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SolarAid is celebrating a major milestone: Its millionth solar light in Africa.
This not only means that over six million people are now benefitting from free renewable power, it sets the foundations for an emerging solar market that will provide access...
El Hierro is the smallest of Spain's Canary Islands and is showcasing the possibilities of renewing energy by putting them on display. El Hierro is set to become the first landmass in the world that is fully energy self-sufficient when...
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has released its ranking of the top 10 countries for LEED outside of the United States – demonstrating the global reach of the movement that is transforming the built environment into healthy, high-performing structures...
Next time you book a flight, consider this: Do you want to fly with a fuel-efficient airline, or a fuel-inefficient airline?
A new report demonstrating a 26 per cent gap between the most and least fuel-efficient airlines serving America’s domestic market...
Previous studies have confirmed that for some time now that chemicals in sewage and waste water have been disrupting the endocrine hormones in fish and are affecting the sexual development in them. However, new research indicated that these chemicals and...
As in previous years, the Dutch solar market has grown significantly in 2013. During the past year more than 100,000 solar panels were installed on new roofs, bringing the total number close to 200,000.
This means that the total power of...
France is one of the most nuclear power dependent countries in the world; however it looks like times are changing. The French government is looking to steer their country away from nuclear dependency and encourage a focus on alternative energy...
A ravenous consumer of electricity, Google is busy finding ways to provide cleaner clicks.
And its efforts have not gone unnoticed, as the search engine giant was recognized in Greenpeace’s ‘How Companies Are Creating the Green Internet’ report earlier this month.
Google...
To celebrate International Earth Day this week, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and its Committee on the Environment (COTE) selected their top 10 examples of sustainable architecture and ecological design projects that protect and enhance the environment.
The program celebrates...
A new study finds that the maximum water levels in New York harbor during storms have raised about two and a half feet since the mid-1800's. This makes the chances of storm surge overtaking the Manhattan seawall over twenty times...
Ikea is demonstrating that big businesses that refuse to make changes to benefit the planet are a load of all balls – meatballs, to be precise.
We all know that eating less meat is key to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, so...
What do you get when you combine narcotics and deforestation? Destruction and the newly coined term narco-deforestation. This newly coined termed is being used to describe the destruction of sensitive forest ecosystems in Central and South America and is being...