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Jan
28

2010 brings good news, bad news on clean energy spending

Spending on clean energy and low-carbon technologies didn’t crash as much as feared as the global recession bit in
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Jan
28

Five tech insights from the top 50 books on sustainability

So what words of wisdom do some of the top 50 books about sustainability — a list recently compiled by alumni
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Jan
27

Trash day comes once a year for this household

A British family sent a bin of household rubbish to the landfill today … nothing remarkable about that, right? Except that
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Jan
27

How to get rid of plastic: Cook it and feed it to fungi

Mixing a bit of ultraviolet “cooking” with a special blend of fungi could provide an eco-friendly recipe for getting rid
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Jan
27

Cuba's recipe for sustainability: Sink or swim?

Of all the intriguing findings in the just-released 2010 Environmental Performance Index, one in particular leaps out: Cuba’s ranking
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Jan
27

Most large economies lag in 2010 world environmental rankings

It’s not easy grading 163 countries on how each handles a variety of environmental challenges, but a team of
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Jan
26

Jurdy: Message in a bottle

Jurdy suggests ways to help …
Jan
26

The Grumpy Environmentalist: Restoring an 1850s range

Editor’s note: Two years ago, Stephen Waddington moved with his family from Ealing, London, to rural Northumberland. He joins
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Jan
26

Don't write off algae-based biofuels yet, industry says

Algae-based biofuels aren’t all they’re cracked up to be? Not so fast, say those in the — of course
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Jan
26

How can businesses cut the carbon while keeping the profits?

Want to learn how — and why — more and more businesses are working to de-couple their profits from their carbon footprints?
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