News tagged with green products

UCLA Law report urges California to take action to protect public from toxic consumer products

(Medical Xpress) -- More than 2,000 chemicals are used in consumer or commercial products such as toys, clothing and electronics; many are now also in the bodies of men, women and children.

Medicine & Health / Health

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UN warns 25 pct of world land highly degraded

(AP) -- The United Nations has completed the first-ever global assessment of the state of the planet's land resources, finding in a report Monday that a quarter of all land is highly degraded and warning the trend must be ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Wind energy creating a problem with military and weather radar

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the push for creating green energy, giant windmill farms are becoming more and more common for electricity production. However, the National Weather Service and the United States Air ...

Technology / Engineering

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Swiss parliament approves nuclear plant phase out

The Swiss parliament's upper house on Wednesday approved plans to phase out the country's nuclear plants over the next two decades in the wake of the Fukushima disaster in Japan.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

'Synthetic biology' could replace oil for chemical industry

Vats of blue-green algae could one day replace oil wells in producing raw materials for the chemical industry, a UC Davis chemist predicts.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

BMW to power Leipzig factory by wind energy

German auto giant BMW plans to build four wind turbines to power a factory with enough electricity to assemble hundreds of vehicles a day, auto newspaper Automobilwoche will report on Monday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 37

Deutsche Bahn, RWE sign renewable electric contract

German national railway Deutsche Bahn (DB) and power company RWE signed on Monday a 15-year hydro-electric supply contract worth 1.3 billion euros ($1.9 billion).

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Jamaica bans sale of citrus plants to control pest

(AP) -- Jamaica has shuttered all citrus nurseries across the tropical country to try and check an invasive pest that carries a fast-spreading bacteria capable of devastating its $43 million commercial industry, officials ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fungi reduce need for fertilizer in agriculture

The next agricultural revolution may be sparked by fungi, helping to greatly increase food-production for the growing needs of the planet without the need for massive amounts of fertilizers according to research presented ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Renewables could bring job boon to Poland: Greenpeace

An ambitious switch from fossil fuels to green energy could generate up to 350,000 new jobs by 2020 in the Poland, the European Union's most coal-dependent member, Greenpeace said Friday in Warsaw.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Green cleaning solutions: Manufacturers are making more planet-friendly products, consumers are buying them

Maybe 2011 is the year a clean start means returning to Grandma's scrubbing ways and getting down on hands knees with simple baking soda and vinegar. Or maybe it means staring down that supermarket aisle of cleaning products ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 05, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In the future could Christmas dinner protect your heart?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Eating turkey or other fowl in the future could lead to a healthier heart according to researchers from the University of Reading. Experts found that boosting the amount of omega-3 fatty acid ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Shrubby crops can help fuel Africa's green revolution

Crop diversification with shrubby legumes mixed with soybean and peanuts could be the key to sustaining the green revolution in Africa, according to a Michigan State University study.

Space & Earth / Environment

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Spain approves country's largest biomass plant

Spain's government Monday approved the construction of the country's largest biomass plant, the renewable energy group Ence announced Monday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Termite enzymes could be boon to cellulosic ethanol: research

Termite spit may soon help fill our gas tanks. University of Florida researchers have isolated two enzymes termites use to break up lignin, a tough plant material that is major problem during the production of cellulosic ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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