Green News
Organic Food Gains Political Clout
May 17, 2013 1:33 pm | by Associated Press, Mary Jalonick | News | CommentsThe organic food industry is gaining clout on Capitol Hill, prompted by rising consumer demand and its entry into traditional farm states.
Artificial Forest Splits Water
May 17, 2013 7:00 am | by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | News | CommentsResearchers have reported the first fully integrated nanosystem for artificial photosynthesis.
Cotton is Eco-Friendly Way to Clean Up Oil Spills
May 17, 2013 7:00 am | by ACS | News | CommentsScientists are reporting that unprocessed, raw cotton may be an ideal, ecologically friendly way to clean up oil spills as it has an amazing ability to sop up oil.
Volunteers Help Protect Native Trees
May 17, 2013 7:00 am | by Univ. of York | News | CommentsVolunteers joined community scientists this week to learn how to monitor trees for pests and diseases.
Crowd-Sourcing Helps Monitor Japan's Radiation
May 17, 2013 7:00 am | by Univ. of Southampton | News | CommentsResearchers have designed a new tool to intelligently combine nuclear radioactivity data in Japan. The technology harnesses the power of crowd-sourced radiation data.
Great Lakes Still Have Big Problems Despite Years of Aid
May 17, 2013 7:00 am | by Associated Press, John Flesher | News | CommentsA decades-old effort to nurse the battered Great Lakes to health has made progress toward reducing toxic pollution and slamming the door on invasive species, but the freshwater seas continue to face serious threats.
Indonesia Extends Forest-Clearing Ban
May 16, 2013 12:04 pm | by Associated Press | News | CommentsIndonesia has approved a two-year extension to a landmark ban on clearing primary rainforests and peatlands.
Guidelines Help Forests Fight Climate Change
May 16, 2013 7:00 am | by Univ. of Alberta | News | CommentsResearchers have developed guidelines that are being used by the timber industry and government foresters to get a jump on climate change when planting trees.
Shale Gas Drilling Hasn't Harmed Water in Arkansas
May 16, 2013 7:00 am | by Duke Univ. | News | CommentsA new study found no evidence of groundwater contamination from shale gas production in Arkansas.
Carbon Aerogels Absorbs Hydrocarbons
May 15, 2013 12:22 pm | by Chinese Academy of Sciences | News | CommentsCarbon aerogels can absorb organic solvents and oils up to 106 to 312 times its own weight because of its high porosity and hydrophobility. This makes it an ideal candidate for cleaning up oil spills.
Crowd-Sourcing Helps Map Global Emissions
May 15, 2013 7:00 am | by Arizona State Univ. | Videos | CommentsScientists launched an online “game” to better understand the sources of global warming gases. By engaging “citizen scientists,” the researchers hope to locate all the power plants around the world and quantify their CO2 emissions.
Wind Farms Never Prosecuted for Eagle Deaths
May 14, 2013 12:38 pm | by Associated Press, Dina Cappiello | News | CommentsThe government has prosecuted oil companies when birds drown in their waste pits, power companies when birds are electrocuted by their power lines but has never fined or prosecuted a wind-energy company when birds hit their fans.
Eating Insects is Good for You And the World
May 13, 2013 2:08 pm | by Associated Press, Frances D'Emilio | News | CommentsEdible insects are being promoted as a low-fat, high-protein food for people, pets and livestock.
Project Will Track City Carbon Footprints
May 13, 2013 2:00 pm | by Associated Press, Alicia Chang | News | CommentsA budding effort has begun to track the carbon footprints of megacities, urban hubs with over 10 million people, which are increasingly responsible for human-caused global warming.
Doom of Coral Reefs is Not Inevitable
May 10, 2013 7:00 am | by Cell Press | News | CommentsCoral reefs are in decline, but their collapse can still be avoided with local and global action.
Natural Disturbances Affect Climate Response Strategies
May 9, 2013 11:23 am | by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | News | CommentsScientists are considering how natural events like fires and hurricanes might limit opportunities for climate change mitigation.
Method Makes Greener Steel
May 8, 2013 2:10 pm | by MIT, David Chandler | News | CommentsSteelmaking— a major emitter of climate-altering gases— could be transformed by a new process. The process carries a couple of nice side benefits: the resulting steel should be of higher purity, and eventually, once the process is scaled up, cheaper.
Agencies Must Have Common Approach to Evaluate Pesticide Risk
May 8, 2013 8:19 am | by National Academy of Sciences | News | CommentsWhen determining the potential effects pesticides could pose to endangered or threatened species, the EPA, National Marine Fisheries Service and Fish and Wildlife Service should use a common scientific approach, says a new report.
NASA to Get 'Green' Spacecraft Propellant
May 8, 2013 8:12 am | by Air Force Office of Scientific Research | News | CommentsIn 2015, NASA will, for the first time, fly a space mission utilizing a radically different propellant— one which has reduced toxicity and is environmentally benign.
Cleaner Energy May Cause Warmer Climate
May 7, 2013 12:26 pm | by MIT, Vicki Ekstrom | News | CommentsWhat unintended consequences could cleaner energy sources have on the changing climate?
Rock Study May Help Future CO2 Sequestration
May 7, 2013 7:00 am | by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | News | CommentsCapturing carbon dioxide and storing it in underground rock formations is one proposed solution to mitigate climate change.
New Technology Aids Old Energy
May 6, 2013 11:22 am | News | CommentsIn the race to conquer energy technology, old energy is beating green energy. Oil companies have used technology to find a bounty of oil and natural gas so large that worries about running out have melted away.
Lawmakers OK Everglades Restoration Plan
May 3, 2013 12:21 pm | by Associated Press | News | CommentsFlorida lawmakers have approved a new plan to help pay for Everglades restoration.
Universal Modern Energy is Possible
May 3, 2013 12:19 pm | by Institute of Physics | News | CommentsUniversal access to modern energy could be achieved with an investment of between 65 and 86 billion U.S. dollars a year up until 2030.
Scientists Ring Alarm Over ‘Super Insecticide’
May 3, 2013 7:00 am | by Utrecht Univ. | News | CommentsScientists say a ‘super insecticide’ is so harmful— and remains in the environment for so long— that an international ban is warranted.
