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PC Users Can Slow Climate Change
Don't just switch off the television, switch off the computer too. Office workers who leave 2 million computers on every night are speeding...
U.S. Mayors Embrace Kyoto Protocol
In the fight against global warming, 320 mayors of U.S. cities have boldly gone where the U.S. government would not — into the...
Honeywell to Spend $451M Cleaning Lake in NY
The giant corporation Honeywell Inc. will spend $451 million to help clean New York's Onondaga Lake under the "Polluter Pays" principle held by federal...
Bus Filters Remove Tons of Soot from San Francisco Air
San Francisco area residents can breathe cleaner air in the years ahead, as the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) nears completion of a historic program...
Pitt Unveils Green Housing Contest Winner for New Orleans
Actor Brad Pitt announced the winners of the Sustainable Design Competition for New Orleans yesterday. Pitt, the design jury chairman, unveiled a 'green' housing...
Philippines Set Tree-Planting Record
A massive tree-planting campaign in the Philippines set a world record of a half million simultaneous plantings along highways. AP reports the participation was...
Toyota’s Vision Includes Hybrid That Runs on Batteries
The president of Toyota North America, Jim Press, announced his company's plans to develop a hybrid vehicle that will run on batteries charged by...
China to Invest $175 Billion in Environment Clean-Up
"China plans to invest $175 billion in environmental protection in the next 5 years, to curb water and air pollution so severe it...
Arabs, Jews Clean Up Galilee Together
In the northern port town of Acre, Jewish and Arab high school students work together to transform rubbish into hand-crafted benches. And in the...
Penguins Caught in Oil Spill Saved by “Commando” Veterinarians
Hundreds of Magellanic penguins that washed ashore in Argentina after an oil spill have been saved by a group of "Commando" veterinarians. They are...
China’s Drive to Cleaner, Smaller Cars
China's growing middle class now demands cleaner air... while Beijing's bureaucrats are working furiously to balance growth with pollution.
In March, China cracked down on...
EPA Mandates Cleaner Diesel, Cleaner Truck Engines
New rules issued on Thursday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requires oil refineries to begin making ultra-low-sulfur diesel (ULSD), "a fuel with 97...
New Technology Turns Garbage Into Gold
(Reprint of a GNN story from 2003; in preparation for a followup article soon)
IMAGINE. . . Imagine a machine that can turn almost...
Chicago, the Eco-Windy City
In Time magazine this week, Mayor Daley describes his efforts to turn Chicago into America's Eco-city. Since Dale took office in 1989, a half...
Biggest Energy Companies in U.S. call for Caps on Carbon Emissions
Check out this lead paragraph in the online Grist magazine for April 6:
Tuesday saw a tectonic shift in the climate-change debate during an...
China Spends $1Billion on River Clean Up
China will invest around 1.2 billion USD over the next five years to curb the pollution of the Songhua River, funding more than 200...
Positive Earth Facts from 2003
Non-Toxic Products
Chemical Specialties Inc. is successfully launching its arsenic-free wood preservative into the commercial marketplace. A mixture of copper and quat -- a commonly...
Chicken Manure, Fats, New Source of Energy
Chicken Fat Heats Buildings - Alternative to Imported Oil University of Georgia scientists say chicken fat, restaurant grease, and other ‘bio-fuels’ are a good...
Telecommuting Success Honored
AT&T is the 2001 recipient of the Vision for America Award for its environmentally sound workplace practices.
Through AT&T’s telework program, employees who telecommuted from...
Healing the Globe: 11 Bright Spots
A quick rundown of 11 bright spots that are healing the globe, from Cairo to California, from Bolivia to British Columbia, From Moroco to...