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Eco Tech: Siemens to develop six minute charging tech for electric vehicles
Eco Tech: Siemens to develop six minute charging tech for electric vehicles
Eco Factor: High voltage charger for electric cars. Siemens Energy Sector in Denmark is working on the EDISON project that involves the development of new charging technology that will enable EV owners to recharge their green rides in as little as six minutes. The system works by raising charging power...
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The Week in Pictures: Wind Turbine Christmas Star, 10 Years in Green, Mutant Superbugs, and More
The Week in Pictures: Wind Turbine Christmas Star, 10 Years in Green, Mutant Superbugs, and More
From the world’s largest Christmas star that now hovers above the A9 Autobahn near Munich’s northern gateway–after a year of engineering, modeling, and trials–to the renaming of the world’s tallest waterfall–deep within the Venezuelan jungle–a lot happened this...
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2009 Year of the Mannahatta Project
2009 Year of the Mannahatta Project
photo via WCS Most people when they think back on 2009 might not think of it as the quadricentennial of Henry Hudson’s famous voyage of 1609, but for fans of the Mannahatta Project, it has been a year to celebrate. Mannahatta, the book was a big hit, mentioned on many holiday-round up lists, including...
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Japanese Scientists Create See-Through Goldfish
Japanese Scientists Create See-Through Goldfish
Photos via AFP Japanese researchers have produced a new species of goldfish with see-through skin. You can see the fish’s beating heart, brain, and other internal organs, right through its invisible scales. And that’s precisely the point–the scientists created the fish to eliminate...
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Watch New Year’s Countdowns Around the World and Jump Start Your Green Resolutions
Watch New Year’s Countdowns Around the World and Jump Start Your Green Resolutions
Are fireworks green ? Photo by Kev Gibbo via Flickr A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other, as the saying goes. So start by staying home tonight and watch Earthcam to see New Year’s Eve celebrations in 35 locations around the world. Earthcam will webcast...
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The Case of San Francisco’s Disappearing Sea Lions
The Case of San Francisco’s Disappearing Sea Lions
Photo via IndoSpectrum As early as last month, there were estimated to be at least 1500 sea lions off of San Francisco ’s famous Pier 39. Now, most appear to have all but vanished. A few stragglers lounge on piers where hundreds of sea lions used to lay in massive stacks–so where did the...
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A Sustainable New Year’s Wish
A Sustainable New Year’s Wish
For five weeks beginning January 13th, I’ll be working with a small group of 7th and 8th grade girls interested in fashion. My assistant is a fashion design student from the local high school, a 16 year-old honor student who has already showed me her 23-piece collection. Together, we’ll engage the...
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Activists to Spend New Year’s in Jail for Flying Anti-Coal Banner
Activists to Spend New Year’s in Jail for Flying Anti-Coal Banner
Photo via Climate Ground Zero In what could turn out to be a violation of their constitutional rights, 4 climate activists were arrested and taken to jail last Tuesday for trespassing. Specifically, they were charged for hanging up a banner that read “Yes, Coal is Killing West Virginia’s...
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The Green Drinks Tokyo Holiday Dispatch
The Green Drinks Tokyo Holiday Dispatch
Revelers rejoice at the greenz.jp Christmas party in Tokyo. It’s time when everybody thinks how they can spend a fun, entertaining and warm time with friends and families. But it’s also a time to re-think how fortunate we are to be able to celebrate this happiness. So we decided to throw...
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And Thus Ends the Hottest Decade on Record . . .
And Thus Ends the Hottest Decade on Record . . .
Photo via the Portland Mercury Yup, the aughts or naughts or naughties or whatever you want to call them have been confirmed to be the hottest decade in recorded history –a full 0.2 degrees C warmer than the nineties. And now, as Joe Romm puts it, ” the hottest decade begins .” So...
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