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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: Apr 30, 2008
- Length: 01:32
What do Jackson Shaw, Ellen Mackey and Eric and Juowie Lin have in common?
- Added: Mar 27, 2008
- Length: 01:32
What's better than a glass of cold milk? How about a glass of cold organic milk from a biodegradable bottle.
- Added: Mar 26, 2008
- Length: 01:25
So how much did you pay for that last electron? Probably a lot more than you think if you add in the environmental cost to make electricity.
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- Added: Feb 28, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
How many environmentalists does it take to screw in a passive light bulb? None! And that's the beauty of it.
Bought by WYOU
- Added: Feb 28, 2008
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
You don't have to an eco-activist to switch to solar power anymore. Just a savvy consumer.
Bought by WYOU
- Added: Feb 28, 2008
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
With wind turbines popping up all over the world, wind power is quickly becoming one of today's most popular renewable energy sources. But what hap...
Bought by WYOU
- Added: Feb 28, 2008
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
Until now, fuel economy estimates on new vehicle stickers were about as believable as a used car salesmen. But all that's changing starting in 2008.
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- Added: Feb 28, 2008
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
British scientists recently had this suggestion about the European Union's target of having ten percent of gas and diesel come from renewable resou...
- Added: Jan 27, 2008
- Length: 01:30
Surfing's been around a long time. And from Gidget, to the sport of Hawaiian kings; some two million "surfer dudes and dudettes" hit beaches worldw...
- Added: Jan 27, 2008
- Length: 01:32
How can we get more energy from our most abundant, clean, renewable resource? By concentrating.
- Added: Jan 27, 2008
- Length: 01:32
Today, hundreds of millions of people carry pocket-sized cell phones. There are more than 213 million in use in the United States, and each year, a...
- Added: Jan 27, 2008
- Length: 01:29
"Waste not, want not" is how the old saying goes. And if you're in the market for a new home, you might want to take it to heart.
- Added: Jan 27, 2008
- Length: 01:32
Waverly, Iowa became the first in the Midwest to own and operate its own wind generation facilities.
Bought by KUAC
- Added: Dec 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
Fill 'er up with: Algae 100 - you know, the gas that's made from those golden brown or green plants growing along our coasts...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Nov 19, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
Viruses don't win many popularity contests. But a virus is helping wildlife biologists protect one of nature's fiercest and most elegant animals.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Nov 19, 2007
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Desalination may not be the best solution for providing water.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Nov 13, 2007
- Length: 01:31
- Purchases: 1
Old tires. Mountains of rubber. What's happening with them these days?
Bought by KUAC
- Added: Sep 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
Mother Nature doesn't fly a crop-duster -- she doesn't need to. A research team at the University of Warwick, England, recently discovered a natura...
- Added: Sep 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 2
There's a bounty on carbon dioxide molecules these days. And for good reason. Too much C02 can create global trouble by trapping heat in our planet...
- Added: Sep 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 2
I don't know if Santa Claus ever collected seeds, but one of his neighbors sure does...
- Added: Sep 25, 2007
- Length: 01:21
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Sep 03, 2007
- Length: 15:00
- Purchases: 1
Batman step aside! You're no match for these polluting villains. Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, make the Riddler look like a saint.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Aug 27, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
So, what's so great about fossil fuels, anyway? Well the truth is, they burn easily, so they're handy for powering internal combustion engines or e...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Aug 27, 2007
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
As oil and gas prices soar, ethanol and biodiesel get more attention as alternatives.
- Added: Apr 16, 2007
- Length: 01:32
