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California Kelp Contaminated by Fukushima Radiation

04/09/12 7:01 am

Ocean fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan last year made it all the way to the California coast line, according to information recently released from scientists at CSU. Kelp samples were collected off Orange County, Santa Cruz and other coastal areas after the 2011 accident and the samples all contained radioactive iodine. The [...]

France Bans Genetically Modified Corn

03/19/12 4:36 pm

France has temporarily banned the planting of Monsanto’s genetically modified corn, ominously called MON810. “Due to the proximity of the planting season,” said Agriculture Minister Bruno Le Maire in a press release last week, the country has “decided to take a precautionary measure to temporarily prohibit the cultivation of maize MON810 on the national territory [...]

Ever Thought About a Career in the Renewable Energy Industry?

03/15/12 11:36 am

Now more than ever, the need for renewable energy is paramount for the sustainability of the future. With the continuing flow of oil leaks, accidents and damage being done to the environment, more and more people are turning to renewable energy as a primary source for powering and heating their homes. In 2011 alone, the [...]

Largest Solar Storm in 10 Years Reaches Earth

03/08/12 10:02 am

On Tuesday, an enormous solar flare erupted from our sun and expanded as it moved away from the surface and rushed outwards. The charged particles from the flare are flying at 4 million miles per hour, and they smacked into Earth today. Scientists were concerned that the storm could disrupt electrical systems and global positioning [...]

Arctic Ice Cap Melting At Record Rate

03/01/12 2:12 pm

According to a scary new report from NASA, the oldest and thickest Arctic sea ice is melting away at a more rapid rate than the thinner ice at the edges of the Arctic ice cap. In the study, which was led by Joey Comiso, senior scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Comiso says: “The [...]

Eco-Friendly Tips

Use Radiator Panels and Foil

12/03/10 10:32 am

Radiator panels are another low cost method of saving money and reducing your carbon footprint. Radiator panels are a brilliant method of reflecting the lost heat from radiator that is lost from behind as heat escapes to the back wall. Radiator panels reflect this heat back into the room, increasing the output of the radiator [...]

Switch To LED Light Bulbs

12/03/10 10:29 am

LED bulbs use 50-80% less energy than incandescent bulbs. LED bulbs have an incredible life span of 50,000+ hours versus 8,000 hours for fluorescent light bulbs and 1,500 hours for an incandescent light bulb. An LED flashlight, lantern or headlamp can run 100+ hours on one set of batteries making them the perfect green choice [...]

Wash Your Clothes In Cold Water

12/03/10 10:22 am

Washing all your clothes in hot water doesn’t really make any difference in terms of cleanliness from washing them in cold water. The real difference here is how much energy you save by washing your items in cold water. Switching to cold washes could save a whopping 85% of the energy used per load. So, [...]

Install A Water-Saving Showerhead

12/03/10 10:18 am

A typical, run-of-the-mill shower head (like 90% of the shower heads in use today) uses 4-5 gallons of water per minute (GPM.) Take longer than a two minute shower, and that can get expensive and can use up way too much energy and water. Energy efficient or water-saving shower heads can be found in a [...]

Lower Your Thermostat At Night

12/03/10 10:04 am

During the chilly winter months, its a great idea to set your thermostat a few degrees lower while you sleep. Not only will you sleep more soundly, but by turning the temperature down, you will cut your utility bills by one to two percent for each degree you lower the temperature. There are many programmable [...]

Eco-Friendly Automobiles

BMW’s Official Olympic Fleet Features 240 EVs/Hybrids

05/03/12 6:51 pm

BMW is making history as the official automotive partner of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. At a recent press junket, the famed automaker revealed their low-emission Olympic fleet – a whoppinh 4000 vehicles, and amongst the army of cars is 240 electric and hybrid cars. The company worked hard to meet the standards [...]

Honda Goes Hybrid With the Acura RLX

04/09/12 7:28 am

Tokyo based automakers, Honda Motors, want to increase sales for their new Acura, and they are taking the green road to reach their goals. The Acura is Honda’s premium brand, and their new sedan will make use of two electric motors and a V-6 gasoline engine. The RLX, as its being called, will be the [...]

Porsche Panamera Plug-In Hybrid in 2013?

03/19/12 5:11 pm

Porsche fans (and fans of more eco-friendly sports cars) are getting excited at the prospect of the new plug-in hybrid Porsche Panamera that could be available as soon as next year. The base for the new Panamera will be the same as the 2012 Panamera S Hybrid. The plug-in hybrid will use the same 380-hp [...]

Nissan Leaf Now Available Nation-Wide

03/15/12 6:30 pm

The initial launch of the Nissan Leaf was only in limited markets at the end of 2010, with a slightly more expanded rollout that occurred in 2011. Finally, the Nissan Leaf is available to order all over the United States starting now. Nissan recently sent out a press release which reads: Nissan Leaf Becomes First [...]

The 2012 Toyota Prius V Five

03/01/12 1:41 pm

When Toyota first introduced the ground-breaking Prius to the market, people were impressed, but many consumers were put off by the car’s high price tag. Even though the company claimed that the extra cost would pay for itself within several years of saved fuel cost, that initial price tag was just too daunting to the [...]

