Tag: Living on Earth
Smart grid powers energy efficiency
President Obama announces $3.4 billion dollars worth of stimulus money to roll out the American smart grid. ...
An inside track on electric cars
How American automakers are staying competitive with electric vehicles, and what car companies in other countries are bringing to the market....
A farm in a pickup truck
Two documentary filmmakers plant vegetables in the back of a pickup truck to show that food can be grown just about anywhere....
Lao rice farmers move from subsistence to cash crops
Scientists working with Lao farmers to increase profitable harvests by finding higher yielding varieties of sticky rice....
Fossil fuel subsidies and climate change
At the G20, President Obama said he would phase out fossil fuel subsidies as a way to combat climate change....
Obstacles stand in the way of new climate treaty
With less than three months to iron out a new treaty to replace the Kyoto protocol, world leaders face tough obstacles....
Van Jones' resignation and the green agenda
The president’s green jobs czar, Van Jones, quit his post after attacks by conservatives -- what this signals for the green energy agenda....
The link between smoking and darker skin
New research says just how addictive smoking is for you depends on the color of your skin, and reveals the link between nicotine and melanin....
Giant mass of plastic threatens marine life in Pacific
Scientists want to clean up region of the Pacific known as the Plastic Vortex where soupy mass of plastic debris cover an area twice the size of Texas....
Occupational safety reform
A new appointment could bring reform to the widely criticized Occupational Safety and Health Administration....
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