Spider Monkeys Invent Medicated Body Scratcher

Wild spider monkeys now have a new tool under their proverbial belt: a body scratcher that may release medicinal compounds, according to a study published in the latest issue of the journal Primates.

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Spider Monkeys Invent Medicated Body Scratcher

All-Electric Commercial Vehicles: Now Available in the U.S.

On Tuesday, at the footsteps of the US Capitol, six companies accepted keys to their brand-new Smith Newton vehicles, the world’s largest all-electric truck.

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Mines Could Provide Geothermal Energy

Mine shafts on the point of being closed down could be used to provide geothermal energy to local towns.

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PSE&G Receives Approval for $515M Solar Plan

New Jersey-based utility PSE&G has received regulatory approval to invest $515 million collected from ratepayers in 80 megawatts (MW) of solar projects.

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Fisheries Making A Comeback

There’s no question that the world’s fish are in trouble. Fishermen are pulling fish out of the seas far faster than these populations can grow back. Some fisheries are heading toward collapse or even extinction

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Fisheries Making A Comeback

Proper Medicine Disposal Prescribed Daily

In an effort to halt flushing and tossing, the National Association of Counties has adopted a resolution the “Support of a Safe, Convenient Medicine Return Program” that places at least some of the responsibility of proper medicine disposal on the vendors supplying medicine to consumers.

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Energy efficiency could save U.S. $600 billion -McKinsey

The United States could save about $600 billion in energy costs by 2020 if it hiked annual efficiency spending about five-fold, business consultants McKinsey and Co said in a report on Wednesday.

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The Nation’s First Platinum LEED-Certified Supermarket Opens in Maine

July 23 was a big day for Hannaford Supermarkets, a 167-store chain serving Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont.

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The Nation’s First Platinum LEED-Certified Supermarket Opens in Maine

Chile fighting climate change — role model for the (developing) world

Although Chile is officially considered an Annex B, “developing” country under the dual classification of the Kyoto Protocol, the smaller country of 16 million inhabitants has been no stranger to addressing the climate change issue in recent years.

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Rich Nations Vulnerable to Water Disasters

The growing shortage of water - a perennial problem in the world’s poorer nations - is expected to eventually reach the rich nations in the Western world.

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Rich Nations Vulnerable to Water Disasters

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