Archive: Jun 2012
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Japan turns reactors back on — but bulks up on solar
Two big announcements offer a mixed picture of how the nation plans to meet its energy needs.
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What farms can do for cities: A chat with author Sarah Rich
The author talks about her new book, Urban Farms, the difference between a farm and a garden, and how city farmers are moving beyond the trend factor.
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Rio-ality check: Can the Earth Summit be saved?
With just days to go before world leaders arrive in Rio, international talks are sliding toward the lowest common denominator. But maybe that’s not such a bad thing.
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Isabella Rossellini knows more about bees than you do
We don't really know how or if we can save the bees, but that doesn't mean the actress won't do her best to try.
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Sea sick: Another virus crashes Canada’s salmon farms
Viruses that devastate fish farms, like the one that broke out last month in British Columbia, could have serious implications for wild salmon populations.
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Good news: The EPA isn’t watching you with drones
But surely they're up to no good somehow, probably. Stay tuned to Fox News to learn how.
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Bears can count
North American black bears have the largest relative brain size of all carnivores, and apparently they are capable of using that brain power to count. Scientists tested three bears on their ability to look at groups of dots and identify whether one group had fewer or more dots than another. (Two bears were looking for […]
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1.21 Gigawatts!
New Local Solar Policy, Not DeLorean, Moving U.S. to Cleaner Future In the past five years, a new U.S. renewable energy policy has quietly grown more popular, enabling enough solar power (1.21 gigawatts!) to send Michael J. Fox “Back to the Future.” CLEAN programs – Clean Local Energy Accessible Now – have been adopted in […]
