Sustainably to Increase Quality of Life, Economic Growth and to Address Climate Change

Today Cisco announced a new way of working sustainably called "Connected and Sustainable Work," designed to provide cities, employers, and citizens with a new framework for fostering economic growth, increasing the quality of life, and addressing the challenges of climate change

24 Sep 2008

Innovative Heating and Cooling Method Slashes Fuel Bills for 300 Year Old House

Mitsubishi Electric Ecodan air source heat pump system uses free energy from the outside air to provide central heating and hot water

24 Sep 2008

Deactivation of Radioactive Waste by Transmutation Reduces Danger Period from Millions of Years to 300 Years

The technological progress of transmutation of radioactive waste made in the last decades can drop the radioactive danger period from millions of years to a few hundred years

22 Sep 2008

Scientists in Hawaii Hit The Waves for Some Scientific Surfing

Chemists have traded their white coats for swim shorts at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu – they’ve shunned the lab so they can swim out to the breakers with a test-tube built into a boogie-board

22 Sep 2008

Image of Earth From Space Shows Arctic Plankton Bloom

This Envisat image captures a plankton bloom stretching across the Northeast Passage in the Barents Sea, a rather deep shelf sea with an average depth around 230 m

22 Sep 2008

Too Little, Too Late May Be the Verdict For Coral Reefs and Cutting Back on CO2 Emissions

Ocean acidification could devastate coral reefs and other marine ecosystems even if atmospheric carbon dioxide stabilizes at 450 ppm, a level well below that of many climate change forecasts

22 Sep 2008

Warm Water Flowing On Ocean Floor Suggests Marine Life in Area Considered Barren

An international team of earth scientists report movement of warmed sea water through the flat, Pacific Ocean floor off Costa Rica. The movement is greater than that off midocean volcanic ridges. The finding suggests possible marine life in a part of the ocean once considered barren

22 Sep 2008

Forest Fire Prevention Using Sensors Powered by Electricity from the Trees

MIT researchers and colleagues are working to find out whether energy from trees can power a network of sensors to prevent spreading forest fires

22 Sep 2008

Water Purification by Solar and Wind Power

Spectra's new solar and wind powered water purification units demonstrated

22 Sep 2008

Biotech Research Center Opened at DuPont Knowledge Center

DuPont India today announced the opening of the first research facility at the DuPont Knowledge Center (DKC) in Hyderabad. The Biotech Research Center begins its operations with more than 80 scientists working on a variety of global research programs on plant and industrial biotechnology

22 Sep 2008

Car Batteries May Be Replaced by Super Capacitors Made Using Nanotechnology

Car batteries as we know them today may soon be relics. Storing energy in clunky containers with limited shelf lives has plagued car makers and military engineers who need lightweight, powerful and reliable means to crank engines into life, enliven radios and operate other electronic appliances.

22 Sep 2008

Eco Berber Carpet from Martinson-Nicholls Made With Recycled PET Polyester Fiber

Martinson-Nicholls and the Andersen Company have announced their new Eco Berber roll goods. These entryway carpet mats are manufactured with 100 percent post consumer recycled PET Polyester fiber reclaimed from plastic bottles and a natural rubber backing

22 Sep 2008