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May 14, 2014

Sustainable Grove Towers will "clean Mumbai's air"

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Shared via  feedly  // published on Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine //  visit site Danish architectural company 3XN has broken ground on...

New Battery Tech From Japan Could Supercharge EVs

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Shared via  feedly  //  Many experts suggest that battery technology is really the key to the future of. Its certainly the  key to unlocking...

“For the first time, we have shown a direct link between exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals from industrial products and adverse effects on human sperm function,

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EMBO :  "For the first time, we have shown a direct link between exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals from industrial products an...
May 13, 2014

Mock nuclear accident test emergency response 3 day exercise the 'largest ever held in Ontario'

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DURHAM -- A three-day mock incident at the Darlington nuclear station will test the emergency responses of federal, provincial and local age...

Climate Scientist, Lennart Bengtsson Joins Climate Skeptic Think Tank

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SPIEGEL ONLINE :  But weren't you one of the alarmists 20 years ago? Do you think your position at that time was wrong? Bengtsson:  I ha...
May 12, 2014

Harvard Study: Honeybee decline due to popular insecticides called neonicotinoids,

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Science Recorder - A new study by researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health says that the widespread demise of honeybees is due t...
May 10, 2014

Wisconsin and 3 other US Nuclear plants trying to bypass federal secuirty/safety storage standards

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CARLTON, Wis. — The owner of the shuttered Kewaunee Power Station is seeking an exemption to federal safety rules that it says are outdated ...

Common solvent found to have anti-cancer properties

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Shared via feedly // published on Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine // visit site Researchers from the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in...
May 9, 2014

As Species Decline, So Do the Scientists Who Name

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Shared via  feedly  // published on Slashdot:  Few sciences are more romantic than taxonomy. Imagine Darwin, perched over a nest of newly-di...

Companies are making plant based eggs without the chickens, free of cholesterol, saturated fat, allergens, avian flu, and cruelty to animals. For half the price of an egg

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MIT :   "While an egg farm uses large amounts of water and burns 39 calories of energy for every calorie of food produced, Tetrick says...

Beyond Honeybees: Now Wild Bees and Butterflies May Be in Trouble | Via @WIRED

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WIRED :  It's not  just honeybees that are in trouble. Many wild pollinators—thousands of species of bees and butterflies and moths—are ...
May 8, 2014

Fear Of Economic Blow As Births Drop All Around World :

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AP :  For those who fear an overcrowded planet, this is good news. For the economy, not so good. We tend to think economic growth comes from...

#Solar #Energy tower for producing electricity 24/7/365 set for Arizona

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Via:  Physorg :  The tower that SWET has in mind is located in a hot dry area. The tower structure is a hollow cylinder reaching skyward int...
May 7, 2014

Sponges made from wood waste may soak up oil spills

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As the  Deepwater Horizon  incident showed us, oil spills can be huge environmental disasters. That said, there are also considerable challe...

New hopes for getting the lead out of solar #energy

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Solar energy is arguably our most viable low cost energy source. It is forever sustainable and easily captured and converted. But now the te...

Greenhouse gas emissions in Spain fallen 23.1% last year, as power generation from wind farms and hydroelectric plants soared.

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Guardian -  New figures from Spain's grid operator have revealed that greenhouse gas emissions from the country's power sector are l...
May 6, 2014

Rare Earthquake Warning Issued for Oklahoma | Researches suspect fracking waster water injection

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LiveScience : " Building owners and government officials should have a special concern for older, unreinforced brick structures, which ...

Organic farms growing fast. 40% of these farms account for 97% of all organic sales in the US

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Vox   - The USDA recently released its latest Census of Agriculture, and among the more startling findings was that sales of organic goods ...
May 3, 2014

‘Solar’ jet fuel made out of thin air | Chemistry World

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Chemistry World :  The dream of producing hydrocarbon fuels from carbon dioxide and sunlight is one step closer thanks to chemists in Europe...
May 2, 2014

The EPA is enhancing sustainability: one Great Lake at a time

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Two Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants were awarded on Friday totaling $1 million earmarked towards Chicago green infrastructure proj...

"Solar" jet fuel created from water and carbon dioxide

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In a move that could help address our insatiable thirst for fuel while at the same time help cut CO2 emissions, scientists with the SOLAR-JE...
May 1, 2014

Toyota Describes Combustion Engine That Generates Electricity Directly

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While electric cars are now more available than ever, combustion engines will remain for decades to come. Now auto engineers are working to ...

Graphene Could Be Dangerous To Humans and the Environment

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It's easy to get carried away when you start talking about graphene. Its properties hold the promise of outright technological revolutio...

A very innovative idea to turn salt water... into potable water.

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futurist-foresight : A very innovative idea to turn salt water into potable water. disrupteneurs : The Disrupteneur of the day...
Apr 30, 2014

The Evolution of Earth Day. A billion people strong

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ENN  Each year April 22nd, marks the anniversary of what many consider the birth of the environmental movement in 1970. Not only did this mo...

New Zero-Day Flash Bug Affects Windows, OS X, and Linux Computers

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Researchers at the Kaspersky Lab have uncovered a  zero-day Adobe Flash vulnerability that affects Windows, OS X, and Linux . 'While the...

Decommissioning Nuclear Plants Costing Billion$ More Than Expected

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This article takes a look at cost estimates of nuclear power plant decommissioning  from the 1980s , and how widely inaccurate they turned o...

Can you build an economy on foodies and sick people?

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Economy in Crisis -  A data graphic released by PBS shows the vast majority of the jobs in our country are now service industry jobs. This i...

Supreme Court strengthens EPA's role in fighting air pollution

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Shared via feedly // published on  Think Progress -  The Supreme Court issued a strong 6-2 ruling that upheld how the Environmental Protect...
Apr 29, 2014

The $2.4 million settlement will get Republic's attention, but the involvement in SVEP will get their attention even more.

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Republic Steel agrees to $2.4 million OSHA settlement - The Buffalo News buffalonews.com Ohio-based Republic Steel will pay $2.4 million...

Moving Duke toxic coal ash ponds would take 30 years, cost $7 to $10 billion

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A top Duke Energy executive told lawmakers last week that moving coal-ash ponds away from drinking-water supplies would cost $7 to $10 bill...

What Hasn’t Changed Since The Bangladesh Factory Collapse

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Shared via feedly //   When I met Rajina Aktar in February of last year, her eyes were still red and her memory still fuzzy from the toxic ...
Apr 28, 2014

Workers Memorial Day - Making the Choice to Protect Workers, Today and Every Day

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From DOL   April 28 is a day when we at OSHA and the Department of Labor reaffirm that no job is a good job unless it’s a safe job. Work...

Happy Workers' Memorial Day! The workplace "the forgotten environment" of 53,445 deaths

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FROM CDC - Workers' Memorial Day, observed on April 28, 2014, recognizes workers who died or suffered from exposures to hazards at w...
Apr 27, 2014

Finally, A Way To Harvest Hydroelectric Energy From Toilet Flushes

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Shared via  feedly  //  The average American flushes  24 gallons of water  down the toilet daily, while—don't get me wrong, toilets; we ...