Solar Power

Home Solar Installations Doubled in 2011

03/15/12 6:38 pm

Even though many Republican politicians are fighting against the growth of alternative energy, it seems as though there are many Americans that are attempting to change the world for the better by installing home solar systems, and adding to the grid rather than just using up energy. Installations of solar panels in America more than [...]

Tûranor PlanetSolar Launches at 2012 World Future Energy Summit

01/21/12 10:07 am

A solar powered boat docked in Abu Dhabi just before the 2012 World Future Energy Summit has made a 48,000 kilometer voyage entirely on electrical power to get there. The boat wanted to prove that there were ways for the shipping industry to reduce the amount of green house gases that boats emit into the [...]

5 Great Tips for Investing in Solar Technology

01/18/12 2:10 pm

Investing in photovoltaics, or solar energy, can be a little tough for some people due to the high initial price of solar panels and similar technology. However, the environmental and financial benefits of this investment far outweigh the cost. If you are looking to invest in solar power, then check out these tips to make [...]

Global Solar Sunlinq Portable Solar Charger

01/03/12 6:42 pm

If you went just ten years back in time to show solar power developers the kind of chargers that would be available in just ten short years, you would blow their science-loving minds. The SUNLINQ USB mini and plus solar chargers were made to charge most cell phones, including your Blackberry or iPhones, ipods, digital [...]

A Solar-Powered Green Christmas

12/20/11 11:24 am

During the holiday season, every home is busy buying and decorating for Christmas. The most bought Christmas decoration during this season is Christmas lights. It is expected that about a trillion Christmas lights are used to light up and decorate houses and buildings. However, the long strings of Christmas lights, which are often incandescent or [...]

Wind Power

Wind Power Tax Break Fails in Senate

03/15/12 6:50 pm

In a move that Democratic Senator Mark Udall claims could destroy the wind energy industry in the US, the extension of a federal tax break for wind energy production failed in the Senate on Tuesday. The vote was 49-49 on an amendment to another bill, but it had needed 60 votes to pass. The tax [...]

Wind Farm Off Shore of Cumbrian, UK to be World’s Biggest

02/10/12 4:53 pm

Expected to produce enough electricity for 320,000 homes in the UK and be marked as the world’s largest wind farm, the new 367 megawatt Walney wind farm project 6km off the Cumbrian coast opened yesterday. The $1 billion pound (US$1.58 billion) project is a joint venture between SSE, OPW and DONG Energy that includes 102 [...]

Donald Trump Says Alex Salmond is ‘Destroying’ Scotland With Wind Farms

02/10/12 4:19 pm

Donald Trump needs no introduction, but let’s start off with with the reminder that when Trump came to Scotland and proposed his new golf course in Aberdeenshire, Trump International – Scotland, it was Alex Salmond who stuck his neck out against widespread opposition from the locals and supported the controversial course. Now Trump has turned [...]

The 5 Best Wind Turbines for Single Home Use

01/14/12 11:43 am

The energy requirements of a single-family household may be obtained from the use of wind turbines. The power of these turbines are strong and adequate enough to supply ample energy for everyday living, with wind power reaching between 1 to 50 kilowatts and mostly between 1kW to 6kW. For farms and smaller communities, a wind [...]

Is a 100% Wind Energy Powered Town Possible?

01/04/12 2:02 pm

A wind turbine, as most of us know, is a machine that transforms kinetic energy into mechanical energy. The most famous machines using the wind turbine are the windmills and wind pumps, which are often used in farming or agricultural activities and for power production. In Denmark, modern wind turbines have been developed and used [...]

Eco-Friendly Technology

Blackberry Sees Increasing Sales to US Government

04/09/12 8:00 am

Regardless of RIM’s multiple financial and leadership issues, as well as the Blackberry’s fading popularity with consumers, there is some good news for the company. Sales to U.S. federal agencies are on the rise, and the BlackBerry is the unofficial smart phone of White House personnel. Sales in the U.S. (which is RIM’s biggest market) [...]

3 Million New iPads Sold Over Weekend

03/19/12 5:31 pm

Apple, the largest and most powerful tech company in the world, has released numbers that reveal the company has sold more than 3 million iPads during the first weekend of its availability. That number is a record for opening weekend iPad sales, and the tech giant said in a statement that it had also set [...]

Gioachino Rossini’s 220th Birthday Marks Google Doodle for Leap Year

02/29/12 8:07 am

You may have never heard Gioachino Rossini’s name before, but you have almost certainly heard his composition of The Barber of Seville; even Bugs Bunny has an adaptation of it. The Italian composer would have been 220-years-old today and Google’s Doodle is honoring him with a leap year opera doodle. That’s right, it is February [...]

Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, Google Doodle Honors 155th Birthday

02/22/12 8:23 am

Google changed the ‘tone’ of their logo Wednesday, ah, get it? Okay, aside from bad jokes, Google is celebrating the 155th birthday of German physicist, Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, by changing their logo to a frequency wave (you know, tone, derived from one frequency or a very small number of related frequencies… forget it). The work [...]

A5X Chip in iPad 3 Photos Taken

02/20/12 8:36 am

Seventeen days to go still before the real information will be released the specs for the new iPad. Until then, the rumor mill is in full swing. The above photo, taken by Sas126 and posted to the Chinese website, Weiphone, indicates that the new iPad 3 chipset will include the A5X chip, not the rumored [...]

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