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Kick-Starting the Bio-Based Economy


Massive, varied, and intricately woven into the fabric of modern industrial society, the global chemical industry was valued at over $4 trillion in 2011, according to Pike Research’s Green Chemistry report. The non-pharmaceutical chemicals industry i…

Warmer Temperatures Will Slash Wheat Yields

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  • January 31, 2012

Rising temperatures around the world are affecting many food crops and according to a new study done by a Stanford University scientist, wheat will be particularly vulnerable.
David Lobell looked at nine years-worth of images captured by the MODIS Eart…

Energy Poverty Remains a Global Challenge for the Future

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  • January 31, 2012

Washington, D.C.—Despite massive gains in global access to electricity over the last two decades, governments and development organizations must continue to invest in electrification to achieve critical health, environmental, and livelihood outcomes,…

NASA Releases Updated Video Showing Warming Temperatures Since 1880

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  • January 31, 2012

Last year was the ninth warmest year on record (since 1880). Global average surface temperatures has continually risen since 1950, when the average global temperature was 0.92 degrees F (0.51 C) cooler than in 2011.
An updated video compiled b…

Ford To Use Kenaf Plant Materials In New Escape


Following Ford’s recent announcement that they will use recycled plastic bottles for seat fabrics in the upcoming Focus Electric, the company’s efforts to increase the use of sustainable materials continues with the news that they will use kenaf plant …

AT&T Orders 1,200 CNG-Powered Chevrolet Express Vans from General Motors

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  • January 31, 2012

AT&T plans to take delivery of 1,200 Chevrolet Express compressed natural gas (CNG) dedicated cargo vans to be deployed to AT&T service centers nationwide. It is the largest-ever order of CNG vehicles from General Motors. AT&T, which has announced its …

NASA Confirms Man’s role in Global Warming


A new NASA study confirms the fact that greenhouse gases generated by human activity – not changes in solar activity – are the primary force driving global warming.

The study offers an updated calculation of the Earth’s energy …

NASA Confirms Man’s role in Global Warming


A new NASA study confirms the fact that greenhouse gases generated by human activity – not changes in solar activity – are the primary force driving global warming.

The study offers an updated calculation of the Earth’s energy …

U.S. Could Get 15% of Energy from Wave and Tidal Sources by 2030

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  • January 30, 2012

Two recent studies done by the Department of Energy found that wave, tidal and other water power sources could provide 15 percent of U.S. energy needs by 2030.
The reports called the “Mapping and Assessment of the United States Ocean Wave Energy Reso…

Dam About to Bust on Clean Hydrokinetic Energy


A company called Verdant Power has won the first ever commercial license for a hydrokinetic tidal power facility in the U.S., and that could be just the first drop in a torrent of more than 100 new hydrokinetic projects that are still in the initial s…