oge Prototype of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Train Unveiled in the UK By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:25:03 -0400 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. Full Article Technology
oge Researchers Use Rust and Water to Store Solar Energy as Hydrogen By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:31:43 -0500 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. Full Article Technology
oge Researchers discover way to produce hydrogen fuel from any plant By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:00:00 -0400 Virginia Tech researchers figure out how to extract large quantities of hydrogen from any plant which could drive down fuel cell costs. Full Article Technology
oge Hydrogen fuel cells could make food shipping cleaner By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 15:58:38 -0400 Replacing diesel systems with fuel cells could give refrigerated a clean-energy makeover. Full Article Living
oge UPP fuel cell gadget charger: Personal portable power from hydrogen (Review) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 14:03:05 -0400 This small hydrogen fuel cell charger promises a week of clean power for your gadgets. But is it ready for prime time? Full Article Technology
oge Toyota on hydrogen fuel cell technology: “Simply a better battery” By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 16:10:48 -0500 After years of promises, hydrogen-powered vehicles are finally arriving on the scene. Full Article Transportation
oge Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell vehicle: We test-drive the future! By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 13:34:37 -0500 Toyota has finally released its vision of the future, 20 years in the making! Full Article Transportation
oge Fun facts about hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 13:28:52 -0500 With several starts and stops over the last 20 years or so, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) are finally hitting the roads. Full Article Technology
oge A late Xmas present? Toyota is open-sourcing 5,680 hydrogen fuel cell patents By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 15:38:03 -0500 The real competition for green tech is not other green tech, but the old, dirty incumbents. Full Article Transportation
oge The philosopher's stone for a new era: quest for a cheap hydrogen economy By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 08:08:54 -0400 Hydrogen is abundant in water and full of energy. We just need a cheap way to get the hydrogen where we need it. Full Article Energy
oge Riversimple won't sell its Rasa hydrogen car, but will lease its mileage By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Jun 2016 14:10:12 -0400 Goodbye car ownership, hello "mobility as a service." Full Article Transportation
oge Hydrogen: folly or fuel of the future? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 03 Jul 2017 14:49:35 -0400 They are not efficient, there is no infrastructure, and they are shills for the fossil fuel industry. Full Article Transportation
oge Safeway and Kroger say "No" to GMO salmon By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 12:06:16 -0500 As the FDA continues to hesitate, the two largest U.S. grocery stores want nothing to do with Frankenfish. Full Article Living
oge Toyota will advertise its hydrogen fuel cell sedan with smog-reducing billboards By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 13:06:33 -0400 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. Full Article Transportation
oge Toyota's new power plant will use dairy manure to make clean electricity & hydrogen By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 07:00:00 -0500 The forthcoming Tri-Gen facility is being called "the world's first megawatt-scale 100% renewable power and hydrogen generation station." Full Article Energy
oge How Nitrogen Pollution Impacts Our Communities By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:59:08 -0500 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. Full Article Science
oge Will Alberta's tar sands create a Canadian "cancer alley"? Study finds high levels of carcinogens in air. By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 10:10:55 -0400 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. Full Article Energy
oge Solar paint produces hydrogen from sunlight and water vapor By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 11:32:54 -0400 The unique paint could provide clean power to homes at a low cost. Full Article Technology
oge A Funny Flow Chart to Help You Choose Your Sweetener (Or Avoid One Altogether) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:33:45 -0400 If you like a little sugar in your morning (and late morning, and afternoon) coffee, but don't like the calories, there's a good chance you use one of the many artificial sweeteners on the market. But there's plenty of evidence Full Article Living
oge Lightweight prefab wood framing system goes together without nails By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 26 May 2017 12:34:15 -0400 Forget about 3D printing houses; digital fabrication using sustainable materials is a much bigger deal. Full Article Design
oge Do hydrogen powered trains make sense? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 11:33:29 -0500 They actually might in certain cases, using off-peak power at peak times. Full Article Transportation
oge Microgenerators Inside Water Pipes to Power Smart Water Sensors By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 31 May 2012 14:04:00 -0400 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. Full Article Technology
oge Nanogenerator could charge your phone from the vibration of your moving car By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 07:00:00 -0500 Just keeping your phone in your car's console during a drive could charge the battery with this novel tiny generator. Full Article Technology
oge Solar powered supercapacitor produces hydrogen fuel and electricity By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 10:31:54 -0500 The technology could lead to cheaper hydrogen cars in the future. Full Article Technology
oge Never lose that wrench again: flatpack furniture is held together with magnets By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:16:00 -0500 Dutch designer Benjamin Vermeulen solves the problem of the missing nut or screw. Full Article Design
