Archive for ‘environment’
California cows start passing gas to the grid
March 4th, 2008
Imagine a vat of liquid cow manure covering the area of five football fields and 33 feet deep. Meet California’s most alternative new energy.
Popularity: 10%
Price Of Pizza Ingredients Heating Up
March 4th, 2008
People in Chicago love their pizza. But these days, it’s costing more and more to make that pie.
Popularity: 10%
Activate computers to save power, says Microsoft CEO
March 3rd, 2008
Computers can be activated to save electricity, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer told reporters Monday in Germany on the eve of the CeBIT computing trade fair.
Popularity: 9%
Eco Terror Group Signs Found Near Home Fires
March 3rd, 2008
Fires burned four multimillion-dollar show homes in a suburb north of Seattle Monday, and authorities found a spray-painted sign purportedly left by a radical environmental group at the scene.
Popularity: 5%
China environment agency gets more power
February 29th, 2008
China’s government is boosting the authority of its environmental watchdog agency in an attempt to rein in the rampant pollution that has become a byproduct of the nation’s rapid economic growth.
Popularity: 3%
Biofuels Suck!
February 28th, 2008
Biofuels took a beating when several new studies came out and we survey to stupidest resort ideas ever.
Popularity: 4%
Glow in the Dark Cats
February 21st, 2008
Exxon posts sets a new record for profits in 2007, the Water Cube embraces the idea of bubbles, and scientists clone cats that glow in the dark.
Popularity: 4%
As South American rivers dry up, miners tap ocean
February 21st, 2008
Vast mines in Peru and Chile that supply the world with crucial metals have started to pump water from the Pacific Ocean high into the Andes Mountains because of chronic water shortages exacerbated by climate change.
Popularity: 3%
Obama,Clinton top McCain on environment votes-report
February 21st, 2008
All three top presidential contenders tout their environmental credentials, but Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton cast far more “green” votes in Congress than John McCain, a conservation group reported Thursday.
Popularity: 3%
Cape May Council Votes On Feral Cat Ordinace
February 19th, 2008
The Cape May City Council is voting on a feral cat ordinance because they believe these wild cats are killing native birds.
Popularity: 3%
World switches on to Earth Hour switch-off
February 19th, 2008
As many as 30 million people are tipped to switch off lights and televisions around the world to help fight climate change with 24 cities joining Earth Hour on March 29, environment group WWF said on Wednesday.
Popularity: 2%
Environmentalists Lobby In Annapolis
February 18th, 2008
The Chesapeake Bay may be in serious trouble but environmentalists think politics is catching up with public concern.
Popularity: 3%
Southern Ocean rise due to warming, not ice melts
February 17th, 2008
Rises in the sea level around Antarctica in the past decade are almost entirely due a warming ocean, not ice melting, an Australian scientist leading a major international research programme said.
Popularity: 3%
Valentine’s Day Special
February 14th, 2008
Valentines Day Special: from the tame to the tawdry, we’ll cover it all. ZapRoot, helping you go green.
Popularity: 4%
How To Make Your Valentine’s Flowers Last Longer
February 14th, 2008
CBS4′S Marybel Rodriguez takes us inside a South Florida flower shop, very busy this Valentine’s Day with tips on how to make those lovely flowers last longer.
Popularity: 2%
