Renewable energy could threaten wildlife
In a weird sort of environmental paradox, the Natural Resources Defense Council on Wednesday released maps of the American West showing areas that would be damaged if they're developed for renewable...
View ArticleGreen tech ideas for Earth Day
Earth Day is tomorrow, and several news sites have ideas about how you can use technology to save energy and help the environment. Here's a sample: SAVE ENERGY: CNET has a good overview of how...
View ArticleTech trends: eco-data, spam pollution and Apple pulls an app
Here are a few stories CNN.com is watching today: ECO-DATA: Wired magazine writer Alexis Madrigal has a must-read piece on how data is the key to making environmentally conscious decisions. My inbox...
View ArticleBiofuel loses fight with California pollution regulators
The biofuel industry has lost its battle against California regulators over rules aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from various fuels, including corn-based ethanol. The California Air...
View ArticleFuture iPhone app may identify trees from photos
Nature lovers are known for stopping to take way too many pictures. I once got got completely lost in a rain forest, for example, when my group crossed a river while I was snapping pics of flowers....
View ArticleIt is not easy being green
Nintendo Wii Nintendo scored the worst in a new Greenpeace report on efforts by electronics companies to be ecologically responsible. In the “Guide to Greener Electronics”, Nintendo’s score of 1.4 out...
View ArticleHow to cool the planet
Most scientists agree that global warming is real, but disagreement abounds about what to do about it. The idea of taking carbon out of the atmosphere and storing it so that it can't warm the planet...
View ArticleGoogle: People need info to save energy
A coalition of tech companies, telecoms and environmental groups on Monday sent a letter to President Obama (PDF) on the subject of home energy efficiency. The groups, which include Google, AT&T...
View ArticleIt's a bird, it's a plane - really!
Global Hawk in flight Flying higher, farther and without a pilot. NASA's Global Hawk plane can fly to altitudes of 60,000 feet – way above normal flight paths – and as far as nearly half way around...
View ArticleThe mobile phone that breathes
Researchers at Intel Labs in Berkeley, California, have designed a prototype mobile phone that slurps up air and spits out pollution measurements. The researchers eventually hope to make everyone who...
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