Side effect of plastic: Aggressive Kids

Plastics containing Bisphenol-A linked to child misbehavior Yes we know, everything causes cancer, nothing is safe for our kids, a lot of paranoia, right?

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Side effect of plastic: Aggressive Kids

High Tech Greens the Internet: Net Neutrality and the Smart Grid

The high tech industry will play a significant role in the battle to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as long as the Internet remains a level playing field.

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High Tech Greens the Internet: Net Neutrality and the Smart Grid

Cash Cows: Farm Converts Cattle Manure into Electricity

A Vermont dairy farm is producing something other than milk. Earlier this month, state officials were on hand to visit Vermont’s newest methane facility. Westminster Farms Inc., along with Green Mountain Power (GMP), have been working together in an on-site plant that converts methane gas released from cow manure into electricity.

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Cash Cows: Farm Converts Cattle Manure into Electricity

Multiyear Arctic ice is effectively gone

The multiyear ice covering the Arctic Ocean has effectively vanished, a startling development that will make it easier to open up polar shipping routes, an Arctic expert said on Thursday.

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Multiyear Arctic ice is effectively gone

Water Use in the US Less in 2005 Than in 1975

Just when you think all human activities are making the environment worse, news comes that our efforts to improve efficiency and reduce environmental impacts (0ur environmental footprint) are doing some good. According to a new U.S. Geological Survey report, the U S is using less water now than during the peak years of 1975 and 1980, despite a 30 percent population increase during the same time period.

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Water Use in the US Less in 2005 Than in 1975

Chickens Immunized by Genetically Modified Peas

Genetically modified peas that can protect chickens against a common infection have been successful in trials. Scientists inserted a gene that caused the plants to produce an antibody that stops a harmful parasite from invading a chicken’s gut cells.

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Chickens Immunized by Genetically Modified Peas

In Japan’s Managed Landscape, a Struggle to Save the Bears

Although it is a heavily urbanized nation, fully two-thirds of Japan remains woodlands.

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In Japan’s Managed Landscape, a Struggle to Save the Bears

U.S. Climate Bill Will Create Jobs, True or False?

Leaders at companies that develop low-carbon energy told a Senate panel that climate legislation would create millions of new jobs, but lawmakers from fossil-fuel dependent states said the bill would hit employment in the traditional energy economy.

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U.S. Climate Bill Will Create Jobs, True or False?

Carbon Market Growth Stalls in 2009

The world carbon market will be worth $122 billion in 2009, just $3 billion higher than last year. The forecast, from UK research group New Energy Finance, marks a severe drop in growth amid the global economic downturn.

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Carbon Market Growth Stalls in 2009

Nine Months In…Let the Green Begin!

Many green organizations cheered with joy about the potential “change” that newly inaugurated president, Barack Obama, had promised the country. Environmentalists for years have hoped for a day when their issues and voices would be heard and acted upon

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Nine Months In…Let the Green Begin!

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