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Technology
Track Your Local Smart Grid Projects
If you’ve heard the term "smart grid" but aren’t sure what it means or how it pertains to you, a new website will help bring you up to speed on...
Environment
What Can I Do to Prevent Power Outages During a Heat Wave?
Here's how to keep cool even when the weather outside isn't.
Environment
New York's Trashy New Textile Initiative
After major closet clean-out sessions, I usually haul my sartorial castaways to a local Housing Works thrift store where the sale of my donated...
Business
Top 10 Cities for New Grads Seeking Jobs
Eighty percent of young professionals are interested in securing a green-collar job or working in an industry that has a positive impact on the...
News
A Tour of Volkswagen's Super Green Car Plant in Chattanooga
The German car-maker is halfway through building one of the world's cleanest car plants—and we got a first look. "Save Our Planet!" That's...
News
Honda's New CR-Z Hybrid to be Less Than $20K
The super sporty Honda CR-Z hybrid, which will debut at Honda dealerships across the nation on Aug. 24, comes with a price tag less than $20K....
Culture
Six Strange New Planets Discovered
Since 1995, astronomers have discovered about 450 exoplanets that exist outside our solar system. Recently, they found more than they bargained...
Environment
Wetlands Get $35-Million Conservation Grant
Wildlife and wetlands just got a big boost from Uncle Sam. Recently, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the Migratory Bird...
Culture
Bend It Like R2D2: Welcome to the RoboCup
Soccer fans nationwide might lament the U.S. men’s performance at the FIFA World Cup, but patriotic football lovers can still root for an...
Culture
Life's First Energy Source Discovered
Life on Earth requires an energy-transporting molecule called ATP to survive. And as experts point out, you need enzymes to make ATP and ATP to...
News
What Would Al Do?
The numbnuts who voted for Ralph Nader in 2000 used to say there was no difference between Al Gore and George Bush. Then came 9/11, and they...
Business
We Need to Change How We Drill for Oil
Our nation is being hit by the worst environmental disaster we've ever experienced. Upwards of 100,000 barrels of oil are streaming into the Gulf...
Environment
Energy Efficiency Investments Remain Strong
Energy efficiency projects can reduce a building's impact on the environment and save the owner of that building money when the annual energy...
Lifestyle
Is LEED Missing Something?
The U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED rating system is the most popular green building certification system in the world. In order to...
News
Flex Fuel Vehicles May Be On the Way Out
When it comes to buying cars, Americans are still using the price of the vehicle as the primary deciding factor. A well-priced, fuel-efficient...
Environment
BP Banishes Hair Booms
Between the passing of actress and ardent animal rights advocate Rue McClanahan and the publication of some heart-wrenching photos of...
News
4.7 Million EV Charging Units Expected by 2015
The first affordable mass-produced electric vehicles will hit the streets of America later this year. Once the Nissan Leaf begins to make its...
Environment
Is Peak Phosphorous a Bigger Threat Than Peak Oil?
Believe it or not, climate change and "Peak Oil" are not the biggest problems facing the 21st century. "Peak Phosphorous" could hit sooner and...
