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Europe's First Wind- and Solar-Powered Billboard

Posted by  Nic Halverson  Fri Aug 5, 2011 10:46 AM ET   |   0

Ricoh Europe's 'eco-board' powered by five turbines and 96 solar panels. Read more

Europe's First Wind- and Solar-Powered Billboard

US Air Force: We Want to Use Biofuels

Posted Wed Jul 20, 2011 01:03 PM ET   |   0

The US Air Force is ready to switch to biofuels to help power its warplanes but the price of alternative fuels remains too high. Read more

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Floating Golf Course Has Underwater Tunnels

Posted by  Nic Halverson  Fri Apr 29, 2011 01:03 PM ET   |   0

An 18-hole floating course hopes to boost Maldivian economy while preserving the nation's ecosystem. Read more

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Man-Made Oasis Will Transform the Desert

Posted by  Amy Dusto  Fri Jan 21, 2011 01:34 PM ET   |   0

At this innovative facility, solar energy will power desalination -- a process that will produce cool, humid conditions perfect for growing crops. Read more

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Human-Powered Gyms Do Double Duty

Posted by  David Teeghman  Tue Dec 7, 2010 09:19 AM ET   |   0

More gyms are using specially designed equipment to capture the energy you create while pedaling, and turn it into useful electricity. Read more

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Amazon Carbon Map Revolutionizes Sequestration Scheme: Big Pic

Posted Mon Sep 6, 2010 03:00 PM ET   |   0

A new mapping technique could change how we count the carbon stored in the world's forests. Read more

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Turning CO2 Back into Fuel

Posted by  Clark Boyd  Wed Apr 7, 2010 09:11 AM ET   |   0

"What to do with all that CO2?" It's a question that's always vexed me, especially when I'm stuck in traffic behind five semis, two SUVs, and we're all doing 85MPH while passing a plant like the one pictured here. Ugh. ... Read more

Turning CO2 Back into Fuel

Captain of Industry Takes a Spear in the Chest

Posted by  Chris Davis  Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:24 AM ET   |   0

Ray Anderson, founder of carpet giant Interface, explains in Confessions of a Radical Industrialist that his environmental epiphany was like a "spear in the chest." Delivered to him by reindeer in Paul Hawken's The Ecology of Commerce, Anderson... Read more

Captain of Industry Takes a Spear in the Chest

Sperm Whales Act as Carbon Sink

Posted Tue Oct 20, 2009 07:46 AM ET   |   0

New estimates suggest sperm whales' feeding habits help take in carbon. Read more

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Sequestering Carbon: the Answer Could Be at Our Feet

Posted by  Chris Davis  Thu Oct 1, 2009 09:57 AM ET   |   0

Went to a meeting of the North Texas Energy & Environment Club, a well attended affair with a nice mix of students, staff and faculty from the University of North Texas. Met Greg Hawk, who whispered in my ear that ... Read more

Sequestering Carbon: the Answer Could Be at Our Feet

Sun Could Power Arab States: Discovery News

Posted Tue Jun 30, 2009 09:24 PM ET

Oil-rich Gulf Arab states enjoy year-round sunshine but they remain slow in adopting environmental technologies to let them harvest their abundant solar power, industrialists said Tuesday. Read more

Oil and Solar-Rich
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