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  • The greener life: Keeping score

    Tue, Jun 02, 2009 5:20 PM by Shea Gunther

    The green movement could learn a lot from the video game industry. Why aren't we keeping score?

  • Transition from oil to renewable energy 100 years away, says Exxon Mobil

    Tue, Jun 02, 2009 12:35 PM

    Oil giant claims ‘no viable alternatives’ will emerge in the next century.

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  • First in nation: UNH embraces landfill gas

    Mon, Jun 01, 2009 9:28 PM by Shea Gunther

    The University of New Hampshire completed a project that uses local landfill gas to power and heat its campus.

  • Video: Tom Brokaw talks green jobs on MSNBC

    Mon, Jun 01, 2009 3:50 PM

    Tom Brokaw chats with Green for All CEO, about her plan to convince Congress to pass the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009.

  • Magic muck

    Mon, Jun 01, 2009 3:27 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Muddy water may hold the key to producing clean energy.

  • Good stuff around MNN

    Fri, May 29, 2009 8:23 PM by Shea Gunther

    Glow in the dark monkeys, green beer, old timey trains, mountaintop removal mining, and watermelon powered cars. Oh my.

  • Make your own solar power generator for less than $300

    Thu, May 28, 2009 6:14 PM

    DIY tutorial helps you generate renewable power with just a handful of parts.

  • Biomimicry a hot trend in renewable energy technology

    Thu, May 28, 2009 4:03 PM

    Designers and engineers are creating innovative, efficient solutions inspired by nature.

  • Southern Company, environmental partners award eight wetland conservation grants

    Thu, May 28, 2009 2:27 PM

    The electric utility has donated nearly $1 million since 2006 to restore and preserve wetlands.

  • Video: Former EPA chief promotes nuclear on cable news

    Thu, May 28, 2009 9:58 AM

    Former EPA chief Christine Todd Whitman on MSNBC discusses the nuclear industry's potential and the future of U.S. energy production.

  • GE Ecomagination revenue up, greenhouse gas emissions down

    Wed, May 27, 2009 5:13 PM

    Company basks in the profitable glow of its energy-efficient technology and lowers its own environmental impact.

  • Thief trips up and leads police to stolen solar panels

    Tue, May 26, 2009 10:29 PM by Shea Gunther

    A California man will be sitting in a jail cell for the next seven years as a reward for his incompetent theft of 46 solar panels from a school.

  • Forget batteries, the new hotness is compressed air

    Tue, May 26, 2009 4:00 PM by Shea Gunther

    The greener car of tomorrow just might be powered with compressed air.

  • Which oil company has the smallest environmental footprint?

    Tue, May 26, 2009 3:45 PM

    New Greenopia report ranks oil companies according to environmental impact and effort.

  • Video: Speed reading the energy bill

    Fri, May 22, 2009 9:50 AM

    Democrats hired a speed reader to zip through the 900-plus-page bill capping greenhouse gasses before Memorial Day.

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