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Waste Management To Fuel CA Trucks With Landfill-Harvested Liquid Natural GasAltamont, 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 greenerGreensburg, 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 EnergyOakland, 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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Vertical (Diagonal?) Farm from Work AC in NYCNew 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 costsMumbai, 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 rainforestRainforests 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’
A 'bionic eye' may hold the key to returning sight to blind people affected by a hereditary disease.
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Dell’s HQ is Now 100% Renewably PoweredRound Rock, Texas, USA - About a year ago, Dell promised us all that they would soon be a 100% carbon neutral company. |
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Tesla Motors Details Strategy for Major European OffensiveSan Carlos, California, USA - Tesla Motors has revealed its ambitious strategy for speeding up the rollout of its electric Roadster in Europe, including an appearance at the 2008 Paris Auto Show in October and the Top Marques Monaco auto show later this month. |
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Computer Program Reveals Anyone’s AncestryTroy, New York, USA - Imagine being adopted, with no understanding of your cultural or genetic background. |
science news headlines
- PHOTOS: 1,000 Tombs Discovered in Colombia
- Waste Management To Fuel CA Trucks With Landfill-Harvested Liquid Natural Gas
- Tornado-flattened Kansas town is coming back greener
- Fire From the Dragon: Green Entrepreneur Harnesses Truck Energy
- Iraq Museum Reclaims 700 Stolen Artifacts
- Vertical (Diagonal?) Farm from Work AC in NYC
- The Air Car - zero pollution and very low running costs
- Regrowing the rainforest
- Bionic eye ‘blindness cure hope’
- Complete ‘cookbook’ for running a genome published
- Algal sex could spawn malaria vaccine
- Dark matter may have been found on Earth
- Dell’s HQ is Now 100% Renewably Powered
- Tesla Motors Details Strategy for Major European Offensive
- Computer Program Reveals Anyone’s Ancestry
- California Offers Up to $5000 Rebates For Alternative Fuel Vehicles
- First S Korean astronaut launches
- World’s Largest Tidal Turbine Successfully Installed
- UN links up with Google Earth to help refugees
- ‘Darwin chip’ brings evolution into the classroom
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