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    Dec 1, 2008

    "Going green" is no small undertaking - whether you are a big media company or an individual hoping to make a change - so we'll be posting all of our exciting news on this site along with green tips, green...

  • Article We Want You!

    Dec 8, 2008

    Got a story tip? Love a green product? Send us your Going Green story suggestions!

  • Article Heating Home with Leftovers

    Jan 6, 2009

    A Farmington man is using leftover vegetable oil from local restaurants to heat his home.

  • Link New Fuel Made With Wastewater Drastically Reduces Emissions External website

    Jan 6, 2009

    A team of Taiwanese researchers has combined industrial wastewater and petroleum oil to make a new fuel that could largely eliminate the costly treatment of industrial air emissions from boilers, is an...

  • Link Electric Car Plows 4 Feet of Snow! External website

    Jan 6, 2009

    Having just hibernated for half a month in freezing Minnesota… ..I was easily swayed by Nick and Sasha’s recent arguments that those treehuggers unfortunate enough to li

  • Link Riding Shotgun In the Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen Car - Part 1 External website

    Jan 6, 2009

    I recently had a chance to ride along in a Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen RE at Eco-Products 2008 in Japan — a green event held for three days in Tokyo. Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen RE and Mercedes-Benz Smart on road. Several...

  • Link Piezoelectric Road Produces Electricity From Traffic External website

    Jan 6, 2009

    Engineers have created a new type of road capable of turning the vibration caused by cars into electricity. The revolutionary new surface, created by engineers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology,...

  • Link Audi’s All-LED Headlamps Could Boost Electric Cars External website

    Jan 5, 2009

    Audi has outfitted the new R8 V10 sports car with all-LED headlamps, which consume about a quarter of the energy of halogen bulbs. According to an Audi press release posted on autobloggreen.com, the company...

  • Link Boring Electric Car Gets 100 Miles Per Charge; Goes 85 MPH; Still Due 2010 External website

    Jan 4, 2009

    Most of the new California electric car start-ups were started by the auto-design equivalent of fashionistas - auto afficionados who love cars for their gorgeous design, the thrill of the torque and the...

  • Link British Queen Elizabeth II Converts $15 Million Bentleys to Biofuel External website

    Jan 3, 2009

    The British Queen Elizabeth II has two state Bentleys, which according to the US Department of Energy gets nine MPG in the city and uses 31.1 barrels of petroleum a year. These royal $15 million gas...

  • Link Prius Powers Home During Ice Storm External website

    Jan 3, 2009

    Ice Storm Victim Improvises Prius-to-Home Energy Generator A Massachusetts man - faced with no power in the recent ice storm, powered up the family Prius to create electricity: The hybrid car made enough...

  • Link Exclusive Interview With Honda’s Chief Engineer - Part 2: More on The Ultracapacitor External website

    Jan 2, 2009

    Editor’s Note: This is part two of an interview Tetsuya Yokoyama recently had the opportunity to conduct with Honda R&D Chief Engineer, Mr. Yamamoto, at Eco-Products 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. You can read...

  • Link U.S. Cities Want Your Waste Holiday Cooking Oil for Biodiesel Cars. External website

    Jan 2, 2009

    Last week, The San Francisco Chronicle reported on the success of a city-wide holiday recycling drive, which looked to top the more than two tons of used cooking oil San Fransicoans unloaded over Thanksgiving...

  • Link Top 10 Low Carbon Footprint Four-Door Sedans External website

    Jan 2, 2009

    Editor’s Note: John Addison publishes the Clean Fleet Report. His new book, Save Gas, Save the Planet, will be published March 25, 2009. Four-door sedans continue to be popular vehicles for fleets...

  • Link The Fuel Blending Debate for Veggie-Diesel Cars — Just Do It! External website

    Jan 1, 2009

    As winter dumps her usual dose of cruelty here in New York’s Hudson Valley, like many drivers of veggie oil-powered cars, I have begun reading up on how to best prepare mine for the cold season. There...

  • Article Energy Star Climate Change Claims Misleading, Audit Finds

    Dec 31, 2008 | 3 comments

    WASHINGTON, DC, December 31, 2008 (ENS) - A voluntary program promoted by the federal government to boost energy efficiency and cut greenhouse gas emissions does not work as advertised, according to...

  • Article Right Whales' Wintering Ground Found in Gulf of Maine

    Dec 31, 2008

    WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, December 31, 2008 (ENS) - Dozens of North Atlantic right whales have been seen in the Gulf of Maine this month, leading right whale researchers at NOAA's Northeast Fisheries...

  • Article UNEP: 2008 Was The Year of Living Dangerously

    Dec 31, 2008

    NEW YORK, New York, December 31, 2008 (ENS) - Financial damage and loss of life caused by climate-related natural disasters made 2008 one of the most devastating years on record, according to the United...

  • Link First Commercial Jet Flight Using Jatropha Biodiesel a Success External website

    Dec 31, 2008

    After postponing the flight for about a month, Air New Zealand has become the first airline to test a 50/50 blend of second generation jatropha biodiesel and standard A1 jet fuel in a Boeing 747-400 passenger...

  • Link N. Carolina Parks Using Solar Electric Cars to Replace ATVs External website

    Dec 31, 2008

    A North Carolina Parks Department has bought three electric cars as a way to lighten their impact on nature preserves. Custom Solar Array Two of the vehicles charge by plugging into the wall. The third...

  • Link Tofu, Veggie Burgers, and Now Tires? Soy Takes Over. External website

    Dec 31, 2008

    I suppose it all started with tofu, some three thousand years ago. Logically, soymilk, with its nine essential amino acids quickly followed. Many of us, as infants, were fed soy formula instead of milk.

  • Article New National Wildlife Refuge Established in Cherry Valley

    Dec 30, 2008

    WASHINGTON, DC, December 30, 2008 (ENS) - A new national wildlife refuge in eastern Pennsylvania's Cherry Valley has been approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Service has established a...

  • Article Missouri Travelers Will Find Newly Certified Green Hotels

    Dec 30, 2008

    JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, December 30, 2008 (ENS) - The Missouri Hotel and Lodging Association has developed a program to certify hotels and other lodging establishments that use sustainable and green...

  • Video Release Go Green with Dollar Coins

    Dec 30, 2008 | 3 comments

    The U.S. Mint is pushing consumers to embrace dollar coins over the greenback in an effort to protect the environment and save the government money.

  • Link Lipo Biodiesel Doctor Violated CA Law and Fled the Country External website

    Dec 30, 2008

    Last week, Nick told you about the plastic surgeon who discovered he could use the fat from liposuctions to fuel his two SUVs.  He’s not the first person to use human fat for biodiesel, as