WaterWonk’s Smartphone Apps Provide Fun Way to Reduce Water Waste

Don't you just wish to be able to calculate how much water you waste or could save by applying only slight changes to your...

Chinese Oil Company Cleaned Up 1,500 Metric Tons of Spilled Crude

Maybe this is not the typical alternative energy article we've gotten you used to, but it may look like BP could use some Chinese people in their fishing boats to clean up the spill.

New Technique to Better Estimate GHG Emissions from Fossil Fuels

A team of scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed an instrument that could be used to determine the percentage...

Researchers Develop New Green Paving Slabs to Improve Air Quality

In the German cities, the toxic nitrogen oxide concentrations are exceeding the maximum levels but this is about to change with the new innovative paving slabs which are reducing the amount of the nitrogen oxide in the air.

Fontus, Solar Powered Device That Harvests Water From Air

Fontus is a smart compact solar-powered device that can pull out moisture from the air when attached to a moving bicycle. Hydration is the key...

USGS Estimates the Country’s Carbon Capture And Storage Potential

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) released a report, indicating that onshore carbon storage resources across the country are sufficient to trap 500 times...

Brazil’s new leader threatens Amazonia. Munduruku, the tribe that is getting ready to fight

A team of New York Times journalists went into the Brazilian Amazonia and spent some time living with a tribe from the Native Territory...

Oracle CEO to Create an Eco-Laboratory Island in Hawaii

A sustainable paradise is about to emerge on the Hawaiian island of Lanai, thanks to Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle. He is planning to...

European Commission’s Carbon Capture and Storage Contest Declares No Winner

After no winner was declared in the first round of a contest staged by the European Commission to fund carbon capture and storage (CCS),...

Insect ‘Meat’ for Food Security: An Idea Too Difficult to Swallow?

Agriculture is one of the most ecologically-intensive practices on the planet; 70% of global water usage is currently attributed to agriculture, in conjunction with...