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Photo via Free Photo Well, that didn’t take long. After global emissions stalled following the worldwide recession around 2008– even falling in some otherwise heavily polluting nations like the US of A–it looks like everyone can rest...
Image credit: Good Maybe you’re thinking about buying a new car this year, or maybe you just want to keep an eye on the progress the auto industry is making on its drive towards efficiency. Either way, Good has an easy reference list to get you...
Newly-discovered Laniarius willardi had been noted as an anomaly among Malaconotidae (pictured) for years. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons One small branch of the bird kingdom ’s species tree has sprouted a new bud. Researchers from Texas A&M...
Images from BBC What a fabulous name for a tree: the Great Oak at the Gates of the Dead. And what a pity that this 1,200 year old oak tree has split down the middle and died this month. Located in Wales, its trunk has a circumference of 34 ft. It is...
Images from BBC What a fabulous name for a tree: the Great Oak at the Gates of the Dead. And what a pity that this 1,200 year old oak tree has split down the middle and died this month. Located in Wales, its trunk has a circumference of 34 ft. It is...
oops! wrong HomeStar The construction industry is full of rugged individualists, but they don’t have a lot of work these days. That’s why they are all lining up to support President Obama’s “cash for caulkers” initiative,...
Liquid crystal switching windows have been around for a while, and just last week Mike wrote about how Energy-Saving Dynamically Tinted Glass Could Make Most Buildings More Efficient . Now Dutch entrepreneurs Casper van Oosten and Teun Wagenaar have...
The Mattracks Powerboard speeds up to 18 MPH, powered by a 200CC 4 cycle engine. My first reaction was “yeah, right, who needs this?” but in fact, there isn’t much good that can be said about driving two hours to get to a hill where...
photo: Adam via flickr. Frankly this seems a bit like a combination of deja vu and rearranging the deck chairs on a sinking ship, but the Natural Resources Defense Council has released new analysis calculating what all the simple, inexpensive lifestyle...
