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General Mills and Unilever join the fight against food waste

The USDA and EPA announced the U.S. Food Waste Challenge participants.




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Algeria: mass boycott of the general’s election of shame

Yesterday’s presidential election in Algeria was marked by a massive boycott campaign called for by the Hirak movement, which is now 43 weeks old. The boycott had been preceded by a four-day general strike and was particularly strong in the Kabylie region. Tens of thousands came onto the streets across the country defying a police ban on demonstrations. Whoever the generals decide will be the country’s president, they will not have any real legitimacy.




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Clip-on Apartment Purifies Waste Water, Generates Its Own Energy

I don't think it would actually work, but it is an innovative way of reskinning buildings




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After 139 years, General Electric stops making light bulbs

There will be indignation, but this is the result of one of the most successful transformations of a market in our lifetime.




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Halogen bulbs banned in EU as of September 1

The LED revolution will not be stopped.




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Christmas Trees Given Jellyfish Genes Could Produce Their Own Light

The only downside, of course, is that your self-lit holiday centerpiece actually would be a Frankenstein tree.




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One-a-day bananas: Genius at work or waste of packaging? (Survey)

Bananas are already in a perfect package. But is this even better?




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Should all professional associations in the construction industries declare a climate emergency?

Architects, engineers, landscape architects and urban planners all have a role to play and should be acting now.




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World's first hybrid wind/current generator could generate double the power

A new kind of hybrid generator promises to double the power output for the same surface area, by also harvesting energy from ocean currents.




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Sustainable Development, Smart Growth and Agenda 21 Now Illegal in Tennessee

Because everyone knows that bike paths are just the thin edge of the wedge. Next, they come for your cars.




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Help Create a Twitter Book for Copenhagen

We all can't go to Copenhagen this week, but there are so many ways to make our voice heard nonetheless. ThisPlace09 is an art and Twitter project that conveys personal thoughts about climate change to the delegates and the




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Prototype of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Train Unveiled in the UK

The first hydrogen fuel cell powered train in the UK was successfully tested last week, and the team behind it hopes to encourage further development by the rail industry.




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Researchers Use Rust and Water to Store Solar Energy as Hydrogen

Researchers have used abundant and inexpensive materials to create a tandem solar cell that can store solar energy as hydrogen for use at any time of day.




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Researchers discover way to produce hydrogen fuel from any plant

Virginia Tech researchers figure out how to extract large quantities of hydrogen from any plant which could drive down fuel cell costs.




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Hydrogen fuel cells could make food shipping cleaner

Replacing diesel systems with fuel cells could give refrigerated a clean-energy makeover.




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UPP fuel cell gadget charger: Personal portable power from hydrogen (Review)

This small hydrogen fuel cell charger promises a week of clean power for your gadgets. But is it ready for prime time?




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Toyota on hydrogen fuel cell technology: “Simply a better battery”

After years of promises, hydrogen-powered vehicles are finally arriving on the scene.




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Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell vehicle: We test-drive the future!

Toyota has finally released its vision of the future, 20 years in the making!




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Fun facts about hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles

With several starts and stops over the last 20 years or so, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) are finally hitting the roads.




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A late Xmas present? Toyota is open-sourcing 5,680 hydrogen fuel cell patents

The real competition for green tech is not other green tech, but the old, dirty incumbents.




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The philosopher's stone for a new era: quest for a cheap hydrogen economy

Hydrogen is abundant in water and full of energy. We just need a cheap way to get the hydrogen where we need it.




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Riversimple won't sell its Rasa hydrogen car, but will lease its mileage

Goodbye car ownership, hello "mobility as a service."




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Hydrogen: folly or fuel of the future?

They are not efficient, there is no infrastructure, and they are shills for the fossil fuel industry.




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"GMO OMG" documentary explores one of the biggest issues of our generation

"Has the global food system been irrevocably hijacked?" One filmmaker asks and begins to answer this frightening question.




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What we can learn from the first genetically engineered food

Retro Report revisits the Flavr Savr, the first genetically engineered food to hit American grocery stores.




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General Mills now makes GMO-free Cheerios

An anti-GMO campaign declares victory.




