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Last year, the wind industry reached an important milestone in the United States.
- Added: Mar 28, 2007
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It started in 1872 on the barren plains of Nebraska...It's Arbor Day!
- Added: Mar 28, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Ever wondered if your city is a "Tree City?"
- Added: Mar 28, 2007
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The compact fluorescent light is way more efficient at converting electricity to light than the incandescent bulb.
- Added: Mar 28, 2007
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National Arbor Day, celebrated in late April, is a good day to consider the benefits of trees.
- Added: Mar 28, 2007
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Benjamin Franklin said 'nothing is certain except death and taxes.' Well, today you can at least reduce your taxes...
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
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Lighting accounts for about a quarter of all the electricity that's consumed in the United States. Here are some ways to lighten the energy load...
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
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On average, each of us scarfs up about 140 pounds of this delectable tuber a year. It's a $2 billion industry, but just a fraction of the potatoes ...
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
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Next time you travel, forget renting that gas-guzzler. A few rental car companies are offering hybrids and cars that run on biodiesel.
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
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Who's afraid of the big, bad wolf? Certainly not wildlife lovers in eastern Germany...
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
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They sighted him wandering through the Bavarian Alps, and the German media named him "Petzi" -- the first brown bear known to roam through super-po...
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
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Organic food is becoming trendy, and you?ll be seeing more of it at your supermarket, it?ll probably be cheaper to.
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
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Well, today, the inventive folks at Adobe Systems are putting their clever minds to work for the environment.
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
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You might say carbofuran is an equal-opportunity killer. It takes out Eagles, Red-tailed Hawks, and migratory song-birds of all types.
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
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The Ashtabula River in Ohio flows into Lake Erie, one of the four Great Lakes.
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
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Ireland is poor in fossil fuel resources, and nearly 90 percent of its total energy needs are met by imported fuels. But the country is rich in win...
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
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A Hawaiian voyaging canoe is now sailing around the world for the first time as part of a movement to create a more sustainable world. When the ic...
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- Added: Jan 31, 2007
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A study in the journal Nature found that up to 90 percent of the larger specimens of these species have disappeared from the world's oceans.
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- Added: Jan 12, 2007
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The EPA says that the average home produces more greenhouse gases than the average car.
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- Added: Jan 12, 2007
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Amphibians have existed for 300 million years. But in recent decades, 168 species are believed to have gone extinct, and almost 2,500 others are di...
- Added: Jan 12, 2007
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Colleges and universities are jumping on the green building bandwagon.
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- Added: Jan 12, 2007
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Americans use a lot of water. In fact, the average American uses more than 100 gallons every day.
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- Added: Jan 12, 2007
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Ken Dunn transforms unused urban land into productive gardens.
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- Added: Jan 12, 2007
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Filipinos are aiming to improve the quality of the air they breathe by planting trees on the country's roadways.
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- Added: Jan 12, 2007
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Trading carbon credits, or "cap and trade," is a promising free-market solution.
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- Added: Jan 12, 2007
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