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A Texas watchdog group is calling out supporters of the oil and gas industry for attempting to disrupt the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) vote on which science textbooks will be used in the state’s schools. The SBOE has...
For the host country of international climate talks, it's surprising to see Poland going to such great lengths to protect its coal industry, while putting renewable energy on the backburner. Bad COP 19 host issues aside, a major point of...
In order to protect the environment, the Austrian government has recently imposed drastic measures for those treating motorway pollution with a lead foot. Even though in Austria the maximum speed limit is 130 km/h (~80 mph), limitations to 60 mph...
Since Tesla Motors is now without a vice president of worldwide sales and ownership experience, what will future Tesla Stores be like? The next time you take a look at an Apple Store or a Tesla Store, you have one...
At the Los Angeles Auto Show, the 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles won the 2014 Green Car of the Year Award. What's really interesting about the Honda Accord HEV and PHEV is the fact that...
One of the inevitable consequences of climate change is disappearing of fresh water resources. As temperatures become higher and weather becomes drier, the increasing number of people, especially in the developing world, is already forced to deal with water...
Earlier this month, the city of Amsterdam was the host of the International Water Week, a remarkable event that gathered environmentalists and governmental officials, who joined forces to seek for solutions to problems associated with scarcity of water resources...
Hydrogen fuel cell vehicle technology is probably even more divisive than electric vehicle technology, but automakers are pushing for this new technology to be mass-produced as soon as 2015. One of the most influential men of 2013, Elon Musk, said...
Norway’s military just announced plans to introduce ‘Meatless Mondays’ into army diets in a bid to battle a formidable enemy – climate change. Troops will embrace a strict vegetarian diet once a week to decrease the amount of ecologically unfriendly...
With all the issues that come with current electric car batteries - long charge times, short-range, bulky batteries - evolution is vital for this clean energy to become cost-effective. Fortunately, researchers at the University of California-Riverside have redesigned the component...