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KLM Completes First Biofuel-Powered Scheduled Flight, With Factory Farmed Fuel
09/07/2011by Matthew McDermott, New York, NY Science & Technology (alternative energy) Definite mixed environmental messages here: KLM has announced that it…
Read MoreWest and Central African Elephant Populations Decline 50% in 40 Years
09/07/2011by David DeFranza, Washington, DC Travel & Nature Elephants are protected on the savannas of Central and Western Africa but, according…
Read MorePortland Drains 8 Million Gallon Reservoir After Man Is Caught Peeing In It
09/07/2011by Brian Merchant, Brooklyn, New York Business & Politics The Mt. Tabor Reservoir Number 1 holds 8 million gallons of treated…
Read MoreSmall-Scale Sustainable Farming Key To Global Food Security, Poverty Reduction: UN
09/07/2011by Matthew McDermott, New York, NY Food & Health A United Nations report has once again stressed that the key to…
Read MoreAdventurous Writer Travels From S.F. to L.A. Using Only Public Transportation
09/07/2011by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California Cars & Transportation It’s easy to drive from San Francisco to Los Angeles. It’s fairly…
Read MoreHow Just 3% of Denmark’s Trash Ends Up in a Landfill
09/07/2011by Brian Merchant, Brooklyn, New York Business & Politics Back in 1970, Amagerforbrænding, a waste-to-energy plant, was opened outside of Copenhagen….
Read MoreWhat Does “The Pursuit of Happiness” Mean For American Communities?
09/07/2011by Lloyd Alter, Toronto Design & Architecture The writers of the Declaration of Independence had a way with words; the promise…
Read More‘Cling-film’ Solar Cells Could Be Revolutionary
09/07/2011by Jeff Kart, Bay City, Michigan Science & Technology Could it really be this easy? Harnessing the power of the sun…
Read MoreAsk Pablo: Annual Report Mailed To 50k Employees? What Can My Company Do Better?
09/07/2011by Pablo Paster, San Francisco Business & Politics Dear Pablo: Help! My company has 50,000 people in 300 offices around the…
Read MoreFor a Price, Tourists in Iceland Follow Whalers Harpooning Whales
09/07/2011by Sara Novak, Columbia, SC Travel & Nature I’ll never forget when I was a child and we went whale watching…
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