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Buying green can be license for bad behavior, study finds
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Oct 07, 2009 |
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Those lyin', cheatin' green consumers. Just being around green products can make us behave more altruistically, a new study to be published in a forthcoming issue of Psychological Science has found.
Corporations can profit from being environmentally friendly
Jul 15, 2008 |
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Though many policymakers have argued that environmental regulations can negatively impact an organization's bottom line, a new study by George Mason University researcher Nicole Darnall shows that companies that develop green ...
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'Extreme' genes shed light on origins of photosynthesis
Dec 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While most school children understand that green plants photosynthesize, absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen, few people consider the profound global-scale effects that photosynthesis has had on Earth. ...
Clean energy to grow into 1.6 trillion euros industry: WWF
Dec 10, 2009 |
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The clean energy technology sector will grow into a 1.6 trillion-euro (2.4 trillion-dollar) industry by 2020, becoming the third largest industrial sector after automobiles and electronics, WWF said Friday.
Class-action suit pits woman against 'dishonest' ads on Facebook
Dec 09, 2009 |
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A 41-year-old part-time dance instructor and graphic designer from Santa Cruz is the face of a class-action lawsuit designed to force Web sites that offer social gaming to rein in what she calls deceptive ads.
Self-destructing bacteria improve renewable biofuel production
Dec 08, 2009 |
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An Arizona State University research team has developed a process that removes a key obstacle to producing lower-cost, renewable biofuels. The team has programmed a photosynthetic microbe to self-destruct, making the recovery ...
Microsoft Store mirrors popular concept of its rival
Dec 04, 2009 |
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Blink an eye, and the Microsoft Store could be mistaken for an Apple Store.
Tahoe faces new development battle: green vs. green
Dec 03, 2009 |
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As snow begins to blanket Lake Tahoe, the region finds itself facing a new kind of development battle: green vs. green.
Maryland Farmer grows plants for green roofs around nation
Dec 02, 2009 |
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It is a crisp fall day on Emory Knoll Farms as John Shepley stops at a raspberry bush, picks a few berries and pops them into his mouth on his walk to the greenhouses.
The e-waste dilemma
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic devices could create significant environmental and health problems after they are thrown away. UC Irvine researchers are working with engineers, manufacturers and public health ...
How green is your house? Recycling favorite activity among Brits says new survey
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Seventy percent of households always separate their rubbish for recycling, but only 2 percent buy their energy on a green tariff, according to the early findings of a major new annual household survey, called "Understanding ...
Let them eat snail
Nov 19, 2009 |
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A nutritionist in Nigeria says that malnutrition and iron deficiency in schoolchildren could be reduced in her country by baking up snail pie. In a research paper to be published in the International Journal of Food Safety, Nu ...
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