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France Paves the Way in Lowering CO2 Emissions 27 Aug 2013 | 06:19 am
Scientists believe it’s still possible to reduce CO2 emissions by a whopping 50% globally by 2050, but only if countries take drastic measures – like the ones taken by France. France is the only count...
One MPG Fuel Economy Improvement is a Huge Dent! 27 Aug 2013 | 12:53 am
Taking the most popular truck in the US for the last thirty years, the Ford F-150, suggesting that people make improvements to their fuel economy, might be construed as a highly UN-American thing to d...
Porous Gel Made of Silver Nanoparticles Provides Solution to Drinking Water Shortage 26 Aug 2013 | 11:18 pm
A team of scientists from Nanyang Technological University and University of Colorado developed a method to purify contaminated water using silver nanoparticles. The technology, unlike any of the exis...
Al Jazeera America Reports on Climate Change More than Other Networks 24 Aug 2013 | 09:44 am
On August 21st, Al Jazeera America, a New York-based news channel, went live and began broadcasting in 48 million homes across the United States. The network’s very first story about climate change ha...
Italy Photovoltaic Solar Power Reaches new Peak for 2013 YTD 24 Aug 2013 | 01:28 am
Last year, photovoltaic solar power in Italy accounted for some 5.6% of the total energy mix produced, and the number is only increasing. For the first seven months of 2013, Italian solar power, speci...
Climate Change Action is Better for Long Term Economic Growth, IPCC Reports 24 Aug 2013 | 12:48 am
Every time that a discussion is started on climate change, the economy gets dragged into it and the comment, by climate change deniers, especially, is that climate change activists “hate the economy.”...
Tesla Model E, Coming to Letter Soup Near You in 2017? 23 Aug 2013 | 11:56 pm
With the Tesla Motors’ success as a startup automaker, the most successful in the last hundred years, it’s no surprise that they’re pressing forward with development of a new model, possibly to be nam...
iPhone Consumes More Energy Than a Kitchen Appliance, Report Claims 23 Aug 2013 | 11:56 pm
Every one of us, or most of us anyway, has a cell phone. Regardless of whether we recycle regularly, grow our own food or have a bio-composter in our back garden, we always fall back to that little ga...
Radioactive Water Leaking From Fukushima Estimated at 300 Tons 23 Aug 2013 | 01:25 am
The volume of radioactivity of water coming from Fukushima nuclear power plant has reached record numbers. The Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) announced that 300 tonnes of contaminated water have l...
Nissan Leaf Production to Increase, Battery Production Playing Catchup 23 Aug 2013 | 01:24 am
Regarding pure electric vehicles available right now in the US, there are really only two contenders for the top sales spot, Tesla Model S and Nissan Leaf. Nissan Leaf and Tesla Motors are fighting at...
