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Donnachadh McCarthy: Wheelie bins are a design blight on our towns

"Thirteen" I muttered. "What did you say?" asked my mate, who had accompanied me by bicycle to Peckham farmers' market on Sunday for my weekly shop. I replied that I had just added up in my head the number of bags I'd saved by going to the farmers' market instead of the supermarket.

Stuart Orr of the World Wildlife Fund on Britain's water consumption

Stuart Orr of the World Wildlife Fund explains a new report that shows each Briton uses 4,645 litres a day when hidden factors are included

Water scarcity will only be tackled if we change the way we eat

Tom MacMillan: Goldman Sachs says water is the next oil and has bullish investment trends to prove it. For the rest of us a water boom spells trouble

A New Fuel Saving Device Can Change the Way We Use Fuel Driving Our Car

Using the momentum of your car will reduce your fuel consumption; The U.S. Patent Office issued a Patent for Moment-O-Meter (PRWeb Aug 20, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Fuel_Efficient_Car/Save_Gas/prweb1222674.htm

Bound to be Green: New Cream City Ribbon Premium Ribbon Kits Add Eco-Savvy Flair

New Premium Ribbon Kit from Cream City Ribbon is just $49.99. The kit features 20 spools of the hottest colors and patterns. The ribbon is eco-friendly, made in the U.S.A. by a woman-owned business and five percent of proceeds benefit the Urban Ecology Center. (PRWeb Aug 20, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008...

Mitsubishi Builds SlurryCarb? Demonstration Facility in Kusatsu, Japan

EnerTech Environmental, Inc. announced today that its sub-licensee in Japan, Mitsubishi Kakoki Kaisha Ltd. (MKK) has completed a 4 ton-per-day "MegaFuel Sewer Sludge Treatment Process" demonstration facility in Kusatsu city, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The facility, which employs EnerTech's proprietary SlurryCarb™ process, has been in operation sin...

Birds 'off the pace' with warming

French birds are moving northwards in response to climate change, but not fast enough, a study suggests.

Call to tackle UK business waste

The government should do more to curb waste using tax as an incentive, a House of Lords committee has said.

eBay insect fossil is new species

A scientist who bought a fossilised insect on the web auction site eBay finds that it belongs to a new species.

A New Fuel Saving Device Can Change the Way We Use Fuel Driving Our Car

Using the momentum of your car will reduce your fuel consumption; The U.S. Patent Office issued a Patent for Moment-O-Meter (PRWEB Aug 20, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.emediawire.com/releases/Fuel_Efficient_Car/Save_Gas/prweb1222674.htm

Bound to be Green: New Cream City Ribbon Premium Ribbon Kits Add Eco-Savvy Flair

New Premium Ribbon Kit from Cream City Ribbon is just $49.99. The kit features 20 spools of the hottest colors and patterns. The ribbon is eco-friendly, made in the U.S.A. by a woman-owned business and five percent of proceeds benefit the Urban Ecology Center. (PRWEB Aug 20, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.emediaw...

Mitsubishi Builds SlurryCarb? Demonstration Facility in Kusatsu, Japan

EnerTech Environmental, Inc. announced today that its sub-licensee in Japan, Mitsubishi Kakoki Kaisha Ltd. (MKK) has completed a 4 ton-per-day "MegaFuel Sewer Sludge Treatment Process" demonstration facility in Kusatsu city, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The facility, which employs EnerTech's proprietary SlurryCarb™ process, has been in operation sin...

Looming water crisis simply a management problem

There's plenty to go round, so why is the world facing a water crisis, asks

Google buries $10m in underground power

The company is backing a technology that uses heat from underground rocks to generate green electricity

Ferocious California fires kill off aliens

Deliberately burning shrubland to prevent the next big blaze could harm diversity of native species, according to a study

Town Lake - Lady Bird Lake Posted By : Dane Smith

One of Austin's most popular attractions is Town Lake and its surrounding parklands. This article looks at Austin's popular Town Lake.

How Is Recycled Paper Made? Posted By : Linda Cress Dowdy

With the rising cost of gas getting so much attention we are beginning to take a more serious look at our environment. Everyone has heard the term recycled paper but how many of us really know what that means? Here is a brief explanation of how recycled paper is made.

Get Greener: Diminish Your Carbon Footprints Posted By : Ace Smith

The scale of the effect that human activities bear on the atmosphere in terms of the extent of greenhouse gases formed, deliberated in entities of carbon dioxide is called a carbon footprint.

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