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PHOTOS: 1,000 Tombs Discovered in Colombia this article opens in a new window

National Geographic, Fri May 09, 2008, comments (0)
The massive burial site contains a treasure trove of artifacts and information about two little-known South American civilizations, experts said.

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Waste Management To Fuel CA Trucks With Landfill-Harvested Liquid Natural Gas

TreeHugger, Sun May 04, 2008, comments (0)
Altamont, California, USA - California government agencies are supporting a large-scale project to better manage garbage and recyclables in a California joint venture between Linde North America, a Linde Group subsidiary, and Waste Management.

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Tornado-flattened Kansas town is coming back greener

Kansas City Star, Sun May 04, 2008, comments (0)
Greensburg, Kansas, USA - A year after it was practically wiped off the map by a tornado, Greensburg is rising again -- and going green, too, with solar panels, wind turbines, tinted windows, water-saving toilets and other energy-efficient technology.

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Fire From the Dragon: Green Entrepreneur Harnesses Truck Energy

New American Media, Wed April 30, 2008, comments (0)
Oakland, California, USA - It came to Terry Kenney while he was sleeping -- a crystal clear vision of an apparatus that would harness the kinetic energy of gargantuan, smoke-spewing trucks to light up homes and businesses with energy that was safe, renewable, and completely clean.

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Iraq Museum Reclaims 700 Stolen Artifacts this article opens in a new window

National Geographic, Mon April 28, 2008, comments (0)
Iraq's National Museum welcomed the return of more than 700 antiquities stolen during the chaos that followed the U.S.-led invasion five years ago.

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Vertical (Diagonal?) Farm from Work AC in NYC

TreeHugger, Sun April 27, 2008, comments (0)
New York City, New York, USA - We love vertical farms and while they may not be as practical as green roofs, the idea of food being grown right in the city doesn't get any more local than this.

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The Air Car - zero pollution and very low running costs

GizMag, Sun April 27, 2008, comments (2)
Mumbai, India - Many respected engineers have been trying for years to bring a compressed air car to market, believing strongly that compressed air can power a viable "zero pollution" car.

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Regrowing the rainforest

MongaBay, Wed April 23, 2008, comments (0)
Rainforests of Costa Rica - Half a century after most of Costa Rica's rainforests were cut down, researchers from the Boyce Thompson Institute took on a project that many thought was impossible - restoring a tropical rainforest ecosystem.

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Bionic eye ‘blindness cure hope’ this article opens in a new window

BBC, Mon April 21, 2008, comments (0)
A 'bionic eye' may hold the key to returning sight to blind people affected by a hereditary disease.

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Complete ‘cookbook’ for running a genome published this article opens in a new window

New Scientist, Mon April 21, 2008, comments (0)
The entire epigenome of a plant has been sequenced using a new technique, allowing geneticists to study how organisms control their genes

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