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General Mills agrees to drop “100% natural” labeling in face of lawsuit

In a lawsuit settlement today, General Mills agreed to remove the “100% Natural” from more than 20 of its products.




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Glow-in-the-dark chickens are genetically engineered to fight bird flu

Researchers in the UK are using genetic engineering to fight the bird flu epidemic.




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'Modified' asks why Canada and U.S. refuse to label genetically modified foods

But more than that, the film is a love story about cooking and gardening -- and the importance of regaining control over where our food comes from.




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Toyota will advertise its hydrogen fuel cell sedan with smog-reducing billboards

In a bid to highlight the clean air advantage of the Toyota Mirai, a hydrogen fuel cell electric car, the company is putting up pollution-scrubbing billboards.




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Toyota's new power plant will use dairy manure to make clean electricity & hydrogen

The forthcoming Tri-Gen facility is being called "the world's first megawatt-scale 100% renewable power and hydrogen generation station."




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Narrow, abandoned museum transformed into multigenerational home

The historical character of this old Saigon building was preserved with a fresh and respectful makeover.




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Renovation in Tokyo creates a house for four generations

What the Club Sandwich Generation looks like in Tokyo, where it is unusual to renovate instead of starting from scratch.




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How Nitrogen Pollution Impacts Our Communities

Manure and fertilizer runoff is harming communities across the country. A new interactive map illustrates how, and showcases the people who are doing something about it.




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Laundry detergent pods pose serious health hazard for kids

Consumer Reports strongly urges houses with children under 6 to avoid them altogether.




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Questionable ingredient found in Jessica Alba's Honest Company detergent

After promising not to use sodium lauryl sulfate in any products, The Honest Co. is under scrutiny after two lab tests found significant amounts of the chemical in its laundry detergent.




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EPA surprise: Agency seeks to cancel approval of toxic pesticide

And the company that makes the chemical, Bayer CropScience, refuses to agree.




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Will Alberta's tar sands create a Canadian "cancer alley"? Study finds high levels of carcinogens in air.

A new study has found that the air pollution from Alberta's massive tar sands operations is putting the health of downwind residents at risk by releasing unsafe levels of carcinogenic and toxic chemicals into the air.




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Solar paint produces hydrogen from sunlight and water vapor

The unique paint could provide clean power to homes at a low cost.




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When smart devices jump the shark: An 'intelligent device' for your garbage can

And now, in the 'Give me a break' category, the folks behind this garbage can scanner assume you can't make a grocery list on your own.




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Next-gen smart sprinkler controller from Rachio integrates with Amazon Echo

Because of course you're thinking about water conservation in your yard in the middle of winter.




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Finnish Safety Agency recommends helmets and lights for old people using walkers

It is about time that people acknowledged that it's not just cyclists that hit their heads. Helmets for everybody!




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Genetically Modified Eggplant Field Trials Halted by Court in Philippines

The move comes as a result of a petition from Greenpeace Southeast Asia, which asserts that GM crops can cause serious health issues.




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Do hydrogen powered trains make sense?

They actually might in certain cases, using off-peak power at peak times.




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Quinoa, Commodities, and the Gentrification of the Food System

Demand for quinoa in developed countries means agrarian people in Bolivia and Peru can't afford the one-time staple crop. Is that entirely bad news? The answer is complicated.




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Stair of the week dominates Copenhagen science museum

160 tons of steel and 10 tons of copper never looked so good




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Build a Micro-Hydropower Generator from CDs and Repurposed Printer Parts

Think you need to be an engineer and spend a bundle to create a mini-hydropower generator? Think again.




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Microgenerators Inside Water Pipes to Power Smart Water Sensors

Using the flow of water inside the pipes to power the water network's own monitoring devices could eliminate the need for batteries in those systems.




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Homemade hydroelectric generator uses plastic bottles as water wheel

Lost in the woods near a stream, with some empty water bottles, wire, plastic plates, and a stepper motor, *and* you need to charge your smartphone? Try this.




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Portable hydroelectric generator lets you take your power station with you

Take one Estream and add moving water for clean, quiet, offgrid energy.