Energy Star sets tough new low power requirements for TVs
When it comes to selecting a TV power consumption may not be something you look for in a new set. Large screen LCD TV power use is significantly better than the equivalent Plasma […]
View ArticleApple quits Chamber of Commerce over greenhouse gas emissions policy
A company with a logo and corporate name as environmental as Apple’s is sure to be green friendly… an Apple is, their occasional public relation battles with Greenpeace aside. Oh, sure, they’re a […]
View ArticleIntel gets top EPA ranking for using 2.5 billion kWh of green power
If Intel’s second-generation Sandy Bridge processors weren’t enticing enough for your next PC, the chip giant has given you another reason to purchase its hardware instead of the competition’s. The...
View ArticleFukushima radiation has reached California, but it’s really nothing to worry...
A new study show Fukushima is having zero real effect on American shores -- so why is the internet so upset about it?
View ArticleUS government funding creation of miniature human organs on plastic chips
Researchers at several institutions are working tirelessly to build organs with funding from US government agencies, but not the kind of organs you’re equipped with. These would be organs on a chip,...
View ArticleVolkswagen to recall 500,000 US vehicles because it used software to cheat on...
German automaker Volkswagen has run afoul of US environmental regulators, and it could cost the company big. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a notice to Volkswagen that it broke...
View ArticleVolkswagen’s gasoline vehicles may also have cheated emissions tests
Volkswagen has made some very poor choices in recent years, and it’s only now that we’re finding out the scale of the blunder. After admitting that its diesel vehicles were using a “defeat […]
View ArticleLeaked Federal Climate Change Report Contradicts Trump Administration
The New York Times on Monday published a leaked copy of the draft 2018 National Climate Assessment—currently awaiting presidential approval. The 600-page report, compiled by scientists from 13 federal...
View ArticleTrump’s EPA Lowers Standards for Radiation Exposure
Former Oklahoma Attorney General, notable enemy of the environment, and feverish climate change denier Scott Pruitt seems to be making it his goal to make you and everything else alive on earth a […]...
View ArticleLab-Grown Mosquitoes Get EPA Okay
Mosquitos are kinda the bane of human existence. Even more so than other people, mosquitos have been responsible for more dead people than any other species on earth. So, naturally, scientists have...
View ArticleEPA to Roll Back Obama’s Auto Fuel Efficiency, Emissions Rules
The Environmental Protection Agency will overturn Obama-era requirements to boost fuel efficiency and cut greenhouse gases from passenger cars. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt on Monday confirmed that...
View ArticlePhotos Take You Inside Sex Bot Manufacturing
Humanoid robots are creepy enough clad (often scantily) in clothes and wigs. Just imagine what they look like on the factory assembly line. European Pressphoto Agency (EPA) photographer Aleksandar...
View ArticleAir Pollution Deaths in the US Nearly Halved Between 1990 and 2010, Study Finds
Well, we can all breathe a little bit easier. A new study conducted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that deaths related to air pollution were nearly halved between 1990 […] The...
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