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Seaweed Super-Sucker Hits The Beach

Melissa Cronin | Posted 05.14.2013 | Science

Massive mobile super-suckers will soon be roaming Spain's hottest beaches. But no need to fear -- you're unlikely to be sucked up. Unless you happe...

The 'Material Of The Future' Will Be Grown, Not Mined

The Huffington Post UK | Christopher York | Posted 04.10.2013 | Technology

Imagine a substance that was strong and light enough to armour soldiers, flexible and conductive enough to be turned into the next generation of flexi...

How This Destroyed Ecosystem Came Back To Life

| Posted 04.07.2013 | Science

By Lizzie Wade Back in 1998, Scott Reef was a ghost town. Rising ocean temperatures caused by El Niño had triggered a catastrophic bleaching event...

'Green News Report' - April 2, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.02.2013 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport FACEBOOK: Green News Report The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'...

Why Is Lake Erie Under Attack?

Posted 04.01.2013 | Green

From Douglas Main, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer: Lake Erie is under attack from noxious algae blooms, and the problem only looks likely to get wor...

Belief In Peak Oil Logically Implies Failure Of Alternative Energy

Bill Frezza | Posted 04.27.2013 | Politics
Bill Frezza

Next time you hear a Peak Oil alarmist prophesying doom, calm him down by pointing out that if natural energy resources were to ever run dry, we would already be living in an alternative solar-windmill-algae cheap energy nirvana.

Career Day: A Lesson Seniors Will Never Forget

Judy Frankel | Posted 01.15.2013 | Home
Judy Frankel

"What is that sucking sound?" I asked a classroom of seniors at San Pedro High School in California. I had been invited to speak for their Career Day, Making a Difference In Our Youth. Upon the wall I showed a picture of a vacuum cleaner. A few giggles erupted through the room.

Algae: Art's New Star

Madeline Schwartzman | Posted 10.09.2012 | Science
Madeline Schwartzman

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WATCH: Lincoln Memorial's Green Nightmare Returns

Posted 09.27.2012 | DC

WASHINGTON -- Despite the National Park Service's best efforts, Lincoln Memorial's newly reconstructed Reflecting Pool has filled with green algae. ...

Edible Bottles, Edible Bags

Anneli Rufus | Posted 10.20.2012 | Home
Anneli Rufus

Harvard University scientists have developed a material that can be used to wrap, bottle and otherwise package food -- which tastes like the food it contains, and can be eaten after (or before) the food it contains.

'Green News Report' - April 17, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.17.2012 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Obama cal...

'Green News Report' - March 8, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.08.2012 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Obama fir...

Michael McAuliff

GOP Used To Like Algae Energy They Call 'Pipe Dream' Now

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 02.28.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Capitol Hill Republicans mounted an all-out offensive against President Obama's energy initiatives Tuesday, even mocking him for an idea...

'Green News Report' - November 1, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 01.01.2012 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Mitt Romn...

'Green News Report' - October 11, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 12.11.2011 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Occupy Wa...

Lynne Peeples

Blooming Health Hazard: New Shellfish Poison Found In U.S. Waters

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 10.14.2011 | Green

The bright red skull-and-crossbones signs are hard to miss and increasingly common on Pacific Northwest beaches. A whole new fleet just popped up alon...

Lobster Rolls Made Extraordinaire by Cooking Channel's Ben Sargent

Brad Balfour | Posted 10.05.2011 | Home
Brad Balfour

If there is one dish I consider a quintessentially summer food, it would be the lobster roll.

PHOTOS: Bright Green Algae Bloom Takes Over Popular China Beach

Posted 09.17.2011 | Green

The Daily Mail reports that a surprise Algae bloom spreading across Qingdao, China's most popular beach hasn't deterred vacationers from enjoying thei...

5 Ideas for Biofuels That Will Change the Energy Conversation

Susanna Murley | Posted 09.12.2011 | Green
Susanna Murley

Some Girl Scouts say palm oil in their cookies are leading to deforestation. Cookies, schmookies, the real question is: should we could we put palm o...

For the U.S. Military, Fuel Security Means Going Renewable

Frank Sesno | Posted 05.29.2011 | Green
Frank Sesno

The military is the single largest consumer of oil in the U.S., using over 400,000 barrels per day. That's why military sources have begun exploring algae-based biofuels to break our use of foreign oil.

Green News Report: January 20, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Fox "News...

Biofuel's Bumpy Road: The Trials and Tribulations of Algae, Palm Oil, Bioelectricity And More

treehugger.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

The biofuel craze passed a while ago and more sober assessments of their promises and problems took over, but that doesn't mean by a long shot that th...

Inspiration from Izzie

Julie Packard | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Julie Packard

Each of us can recount a person in our lives that shaped who we are. Sadly, I lost an important mentor this past month with the passing of Isabella Aiona Abbott.

9 Wacky & Wild Ideas For Alternative Energy (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

Huffington Post | Travis Walter Donovan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Of course, you know about wind farms and solar power, right? But did you know that we can generate electricity from our human sewage waste? How abou...

Algae Study Attacked By Biofuel Companies

The New York Times | SINDYA N. BHANOO | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

In a face-off between academia and industry, algae biofuel companies have made a joint statement decrying recent research that highlights algae's draw...