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Nissan awards Eaton "Global Innovation Award" for TVS supercharger in 1.2L DIG-S engine 24 Jul 2012 | 10:33 pm
Eaton Corporation has received one of Nissan Motor Co.’s “Global Innovation Award” for the Eaton TVS (Twin Vortices Series) supercharger used in the downsized DIG-S engine in the Micra. (Earlier post....
2013 Ford C-MAX Energi is the Most Affordable Plug-in Hybrid Available in America 24 Jul 2012 | 10:30 pm
Ford has just announced that the all-new 2013 C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid is now America’s most affordable plug-in hybrid. Ford's first production plug-in hybrid, the C-MAX Energi is officially priced...
Kinzie Street crash story: Report them all 24 Jul 2012 | 10:29 pm
Last Tuesday a friend of mine called me around 6 PM to describe that he had just witnessed a cyclist get involved in a collision with an automobile at Canal Street and Kinzie Street. From my friend’s ...
EPA Provides $950,000 to Improve Water Quality Using Green Infrastructure in 17 Communities; $50,000... 24 Jul 2012 | 10:19 pm
(ATLANTA – July 24, 2012) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is providing $950,000 to help 17 communities expand green infrastructure use to improve water quality and pro...
Beat The Heat: Toronto's YWCA Elm Centre Keeps Cool With Careful Design 24 Jul 2012 | 10:18 pm
Ground source heat pumps help keep it comfortable without conventional air conditioning
Anish Kapoor's Recycled Steel ArcelorMittal Orbit Tower Provides Views of London's Olympic Park 24 Jul 2012 | 10:16 pm
Read the rest of Anish Kapoor's Recycled Steel ArcelorMittal Orbit Tower Provides Views of London's Olympic Park Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", 2012 Lon...
Brazil Set To Build The World's First Algae-Based Biofuel Plant 24 Jul 2012 | 10:06 pm
Algae Photo from Shutterstock Brazil is set to build the world's first algae-based biofuel plant, which could convert seaweed into as much as 1.2 million liters of fuel each year. Located in the nort...
Green Blog: Snapshots in Time: The Dynamics of Trees 24 Jul 2012 | 10:02 pm
Since many processes in forest ecology take a long time, scientists studying changes in plant communities often turn to the use of chronosequences, or sets of sites that share similar attributes but a...
First U.S. Tidal Power Project Launches in Maine 24 Jul 2012 | 10:01 pm
Nathanael Greene, Director of Renewable Energy Policy, New York City The ocean is a tremendous bank of energy. Covering more than two-thirds of our planet, the amount of energy embodied in the ocean’...
'No sign' of Amelia Earhart wreck 24 Jul 2012 | 09:58 pm
An expedition to find out what happened to celebrated US woman pilot Amelia Earhart is returning to Hawaii without the evidence it was looking for.