oge Hydrogen-powered e-bike cranked up to 93 mile range By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 10:48:26 -0400 E-bikes will eat cars, and H2 bikes will eat Toyotas. Full Article Transportation
oge Could this plan force politicians to work together? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 16:10:34 -0400 This simple idea could change how governments deal with the environment. Full Article Business
oge Ex-poachers and farmers work together to protect endangered pangolins By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 14:15:18 -0400 A community effort in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains offers hope for this unique mammal. Full Article Science
oge Do LEED, WELL and FITWEL play nicely together? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 08:00:00 -0500 Perkins&Will's new Dallas office tries to do all three certification systems in one beautiful historic building. Full Article Design
oge Will Ferrell gets first BMW Hydrogen 7 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 16:39:36 -0400 BMW has built the first of their Hydrogen 7 cars for public use, and handed the first set of keys over to US funny-man, Will Ferrell. 25 of the first 100 cars will be handed out to celebrities in order to promote their hydrogen cars in a predictable PR Full Article Transportation
oge Is it time to hop on the hydrogen train? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 09:58:12 -0400 Hydrogen trains are now running in Germany. But are they really green and do they make any sense? Full Article Energy
oge How many solar panels does it take to fill up a hydrogen car? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 10:34:16 -0400 Stanford scientists figure out a way to get hydrogen out of seawater. Does this matter? Full Article Energy
oge Super-yacht is powered by liquid hydrogen. How "eco" is that? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 13:01:41 -0400 In two words: It's not. Full Article Transportation
oge Residents Band Together to Protect Maine’s Woods from Development By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 07:00:00 -0400 Picture having a massive, beautiful expanse of woods near your home. You go there to hike, fish, hunt -- just to enjoy nature. Now picture a highway running through it. Full Article Transportation
oge Maine conference brings together the "most experienced passive house minds on the planet" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 14:07:31 -0400 It's the first conference of the North American Passive House Network and it sounds like it was a lot of fun. Full Article Design
oge BPA Identified As Potential "Environmental Obesogen" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:41:19 -0400 Just when I thought it would be fine to cook with canned tomato sauce - bis-Phenol A recently having been granted toxicology probation - emerges the possibility that BPA can make you obese. Ohhh wait - not Full Article Living
oge Mideast Nations to Work Together to Fight Sandstorms By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:44:00 -0400 Though conflicts over sparse water supplies have created rifts between Turkey and its neighbors, the sandstorms they exacerbate have brought countries in the region Full Article Business
oge Can we make steel without CO2 emissions using renewable hydrogen? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 12:05:49 -0500 Yes, in theory. Doing it in practice is a whole other story. This is another example of how the hydrogen economy is a fantasy. Full Article Energy
oge UK pilot project mixes "green" hydrogen with natural gas By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Jan 2020 13:19:03 -0500 So many flavors and colors of gas these days. They are all problematic. Full Article Energy
oge Wild Progenitors of Domestic Fruit & Nut Trees in Central Asia Threatened with Extinction By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2009 11:49:00 -0400 There's a , and now trees in Central Asia have theirs as well. The Full Article Science
oge Social distancing doesn’t mean we can’t stick together By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 16:13:55 -0400 A lesson in coexistence. Full Article Living
oge Does hydrogen have a role to play in a clean-energy future? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 09:22:59 -0500 New technology might actually pull hydrogen out of the Alberta tar sands and leave the carbon behind. Full Article Energy
oge Vertical farm by Rogers Stirk Harbour wins Sustainability Award By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 15:59:36 -0400 If a vertical farm fantasy is the best unbuilt project in the UK, then sustainable design is in worse trouble than I thought. Full Article Design
oge Let's Spend the Night Together--On a "Boat" on Top of a Roof in London By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 05:15:59 -0500 It's nautical, since it overlooks the Thames River, it's architectural, and it's a winner. Full Article Design
oge Natural gas (and the hydrogen economy) is a bridge to nowhere By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 09:19:55 -0500 Everybody is hopping on the hydrogen train, but it's being driven by natural gas. Full Article Business
oge Kroger phasing out single-use plastic bags By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 06:56:23 -0400 All 2,800 stores will go paper or reusable bag only... eventually. Full Article Science
oge Kroger to create and adopt a no-deforestation policy By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 09 May 2019 08:08:06 -0400 The largest grocery chain in the US will develop and implement a new plan to improve its protection of tropical forests. Full Article Business
oge RIP Roger Taillibert, architect of the Big O By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 06:45:01 -0400 People have complained about his building since they started pouring the concrete. Full Article Design
oge The benefits of grouping houseplants together By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 12:15:35 -0400 Strategically clustering indoor plants in a group is a great idea, here's why and how to do it. Full Article Living
oge International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples: How forests bring us together By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Aug 2018 07:53:31 -0400 The United Nations established the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples in 1994 – the day is observed every year on August 9. Full Article Business