The first hybrid vehicles to appear on the scene were tiny little things, specifically the Honda Insight and Toyota Prius. Hybrid vehicles are among the best-selling in recent times, if not for concerns over greenhouse gas emissions, then at...
We've been watching hydrogen fuel for a while now, and the utilization of hydrogen has seen fairly rapid development, as seen in the decreasing size of fuel cell stacks and increasing efficiency. In fact, by 2015, Toyota, BMW, and...
Twenty-six year old visionary and industrial designer, Marko Vučković, won the 2009 Designanddesign award with his creation the Grass Lamp, a lamp that supports the hydroponic growth of plants while using no soil.
Vučković’s Grass Lamp allows terrestrial plants to...
We've been following this story closely and we're wondering what New York Times' reporter John Broder was thinking when he made his determinations on the performance of the Tesla Model S he was given to test-drive and review.
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Coal power station emissions might be drastically reduced by a new material that adsorbs huge amounts of carbon dioxide and releases it when exposed to sunlight.
In February, the journal Angewandte Chemie, published a study by Monash University and CSIRO...
According to a study at the University of Toronto, through practical and aggressive policy changes, cities across the globe have the ability to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
50% of the global population lives in cities, and these account for...
If we take a look at a tiny corner of Northern Europe, we'll find the Netherlands, a small area with a history of high fuel prices and a long tradition of environmentalism. The perfect breeding ground for green vehicles,...
Electric vehicles may not have quite the appeal that some automakers were expecting, but their slow-rolling sales are indeed advancing. One situation, though, that needs rectifying is charging infrastructure. One way to do it, the example set by Tesla...
Scientific American has determined that the incredible volume of roses grown and harvested specifically for Valentine’s Day has an environmental impact far greater than any other crop.
Flowerpetal.com, an environmental flower site, estimates the 100 million roses grown for the...
In 2014, NASA will be launching the world’s largest solar sail ever built. Sunjammer, the solar sail spacecraft, will act as a test bed for the new technology. If successful, the technology will be used in future missions to...
