Are Micronutrients A More Efficient Path To Food Aid Abroad? Micronutrient-based food aid may offer a more cost-efficient, effective and realistic path to fighting malnutrition than traditional food distribution programs.
Updated Fri Apr 29, 2011
Top US Export To China: Bad Freeway Planning? Drivers who were caught last year in a nine-day-plus traffic jam along the Beijing-Tibet Highway may be cheering China's ongoing efforts expand its freeway system,but will more freeways really prevent future gridlock?
Updated Thu Apr 28, 2011
Top US Export to China: Bad Freeway Planning? Drivers who were caught last year in a nine-day-plus traffic jam along the Beijing-Tibet Highway may be cheering China's ongoing efforts to rapidly and massively expand its freeway system -- but will more freeways really prevent future gridlock? And if so, at what price?
Posted Thu Apr 28, 2011
Buildings Kill A Billion Birds A Year; Its Time To Stop This Carnage Up to a billion birds are killed each year by colliding with windows. But this isn't a LEED-certified problem, it is a universal building problem.
Updated Wed Apr 27, 2011
Infographic: How Top Websites And Data Centers Suck Down Energy How much energy does storing data cost? How do data centers work? How many data centers do the world's most-trafficked websites require? This extensive infographic can clear it up.
Updated Wed Apr 20, 2011
Oil Company Document Instructs Agents to Mislead Landowners About Drilling Dangers A revealing document shows an oil company's 'talking points' guide to convince landowners that they should let said corporation drill on their land.
Updated Fri Apr 15, 2011
Microdust in Orbit Proposed as Solution to Space Debris Problem We can now add space debris remediation with tungsten micro-dust to the many geo-engineering proposals on the table for cleaning up the mess humanity is making with our only planet.
Updated Wed Apr 13, 2011
Obama Resurrects Carbon Offsets (Nobody Says Thanks) The trend toward individual carbon offsets has slowed from the heady days of 2007. Things may be changing, however, and it's not just the economy getting people interested in offsets.
Updated Thu Apr 7, 2011
Would You Trade the Endangered Species Act for a Clean Energy Revolution? Would you be willing to compromise seminal environmental protections like the Endangered Species Act if it would usher in a clean energy boom?
Updated Fri Apr 1, 2011
Old Warships Never Die; They Get Recycled What do you do with a ship that is considered to be out of date? Sell it to a Turkish company, over the internet, to be recycled into pots and pans.
Updated Thu Mar 31, 2011
Floating Solar Power Plant Pilot Project Given Go Ahead in India You've no doubt heard of offshore wind power, but how about offshore solar power? Australian solar power company Sunengy would like you to.
Updated Mon Mar 28, 2011
Will Sustainable Biofuel Certification Scheme Put End to Food Versus Fuel Debate? WWF is touting the start of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels Certification System, which attempts to create some assurances that biofuels don't do more harm than good.
Updated Fri Mar 25, 2011
100% Renewable Energy By 2050 Is Possible--Here's How We Can Do It Ecofys reveals how 100% clean energy worldwide will be possible by 2050.
Updated Thu Mar 24, 2011
ShelterBox Kits Bound for Japan Show What You Should Pack for Emergencies ShelterBox is sending kits to Japan to help with relief efforts. Take a look at what is included, and find out more about the conundrum of packing emergency kits for disasters.
Updated Thu Mar 24, 2011
Genetically Modified Cows To Produce "Human" Milk Researchers in China have genetically modified some 200 cows so that the milk they produce is similar to human milk.
Updated Wed Mar 23, 2011
Purchase Certified-Organic Wool Like You Do Your Food When it comes to purchasing wool garments, the greenest wool is the wool you already own. Recycled wool is a close second. But when neither is an option, you want to be sure that you're purchasing certified-organic and mulesing-free wool.
Updated Mon Mar 14, 2011
How a Campus Lawn Becomes a No-Dig Permaculture Garden (Video) A team of students at UMass Amherst are transforming a 1/4 acre grass lawn into an abundant permaculture forest garden to feed their campus cafeteria.
Updated Fri Mar 11, 2011
Can We Make Electronics Without Factories? The Future of Gadget Design Dominic Muren has a great way of looking at greener gadget design -- make it simple, make it repairable, make it upgradable.
Updated Tue Mar 8, 2011
