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Make-Or-Break For Biofuels

Reuters | Posted 05.19.2012

By Matt Daily May 18 (Reuters) - After a decade of promise, advanced biofuels makers are entering a crucial make-or-break period with ...

Lynne Peeples

Pacific Northwest Coal Exports Could 'Poison' People From Wyoming To China, Warn Opponents

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 05.11.2012

"Black lung. Asthma. Cancer. Emphysema" -- masks marked with conditions often attributed to coal were scattered among the faces of a Portland, Ore., c...

Urban Air Pollutant Linked to Obesity

Wendy Gordon | Posted 04.19.2012

Wendy Gordon

Cleaner air, just like healthier diet and access to parks and recreation areas, is our ticket to a smarter, healthier, more productive life for our children.

You Don't Want Any Part of These Particles

Dr. Gary Ginsberg | Posted 05.11.2012

Dr. Gary Ginsberg

Cities are converting their fleet of buses over to greener cleaner burning natural gas buses and more trucks are being required to wear particle diapers. So urban air is slowing improving. In the meantime, a few tips to duck that diesel plume.

The Faithful Shopper: Gifts for Guys

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 04.30.2012

Faith Hope Consolo

It's Leap Day! The date when by tradition, women can propose marriage to the men in their lives. Of course, women have been disregarding this for years, but today is a perfect excuse to buy a gift for your favorite guy.

Risk Management in Introducing High-Technologies Into High-Growth Markets

Sunil Chacko | Posted 04.01.2012

Sunil Chacko

High-growth markets like India face a range of challenges, and thus present vast opportunities, especially for introducing leap-frogging technologies in the area of energy infrastructure.

PHOTOS: Um, What Exactly Is Happening Here?

The Huffington Post | Jessica Misener | Posted 01.18.2012

It's not every day you see a model canoodling with a robot instead of, say, Leo DiCaprio. But that day has come with these new ads for Diesel's "Po...

Global Phase-out of Lead in Gasoline Succeeds: Major Victory for Kids' Health

Peter Lehner | Posted 01.01.2012

Peter Lehner

Even small amounts of lead can lower a child's IQ level and shorten attention span. Children with lead in their blood are also more likely to become aggressive, violent and delinquent.

New Ads: Clean Cars or a Trip to the Greenwash?

Bill Chameides | Posted 11.30.2011

Bill Chameides

Advertising could be considered an art of grand hyperbole, but are new car ads the latest brushstrokes on this fanciful canvas or truthful commentary on how far down the road car companies have come to lower pollution?

Would You Wear These Pants?

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 10.11.2011

First there were jeggings, now there are joggs. MTV Style has introduced us to the new denim hybrid, which is sort of blowing our minds. Diesel call...

Tanana -- Tiny City in Yukon Takes a Giant Renewable Step

Bill Chameides | Posted 10.09.2011

Bill Chameides

In DC, our leaders are arguing over how much of our Alaskan wilderness we should open up for oil and gas extraction. In the meantime, some enterprising folks, with a lot less clout but a lot at stake, have decided to go their own renewable way.

ConocoPhillips Profits Drop But Exceed Expectations

AP | Chris Kahn | Posted 09.26.2011

NEW YORK (AP) -- ConocoPhillips said Wednesday its second quarter profit dropped 18.3 percent but beat expectations. The year-ago quarter benefited fr...

Softball Olympian Welcomes 2nd Son

Posted 08.22.2011

Jennie Finch delivered her and Casey Daigle's second son, Diesel Dean Daigle, on Sunday, June 19 at 10:25 p.m., the couple confirm to PEOPLE exclusive...

The Faithful Shopper: March Madness

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 05.25.2011

Faith Hope Consolo

This edition is all about the new -- the new stores making their New York City or even U.S. debuts, to help you reinvent yourself for the season that starts next week.

Hormone Crazed Deer Goes Shopping

David Mizejewski | Posted 05.25.2011

David Mizejewski

The deer first wandered into Diesel, but apparently it wasn't into urban fashion and decided to smash up a mirror.

Exhibition Spotlight: Steve Fitch Retrospective At Kopeikin Gallery in LA

Posted 05.25.2011

WHO: Steve Fitch WHAT: Retrospective: 1970 - 2010 WHEN: Through April 1st, 2011 WHERE: Kopeikin Gallery 2766 South La Cienega Blvd Los Angeles, CA ...

Weekly Mulch: The Dirty Truth about Natural Gas and Energy Innovation

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

The Media Consortium

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger The argument against natural gas got a boost this week, when a congressional investigation turned up evide...

9 Miles a Gallon -- and Lovin' It

Mindy S. Lubber | Posted 05.25.2011

Mindy S. Lubber

Right now heavy-duty trucks -- a huge part of the way we move products around in this country -- are clocking just 6 miles per gallon. And the technology is there to move that number -- by a lot.

PHOTOS: Sexy Diesel Deviants Defile Another City Landmark

The Huffington Post | Jonah Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Last week it was reported that Diesel had surprised Brooklyn Law School with their racy photo shoot featuring half-naked models writhing on each other...

Mining Lobbyists Win, Companies Get First Look At Diesel-Cancer Study

Posted 05.25.2011

A long-delayed government epidemiological study of possible ties between diesel exhaust and lung cancer in miners may finally be published this fall -...

PHOTOS: Should Diesel's New 'Be Stupid' Ads Be BANNED?

Posted 05.25.2011

Diesel's "Be Stupid" ads have been the subject of much debate--with NYC bloggers calling the campaign "well, really really stupid" and the UK's Advert...

Top 5 New 'Suspected Carcinogens'

AOL News | Posted 11.17.2011

Some carcinogens you already know and fear: cigarettes, asbestos, smoked meat. But what about the ones you've never even heard of? That's the crux of...

Diesel 'Be Stupid' Ads BANNED In UK (NSFW PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a series of Diesel's "Be Stupid" ads from being used as billboards or posters, the Daily Mail re...

The Art of Overdressing

Kate Fridkis | Posted 05.25.2011

Kate Fridkis

People should overdress more. Or at least have the option. Jeans and tank tops are infiltrating the opera, and it doesn't feel appropriate to wear dramatic outfits very many places.

NRDC to NYC: Improve, Then Pass Int. 194 to Clean Up the City's Heating Oil

Rich Kassel | Posted 05.25.2011

Rich Kassel

Heating oil is a significant contributor to our local, chronic particulate air pollution problems.