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March 11, 2010 - 19:38

Nature according to Disney

  Alongside the animated animals that have long been its bread and butter, the movie studio founded by Walt Disney once regularly produced 13 nature documentaries featuring the real thing under ...
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March 11, 2010 - 19:38

Michael Jackson: Green before it was cool

  MNN, along with the rest of the world, is mourning the sudden passing of the King of Pop. Surfing the net, we unearthed a 2007 interview in which Michael Jackson pointed out that he’s been green ...
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March 11, 2010 - 19:38

Media Mayhem: Real reality TV

  So for the past ten years or so, the airwaves have become infested with something called “Reality TV,” where carefully-scripted and fully-contrived scenarios are presented to fill the empty ...
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March 11, 2010 - 19:38

Dying for a Cookie: Seemingly Harmless Foods That Aren't

Michael Pollan's first food rule is simple: Eat Food, which he considers to be a different thing than what he calls edible foodlike substances, or "highly processed concoctions designed by food ...
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March 11, 2010 - 19:38

Top Scientists Will Review UN Climate Work in Wake of Controversy

A council of the world’s top scientists will review the research and management practices of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate to Change (IPCC) to try to prevent the types of errors that ...
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March 11, 2010 - 19:38

Shooting off sparks: Tesla's Elon Musk responds to co-founder's lawsuit

Tesla has delivered 500 cars, welcomed an investment from Daimler, and is even poised to make a profit. But there's still that nasty lawsuit from a company cofounder. This week, CEO Elon Musk ...
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March 11, 2010 - 19:38

Daily Briefing: Thurs.

BIRDS OF A FEATHER: President Obama gave his home state a conservation victory on Wednesday, declaring 48 native plants and animals in Hawaii as endangered, and setting aside more than 40 square ...
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March 11, 2010 - 19:38

The Tesla Roadster: An electric bat out of hell

The Tesla Roadster always looked good on paper, but there's no substitute for actually driving one. Waiting for the electric future? It's here!
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March 11, 2010 - 19:38

Today's cow is tomorrow's ... motor oil?

G-Oil wants to ensure that we waste not, want not when it comes to factory farming.
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March 11, 2010 - 19:38

VW says there's a green diesel in your future

VW, facing a possible merger with Porsche, is trying to convince Americans that diesels are cleaner than hybrids. Honest.
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March 11, 2010 - 19:38

Tesla: Car of the future?

The auto industry is ripe for revolution, but when will clean machines hit the streets, and what will they look like? One expert surveys the scene.
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March 11, 2010 - 19:38

Study Finds Large Animals in India are Facing Extinction Even in Protected Areas

The Satkosia Gorge Sanctuary in India. Image credit: Raveesh Vyas India has had a system of wildlife sanctuaries since 1928. Now, there are more than 500 in the country ranging from dedicated ...
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March 11, 2010 - 19:38

Carbon offsets for summer air travel

Thinking of taking off for the summer? Here are some ways to get carbon offsets against your air travel without paying for them.
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March 11, 2010 - 19:38

POET Targets Water Use of 2.33 Gallons per Gallon of Ethanol in Five Years; 22% Reduction

POET plans to decrease water use in the production of ethanol by 22% over the next five years in the first goal of its sustainability initiative, Ingreenuity. If successful, it will cut the ...
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March 11, 2010 - 19:38

New York Auto Show: New Mercedes hybrid is too darned big!

European carmakers have been slow to adopt hybrids, and the new Mercedes entry is not exactly game-changing: It's too heavy to be truly fuel-efficient. But five stars for Dianne Reeves!
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March 11, 2010 - 19:38

Mining Methane From A Rwandan Lake Offers to More Than Double Nation's Electric Capacity

photo: Wikipedia This is one you definitely don't hear about too often: Over at Green Biz Marc Gunther is highlighting the efforts of Contour Global to extract methane from Lake Kivu, on the ...
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March 11, 2010 - 19:38

Plugging in, taking off: Eight electric vehicle startups to watch

Don't be surprised if at least one of these companies becomes as big as (or bigger than) General Motors.
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March 11, 2010 - 19:38

University of Wisconsin Team Develops High-Yielding Chemical Hydrolysis Process to Release Sugars from Biomass for Cellulosic Fuels and Chemicals

A University of Wisconsin-Madison research team has developed a chemical process for the hydrolysis of biomass into sugars for subsequent processing into fuels and chemicals that delivers sugar ...
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March 11, 2010 - 19:38

Power to the Prius: For 2010, more power and high-tech touches

Toyota's third-gen hybrid can park itself. A rooftop solar panel keeps the interior cool, and sensors will keep you in line on the highway. And, oh yes, it gets 50 mpg.
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March 11, 2010 - 19:38

Porsche 918 Spyder offers 718 horsepower, zero to 62 in 3.2 seconds, and 78 mpg

  It sounds impossible: A plug-in hybrid sports car with more than 700 horsepower that also gets 78 mpg? It’s real enough, though there is some smoke and mirrors in the performance figures.
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