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 Can Corn be Engineered to Reduce its Own Pollution?Corn ethanol is a tricky subject, but what if you could teach corn to produce its own fertilizer from the air around it? If you could, you would vastly reduce the amount of petroleum-based fertilizer... |
 Student Invents Material With Highest Known Hydrogen Storage CapacityA Ph.D. student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has developed a new method for storing large amounts of hydrogen at room temperature using a version of the super-material graphene. Reportedly his... |
 AIRCRUISE: A Zero Emissions Luxury AirshipI love blimps and zeppelins. Besides my fascination with steampunk and my hatred of airplanes, there is something just inherently cool about airships. I’ve never gotten a chance to ride on one, but... |
 Farmers Dig-In Heels Against Cap-and-TradeAmerican Farm Bureau takes hard-line stance against climate legislation, EPAAt the opening of the four-day American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Seattle, Washington over the weekend, AFBF p... |
 Surprise, Surprise, US Political System is Biased Against Green Laws!Well, telling us something we should have learned in high school, a new study by researchers from the University of California shows why it is so difficult for the US to move forward on critical envi... |
 Bad Press May be Good For Toyota Prius SalesAccording to Edmunds.com’s Green Car Advisor blog, ever since the news about potential Prius braking problems broke in the mainstream media, shopper interest in the Prius on Edmunds.com has risen s... |
 Kangaroo Mother Care: Skin to Skin Contact Saves Newborn LivesIt’s a very simple idea, and one that is intuitive to many mothers. My midwives did it for me, and it felt very natural. Kangaroo Mother Care is a USAID and Save the Children program that teach... |
 Is the Prius Broken? What are Toyota’s Quality Woes Really All About?Toyota’s certainly been having a hell of a time recently. Millions and millions of cars recalled, public relations disasters, seemingly aloof executives—the scope of the whole thing is so mind-bo... |
 Meatless Monday-International Edition -Vegan Creamy Aloo SaagAloo Saag over Basmati Brown Rice Prep Time: 15 min Cook Time: 1 hour Yields: 4 servings |
 Gluten-free Squash PancakesI recently stumbled upon a great recipe for Spaghetti Squash Pancakes from Mollie Katzen’s book, The Vegetable Dishes I Can’t Live Without. It’s a winner. Although the original recipe calls for... |
 Groove into Happiness ~ Dance is a Good Antidepressant!Dance is a good antidepressant! Studies show dance boosts happiness and benefits overall health by: stimulating the hippocampus, the brain area that regulates moods. sparking new nerve growth in the ... |
 Meatless Mondays: Carrot Potato Pancakes and Crispy Veggie FrittersCarrots straight from the farm are dirty little freaks. Knobbly, hairy, misshapen and covered in soil, these root vegetables bear no resemblance to the neon orange and uniformly shaped clones found i... |
 Affordable, Eco-Friendly Sanitary Pads for Ugandan Girls to Stay in SchoolCan you imagine having to quit school because you have begun menstruating? That’s exactly what faces many girls in Uganda. A donation to Globalgiving can change that. Just $30 “buys sanitar... |
 World’s Largest Producer of Toxic Chemicals, MNI, Continues to Contaminate the Entire Food SupplyThere are measurable levels of MNI’s toxic chemicals in every type of food that has been tested. Most are completely unregulated. There is no requirement that food be labeled to let consumers know ... |
 Ferrari to Unveil Hybrid Sports Car at Geneva Motor ShowWell, it’s finally happening. Ferrari is officially making a hybrid…or at least officially showcasing one. At the Geneva Motor Show in March, Ferrari will display a hybrid variant of their 599 ... |
 Eating Vegan: Tasty Milk AlternativesConventional dairy production is a lot different from the idyllic farms you see in those Happy Cow commercials on TV. Real dairy production forces cows to live in close quarters, involves nasty growt... |
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