Aug 05 2011

Texas Town to Recycle Urine

Tag: Drought,NASA,Recycling,Space Station,Waste — Irene Klotz @ 11:52 am
The drought-stricken town is taking a page from NASA, which developed a urine recycling program for astronauts.

Aug 05 2011

Texas Town to Recycle Urine

Tag: Drought,NASA,Recycling,Space Station,Waste — Irene Klotz @ 11:52 am
The drought-stricken town is taking a page from NASA, which developed a urine recycling program for astronauts.

Jul 25 2011

How To Eat Well And Save The Planet Too

Tag: Animals,Carbon Emissions,Carbon Footprint,Carnivores,Chickens,Climate Change,Consumption,Cooking,Dairy,Eggs,Environment,Famine,Farm,Fish,Global Warming,Organic,Pesticides,Pigs,Plants,Vegetables,Waste — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 6:58 pm
Pork, farm-raised salmon, chicken and turkey are all on a par when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, but pigs are in a category of their own when it comes to environmental impact.

Jul 12 2011

Cities Can Be Carbon Sinks Too

Tag: Birds,Building,Cars,Exhaust and Emissions,Forests,Golf,Green,Islands,Parks,Rivers,Scientists,Shrubs,Storage,Trees,Video,Waste — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 4:14 pm
Cities can be of surprising help in soaking up carbon pollution.

Jun 23 2011

Tech Turns Junk Plastics into Diesel

Tag: Alternative Fuels,EPA,Petroleum,Plastic,Polymers,Recycling,Waste — Eric Niiler @ 7:46 pm
Billions of tons of "end-of-life" plastics could be diverted from landfills and turned into gas for vehicles.

Jun 16 2011

Biodegradable Products Damage Environment, Too

Tag: Biodegradable,Composting,Earth,Environment,EPA,Global Warming,Materials,Recycling,Waste — Emily Sohn @ 11:00 am
Before you buy something that's biodegradable, take a look at how your community deals with trash.

Jun 14 2011

Curb Soot and Smog to Keep Earth Cool, Says UN

Tag: Africa,Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing,Animals,Arctic Regions,Asia,Cars,Climate,Climate Change,Coal,Cooking,Death and Dying,Earth,Environment,Exhaust and Emissions,Fossil Fuels,Glaciers,Global Warming,Heat Waves,Heating,Lung Cancer,NASA,Organic,Parks and Forests,Particles,Pigs,Rice and Grains,Science,Scientists,The Sun,Vehicles,Video,Waste — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 1:21 pm
Sharply reducing emissions of soot and smog could play a critical role in preventing Earth from overheating.

May 11 2011

Lake Slime Loaded With Pollutants

Tag: Environment,Fish,Lakes,Pesticides,Streams,Waste — Emily Sohn @ 12:00 pm
Chemicals end up in slime at the bottom of streams and lakes that fish feed on.

Mar 24 2011

Everglades Islands Made of Prehistoric Trash Heaps

Tag: Animals,Archaeologist,Archaeology,Biomes,Earth,Environment,Fish,Islands,Trees,Waste — Emily Sohn @ 1:01 pm
By piling mounds of fish remains, turtle bones and other waste, ancient people helped create the Everglades.

Mar 23 2011

Slip a Banana Peel in Your Drink For Purity

Tag: Fruit,Fruits and Vegetables,Waste,Water — Emily Sohn @ 11:00 am
Don't just throw that banana peel away. It could be a cheap new way to detect heavy metal contamination in drinking water.
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