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The Department of Defense wants to put out fires by yelling at them
Much to pundits’ disappointment, you can’t solve most environmental ills just by yelling at them. But, as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has discovered, it does work for one thing: fires. DARPA’s “Instant Fire Suppression” program uses sound to put out flames — and it doesn’t even need to be that loud.
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This tiny electric car folds up for easy parking
The all-electric Fold is normally eight feet long, already smaller than a SmartCar. But it folds up to a mere five feet long for parking, about the size of a shopping cart.
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Apple caves, adds products back into environmental registry
Oddly, the speculated changes to the new MacBook Pro didn't keep the new design from receiving a "gold" rating.
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Global cleantech investment picks itself up off the floor
After a bruising first quarter of 2012, investment globally climbs -- thanks in large part to a spike in China.
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As water dries up, so do crops. Get used to it.
The link between reduced agricultural irrigation and reduced crop yields is becoming increasingly apparent -- and for a more populous world, an increasing problem.
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For the first time, America produces as much electricity from natural gas as from coal
And, remarkably, the U.S. produced more electricity from non-fossil fuels than from either natural gas or coal.
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We’re fighting the wrong fights over energy subsidies
Clean energy subsidies are really very small in the grand scheme of things, says Michael Liebreich of Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Consider that we're spending $83 billion a year just to patrol the Straits of Hormuz.
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How environmentalists win
Bashing corporations isn't getting us anywhere. Major environmental reforms won't be achieved without corporate support.
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I Am Not a Virgin makes cute clothes out of beer bottles and yogurt cups
These are maybe the most attractive “green” clothes we have ever seen: They’re trendy, they make your ass look good (or at least they make her ass look good), and they’re made in part from recycled glass bottles.
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Seaweed toothpaste can kill bad plaque bacteria
Researchers in England were studying seaweed enzymes to see if they could clean bacteria off the hulls of ships, when they were suddenly struck by inspiration. We imagine it went something like this: Bob: Dick, your breath stinks! Dick: Sorry. Bob: It smells like the hull of a ship that’s been out to sea too […]