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Coal Company Gets Record $200 Million Penalty for Mine Disaster that Left 29 Dead
12/09/2011by Brian Merchant You might recall that last year, an explosion in a coal mine operated by Massey Energy left 29…
Read MoreWhy 2020 is Too Late for the Climate
12/09/2011This guest post was written by Alex Stark who is reporting from the UN Cimate Talks in Durban, South Africa, as…
Read MoreWhy Cyclists Blow Through Stop Signs: It’s Physics
12/08/2011by Lloyd Alter About 30 years ago, residents on Toronto’s Palmerston Avenue were complaining about cars racing up and down the…
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Autonomous Flying Robotic Bees Build Tower in France
12/08/2011by Lloyd Alter People sometimes raise their eyebrows at the claim that bricks are green, because of the energy needed to…
Read MoreSolving Climate Change With Agriculture: Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa Launches at COP17
12/08/2011by Rachel Cernansky African farmer and civil society groups launched the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) on Sunday, saying…
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Hope for the Giant Manta Ray
12/08/2011Efforts to protect declining populations of the giant manta ray are advancing: the sea animal, a peaceful cousin of the shark,…
Read MoreOLPC Plans to Air-Drop Laptops Into Villages
12/08/2011By Akhila Vijayaraghavan The One Laptop Per Child initiative run by the NGO of the same name has done great work…
Read MoreJapan tsunami cotton update
12/08/2011SENDAI – Following our earlier reports on the Japanese initiative to plant cotton in Sendai to help regenerate agricultural land affected…
Read MorePuma Plans to Produce Compostable Clothing
12/08/2011By Akhila Vijayaraghavan Puma has been making some serious changes to its sustainability initiatives and has come out the front-runner in…
Read MoreTop 10 Green Building Products
12/08/2011By Jen Boynton This short list of green building products was selected from a pool of products nominated by our readers…
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