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Dec 8, 2008

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Jan 6, 2009

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

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...

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

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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