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Oct 14, 2014

Wind Power Is Cheaper Than Coal, Leaked Report Shows

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Slashdot :  A leaked report shows  wind is the cheapest energy source in Europe , beating the presumably dirt-cheap coal and gas by a mile. ...
Oct 12, 2014

New Spheromak Fusion reactor concept called a Dynomak could be cheaper than coal

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University of Washington engineers have designed a concept for a fusion reactor that, when scaled up to the size of a large electrical power...

Germany Reaches 74% Renewable Energy During May Weekend

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Inhabitat has a look at Germany's increasing takeup of renewable energy -  Germany Was Powered by 74% Renewable Energy Last Weekend . Ac...

Drought is putting California hydroelectric power in danger

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Think Progress -  California's ability to produce renewable energy from hydroelectric dams has been significantly hampered over the last...
Oct 11, 2014

Cold fusion reactor verified by third-party researchers, seems to have 1 million times the energy density of gasoline

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ExtremeTech:  Andrea Rossi's E-Cat — the device that purports to use cold fusion to generate massive amounts of cheap, green energy – ha...

How Oil & Gas Waste Became Exempt From Federal Regulation

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In the small town of Nordheim, Texas, residents are trying to stop a commercial oil and gas waste facility proposed for a large plot of land...

Why Is The World Bank Failing On Energy Poverty?

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World Bank energy investments are categorically failing to end energy poverty. That's the stark finding of a new report released by Sier...

Methane emissions in Four Corners 80 percent higher than EPA estimates, study says

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A  study  by  NASA  and the  University of Michigan  published on Thursday in the journal  Geophysical Research Letters  says that levels of...

Canada will have pipeline 50% bigger than Keystone XL running oilsand oil to the eastcoast by 2018

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Next Big Future :  Energy East is an improbable pipeline that has a high probability of being built.  It will cost C$12 billion ($10.7 billi...
Oct 10, 2014

The ominous math of the Ebola epidemic and What it would take to Contain

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​When the experts describe the Ebola disaster, they do so with numbers. The statistics include not just the obvious ones, such as caselo...

13th Report on Carcinogens released, 243 new listings

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This month the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the 13th Report on Carcinogens (RoC). The RoC is a science-based,...

Why natural foods may not be natural

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Environmental News Network -  A wide variety of packaged food that carry the label "natural" on US supermarket shelves were found ...

Greening deserts are very bad for the fish in the oceans

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Next Big Future   interviewed Jason McNamee, former Director and Operations Officer of the Haida Salmon Restoration project and now Scientif...

[University of Wisconsin-Madison awarded $3.3 million for project that produces chemicals from biomass.

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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have been awarded up to $3.3 million for a project that would produce chemicals from biom...

Ampy converts a half-hour jog into three hours of battery life

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Gizmag  Kinetic chargers have been around for a few years, but have typically been big and bulky. Ampy is much smaller and fashionable enoug...
Oct 9, 2014

Occupational Health and Safety Guide for small employers

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The International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH)  has developed an occupational health and safety guide for small and medium sized...

Health Professionals needed to help with Ebola crisis

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AmeriCares is seeking help to staff a team to combat Ebola in Liberia. Individuals  interested in serving in the fight against, and treatmen...

Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) Water Audit Webinar - Oct. 21 at 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. (web only)

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“Water Use and Conservation on Illinois College Campuses: The Ripple Effect”   The Illinois Green Economy Network (IGEN) and the Illin...

Russia, which holds a fifth of the planet's forests, could run out of wood.

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It seems unfeasible that Russia, which holds a fifth of the planet's forests, could run out of wood. And yet it is happening, at least w...

UW fusion reactor concept could be cheaper than coal | UW Today [feedly]

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Fusion energy almost sounds too good to be true – zero greenhouse gas emissions, no long-lived radioactive waste, a nearly unlimited fuel su...

India Leading World In Consumer LED bulb use seeking them at $0.16

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The first LED lamp made in India, in 2010, was sold for Rs.1,200, the ministry said. EESL has already completed a number of projects to retr...

anti-oxidants can nullify the very real anti-aging benefits of exercise.

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The natural foods industry is deep into the anti-aging business, and it's all based on two lies—one about pesticides and toxins, the oth...

Chemical bans have Ozone level improving

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Christian Science Monitor -  High in Earth's stratosphere, a protective shield of naturally occurring ozone is showing the first signs o...

"We live in a financial, capitalistic age, we do not live in a scientific or technological age,"

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Computerworld  -- Though it seems as if we're surrounded by innovative products, services and technologies, there's a growing counte...

First U.S. Ebola Patient Dies in Texas

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Thomas Duncan, the ebola patient being treated in Texas,  has died . "It is with profound sadness and heartfelt disappointment that we ...

Tune in for @sustainablog New Focus: Waste (Not!)

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Notice the changes we've made? A new design, a new logo? Is that significant? You betcha! For 11 years, I've kept a general sustai...

Soccer, Cancer and Artificial Turf

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NBC :  Soccer coach Amy Griffin was in a Seattle hospital visiting a young goalie who was receiving chemotherapy when a nurse said something...

China Has Overtook U.S. as World’s Largest Economy

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Business Insider :  China just overtook the US to become the world's largest economy, according to the International Monetary Fund. Chri...
Oct 7, 2014

Power plant standards could save thousands of U.S. lives every year

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Power plant standards could save thousands of U.S. lives every year Source: Harvard, Syracuse, Boston Universities ower plant standards to c...

"Nobody Has Any Idea How Disastrous It's Going To Be" Warns California Water Expert

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Zero Hedge:  Newly released images created from NASA satellite data illustrate the staggering effect the California drought has had on groun...
Oct 6, 2014

Cities likely to run out of water first

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Ecowatch -  A study done at the Environmental Hydrology Laboratory at the University of Florida ranks the 225 American cities with populatio...
Oct 4, 2014

Drug companies testing vaccine to treat deadly virus that has killed eight million pigs

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A pair of drug manufacturers are testing a vaccine that could help slow a deadly virus that is ravaging the pork industry.  Harrisvaccines I...

Solar Could Lead In Power Production By 2050

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Slashdot :  Solar power could be the leading source of electricity compared with other renewables and conventional sources of power, such as...

Mapping the Spread of Drought Across the U.S. - NYTimes

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NYTimes.com By  MIKE BOSTOCK  and  KEVIN QUEALY UPDATED  September 8, 2014 Maps and charts updated weekly show the latest extent of the dr...