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Solar More Expensive than Wind, Hydro in EU According to Study
Renewable energy consulting firm, Ecofys, recently released report that found that solar had higher costs than wind and hydroelectric, but fared much better than...
Scientists Use Chemical Tracers to Catch Fracking Offenders
Scientists developed a new method for detecting contamination that has leaked into the groundwater during fracking. The technique uses chemical tracers, which can lead...
Dutch Designer Extracts Smog Particles, Turns Them into Jewelry
Air pollution in the Chinese capital of Beijing is becoming a major disaster. Cutting down emissions from traffic and industry is no longer sufficient,...
Hemp-based Aircraft Fueled with Hemp Bio-diesel to Revolutionize the World
The first of its kind airplane made and powered with hemp, is due to be built next year. The concept comes from the environmentalist Derek...
People Paid to Walk or Bike in Norway
Imagine biking, or even just walking down the street and being asked to pull over. Then imagine that instead of being handed a ticket...
Sino Skyscraper to Suck up the Smog
The Great Leap Forward can be credited not only for years of neck break growth and for lifting up millions of people out of...
SOL Laptop – Solar Power Laptop Now Available
Communication is important to everyone, just as the sun is important to everyone, which outlines the reason for the SOL Laptop, a solar power...
How Recycled Art Can Raise Awareness of Alcoholism
Millions of tons of materials are used each year to create the cans, bottles, and bottle caps used by the alcohol industry. Traditionally, the...
Save the World, Eat Your Coffee
I guess that it comes as no surprise that the Americans are the leading consumers of coffee in the world, downing 400 million cups...
Plants Absorb More CO2 Than Models Predicted, A Study
Scientists from University of Texas, Austin and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory claim that plants absorb much larger quantities of carbon dioxide than models...
