Energy
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Arsenic in Organic Brown Rice Syrup. Who's to Blame?
Green Talk &bull 4 Hours Ago
A recent Dartmouth study revealed certain products containing organic brown rice syrup as a major ingredient contained high levels of cancer causing inorganic arsenic. The products tested were toddler formula, cereal bars, and high performance energy products. Despite this recent study, inorganic arsenic in rice is not a new subject. Past studies reported similar findings. Yet,… Full Story »
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Arsenic in Organic Brown Rice Syrup. Whose to Blame?
Green Talk &bull 4 Hours Ago
A recent Dartmouth study revealed certain products containing organic brown rice syrup as a major ingredient contained high levels of cancer causing inorganic arsenic. The products tested were toddler formula, cereal bars, and high performance energy products. Despite this recent study, inorganic arsenic in rice is not a new subject. Past studies reported similar findings. Yet,… Full Story »
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Phoenix Sky Harbor airport dedicates new solar system
Plenty Magazine - Environmental News and Commentary &bull 4 Hours Ago
The 5.4-megawatt system will reduce energy expenses by nearly $5 million over 20 years. Full Story »
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Wireless solar charger keep e-buses rolling
Plenty Magazine - Environmental News and Commentary &bull 5 Hours Ago
Proposed bus stop would gather solar energy, convert it to electricity and then transfer this to electric buses, allowing them to always be charged. Full Story »
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5 Homemade Energy Bars And Snacks
Plenty Magazine - Environmental News and Commentary &bull Yesterday
We live in a grab and go culture, and one of the surest paths to empty calories is to run into a convenience store or hit the drive-thru. Why not make goodies at home for the road? Here are 5… Full Story »
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5 Ways to Become More in Tune with Your Energy
MindBodyGreen &bull Yesterday
Have you ever been in the situation where you're in a room and then someone walks in and you can palpably feel the energy shift? Have you ever left the presence of someone and either felt elated and high or in other cases, drained and low? Have you ever felt a shift… Full Story »
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America's only rare earth metals mine gears up
SmartPlanet News &bull Yesterday
Molycorp has begun a sequential start-up of its $895 million rare earth manufacturing facility - a milestone in a long, capital-intensive plan to restart the Mountain Pass mine in California and wrest market control away from China. Why does this matter? Rare earth metals are used in just about every modern-day and cleantech device including hybrid cars,… Full Story »
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Fixing an old barn roof
Modern Homesteading &bull Yesterday
It took a while to save enough money to get the barn roof repaired, but it seemed to take even longer in our search to find someone who was experienced and confident enough to take on a 2 story roof… Full Story »
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20 Foods to Help You Sleep Better
Ecosalon &bull Yesterday
Few things are more frustrating than desperately wanting to sleep, but tossing and turning instead. When you know you've got to get up early and then somehow make it through a grueling day, you might be tempted to turn to sleeping pills for a good night's rest. But you may not realize that your refrigerator contains a powerful variety of foods that can help you sleep better. Tart cherries boost the body's supply of melatonin, and they're packed with antioxidants and phytonutrients. Tryptophan, the same… Full Story »
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Paper Cuts: New material could slash CO2, energy of paper production
SmartPlanet News &bull Yesterday
The industrial processes that produce modern economic staples such as steel, cement and paper have an enormous environmental impact, including huge carbon emissions. We've tracked a few innovations in steel and cement here at SmartPlanet (and will continue to do… Full Story »
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Energy independence, or impending oil shocks?
SmartPlanet News &bull Yesterday
Gasoline is back over $4 a gallon here in California and U.S. crude is holding firm over $100 a barrel, even though domestic demand is off more than 8 percent from the 2005 peak on an annual basis, and a whopping 16 percent on a monthly peak-to-trough basis. And that can only mean one thing: We're entering the silly season in oil punditry. A deluge of recent articles have asserted that the U.S. is on its way to energy independence thanks to the miracle of shale oil, or "tight oil." Shale oil is actual crude oil produced from tight shale… Full Story »
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Chattanooga airport now powered by solar energy
SmartPlanet News &bull Yesterday
So the Chattanooga Metropolitan Authority decided to try and make the Chattanooga Airport a little greener. They enlisted Atlanta-based Inman Solar to carry out the installation of a 4.5-acre solar farm to help power the airport. The project uses high-efficiency… Full Story »
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- Emissions
- Energy
- Solar Power
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San Francisco's truly green greenhouse
Plenty Magazine - Environmental News and Commentary &bull Yesterday
Net-zero energy builder ZETA Communities builds a super green nursery, the Seed & Plant Lab, for the Presidio Stewardship Center. Full Story »
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A to ZETA
Plenty Magazine - Environmental News and Commentary &bull Yesterday
Never seen a net-zero energy, prefabricated multifamily home be installed? Today's your lucky day. Full Story »
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Let Your Pain Be Your Teacher
MindBodyGreen &bull Feb 21, 2012
Do you secretly wish that your life was better, different somehow? Do you experience hardships, emotional pain, challenges or obstacles that limit you? Do you dream of the day that everything will change - the day you will have kicked… Full Story »
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Feeling Lazy? 5 Ways to Increase Productivity
MindBodyGreen &bull Feb 21, 2012
If you're anything like me, you probably beat yourself up whenever you're not as productive as you think you should be on any given day. I have a habit of falling into a funk whenever I don't get things done or whenever I feel like I wasted my day… Full Story »
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Preserving Food Through Winter With a Homemade Root Pit
Mother Earth News Latest 10 Articles &bull Feb 21, 2012
I would like to pass this tip on before I forget it and it might be lost forever. I asked my dad how they kept their vegetables through the winter. He told me that they would dig a big hole… Full Story »
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Aquion Energy scales up edible battery tech with new factory
SmartPlanet News &bull Feb 21, 2012
Aquion Energy, the energy storage startup that makes cheap grid batteries out of sodium and water, will locate its first factory in a former Sony plant in southwestern Pennsylvania. Aquion said in an announcement today the factory will begin manufacturing its sodium-ion batteries and… Full Story »
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Computing with a Side of Green
Gaiam Experts Blog &bull Feb 21, 2012By now, most greenies know that computers and their accessories are some of the biggest energy hogs in the home - and that improperly recycled electronics can easily end up in toxic dumps in developing countries. Plug your computer and… Full Story »
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Amazing Grass USDA Organic Green SuperFood: a tried and true review
The Alternative Consumer &bull Feb 21, 2012
Amazing Grass is a company focused on providing certified organic whole food based on grass - real 100% organic, whole leaf wheat grass, one of the most potent leafy greens available. They combine wheat grass with Barley grass and Alfalfa… Full Story »
