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Isaac Asimov Explained Climate Change in 1977 (Video)

Image: Positive Psychology News Isaac Asimov is one of the greatest science fiction writers in history -- his Foundation novels and Robot universe (which recently inspired the I, Robot Will Smith film) continue to inform popular culture to this day. Asimov was also a professor of biochemistry at Boston University and a prolific author of successful pop science books as well. In other words, the man was no slouch. No surprise then, that he speaks more eloquently about climate change in 1977 than most folks d... Read the full story on TreeHugger read full article

Enterprise Rent-A-Car to Offer the Chevy Volt Later This Month

Photo: GM Other EVs to Follow Not to be outdone by its competitor Hertz, which announced that many models of electric cars will be available in 2011, Enterprise car rental says that it will have Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrids on offer for daily and weekly rentals later this month, though at first only at the Mark Christopher Auto Center in Ontario, California. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger read full article

Video Autopsy of a Tesla Model S Electric Car

Photo: Screen grab from Tesla video Must See for EV Geeks Tesla's Vice President of Vehicle Engineering, Peter Rawlinson, gives us a video tour of the alpha version of Tesla's next car, the Model S electric sedan. Rawlinson's hypnotic voice is worth the price of admission alone, but anybody who's interested by EV engineering and technology should check out the 3 videos below.... Read the full story on TreeHugger read full article

Wind Farm Noise Complaints - Bunk, Not Bunk, A Bit of Both?

photo: FranceHouseHunt.com/Creative Commons We've covered the issue (or non-issue, depending on which side you're on) of wind farms causing health problems in people living nearby for some time--the whooshing sound is reportedly disruptive of sleep if you're constantly and closely exposed to it. But if you need an overview of s... Read the full story on TreeHugger read full article

Folk artists of hill state to take the message of

The Himachal Pradesh government has chalked out a plan to actively engage the state’s folk media to strengthen its ‘total sanitation campaign’ to create sanitation facilities up to the household level in rural areas.

Tuesday, 6 April 2010 | Hits: 257

The Concept and Rationale of State Level Environmental Sustainability Index Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is a comparative analysis of environmental achievements, challenges and priorities among Indian states. It indicates a state’s general environmental conditions, including both the ...

Sunday, 4 April 2010 | Hits: 215

Mayo Clinic has conducted the first clinical studies of tea extract in cancer patients CHICAGO -- An extract of green tea appears to have clinical activity with low toxicity in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients who used it in a phase II clinical trial, say researchers at Mayo Clinic.

Sunday, 13 June 2010 | Hits: 108

Press Release

Wildlife Trust Scientist Employs Advanced Genetic Sequencing to Uncover New Pathogen Wildlife Trust, the global conservation health organization, announced the discovery of a previously unknown pathogen that may offer insight into the origins of the Hepatitis C virus. The virus, tentatively named GBV-D is related to a group of GB viruses, pr...

Sunday, 11 July 2010 | Hits: 80

Proyecto Mirador, LLC, a fuel-efficient stove project in rural Honduras that has been registered by the Gold Standard, is pleased to announce that The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, Boston, Massachusetts, and Overlook International Foundation, San Francisco, California, have provided matching US$ 1.0 million donations to expand Pr...

Friday, 24 September 2010 | Hits: 71

WASHINGTON— Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced plans on Wednesday to revise the national offshore oil-drilling plan that, while protecting areas off Florida and the Atlantic seaboard, would leave drilling in polar bear critical habitat off Alaska on the table. The new proposed plan, covering the years 20...

Saturday, 11 December 2010 | Hits: 51

Green Technology

Eco-Friendly Earrings

A wonderful and great green product from Kitten Lab is now available for purchase to those who wanted to accessorize themselves in a green way. The eco fashion accessories by Kitten Lab are made by the artistic hands and from a vintage IBM Selectri...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010 | Hits: 360

The EyeMax is a multi-powered radio by Freeplay. This FM/AM radio can charge itself from both its solar panel and from a wind up handle. By having both methods it ensures you can listen to your radio shows at any time without any worry of running o...

Saturday, 8 May 2010 | Hits: 119

Maybe you weren't the best to the environment, but darnit, your baby hasn't destroyed anything yet. Whether your child wants to be condescending with a onesie reading "Thanks For All the Global Warming," cutsie with a "Give A Hoot, Don't Pollute" s...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010 | Hits: 312

Green Editorial

The World Water Council notes that the right to water "entitles everyone to sufficient, safe and acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water for personal and domestic" functions. Yet, the consumption and production of water for personal and domestic purposes depend mainly on the water and water transformation processes available for in...

Saturday, 17 July 2010 | Hits: 97

The ice masses are likely to lower oxygen levels in the oceans An iceberg about the size of Luxembourg, which struck a glacier off Antarctica dislodging another massive block of ice, could lower oxygen levels in the world’s oceans, Australian and French scientists said on Fr...

Friday, 26 February 2010 | Hits: 224

Guest Column

Last year, in a much-publicised case, two researchers at Jinggangshan University in Southern China were dismissed after 70 scientific papers they had published in an international journal were found to contain fabricated data. The university blamed the falsification on the researchers' "lack of moral integrity". But critics also pointed fingers at th...

Tuesday, 21 September 2010 | Hits: 89

The official position that has been articulated on behalf of India at various international fora is built around the following four propositions: On a per capita basis, emissions from India that harm world climate — CO2 and the rest — are much, much less than those from the developed countries; ...

Thursday, 2 July 2009 | Hits: 131

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Isaac Asimov Explained Climate Change in 1977 (Video)

Enterprise Rent-A-Car to Offer the Chevy Volt Later This Month

Video Autopsy of a Tesla Model S Electric Car

Wind Farm Noise Complaints - Bunk, Not Bunk, A Bit of Both?

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Folk artists of hill state to take the message of

Environmental sustainability index for Indian stat

Green tea extract appears to keep cancer in check

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Newly discovered hepatitis c-related virus found in bats

The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment and Overlook International Foundation announce a joint US$ 2.0 million donation to Proyecto Mirador, a Gold Standard fuel-efficient stove project in Honduras

Obama Offshore Oil Plan Fails to Protect Fragile Arctic, Polar Bears From Drilling

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Iceberg-glacier collision could trigger climatic changes

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