Pepsi starts testing green vending machines
Soft drink giant PepsiCo is starting to test their lastest environmental idea: green vending machines. These will hopefully reduce carbon footprints and electric bills. In Washington DC, 30 machines have been set up for testing, and Pepsi hopes to release them worldwide in...
Australian study says divorce is bad for the environment
A new Australian study says that divorce is bad for the environment as single people live a much more wasteful existence than married people. Divorce is considered a 'resource-inefficient lifestyle' as couples that...
Eco credit crunch Earth, 2030 two planets needed to keep up life
Eco credit crunch 2030 The financial crisis should be a warning to us. If we continue to live on the Earth Ecological credit, we need 2030 the equivalent of 2 planet resources to keep up our lifestyle. The way out... UK unveils CO2 footprint standard
UK firms will now be measuring the size of their products' carbon footprints, in a new scheme launched today. This new audit will show customers how much carbon dioxide has been emitted during the making of the...British law to force companies to reveal pollution levels
A new law being proposed in the UK would identify the companies which pollute the most, and which companies are the cleanest. The goal is to allow consumers to make well-informed decisions about where they shop and purchase products, as well as to allow the government to...'Dinosaur dance floor' unearthed in Arizona
" updated 10:43 a.m. PT, Mon., Oct. 20, 2008 More than 1,000 dinosaur footprints along with tail-drag marks have been discovered along the Arizona-Utah border. The incredibly rare concentration of...Fossil of earth's oldest footprints found
Holy footprints Batman! 570 million year old tracks of earth’s early legged walkers have been found in Nevada. This pushes the advent of walking back 30 million years. It is believed that land...Britain's worst polluters set for windfall of millions
It appears that big corporations and some those that pollute the most will benefit from a mess up in the issuing of carbon permits."A flagship European scheme designed to fight global warming is set to hand...Japan to launch carbon footprint labelling program
Labels breaking down the carbon emitted in production, packaging, transportation, and disposal will appear starting next spring on a wide range of Japanese consumer goods. Because the program is entirely voluntary...
Wine shipped by sail reduces carbon
"Wine sellers look to wind- another climate canary A gimmick or legitimate effort to reduce greenhouse gases? An article in the Irish Barkeeper website reports that several wine sellers have commissioned a...
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Archaeologists find remains of Washington's boyhood home
"From Eric Marrapodi CNN Washington Bureau FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia (CNN) -- After nearly three years of excavation, archaeologists have confirmed the discovery of the site of George Washington's boyhood home near the banks of the Rappahannock...Prince Charles converts car to run on wine
Running a car on English wine? Well most English wine I've tasted has been little better than petrol although it's said that with climate change English vinyards could soon be competing with the French."Prince...
St Paul's Cathedral opens new South Churchyard
The magnificent St. Paul's Cathedral in London opened its new South Churchyard to the public today. This new peaceful space in the grounds took three years to complete at a cost of 3.8 million pounds." The...
Organic vodka, now with less guilt
Organic beer and wine are nothing new, but spirits have typically left big footprints--until now."Worried about pesticides in the food chain? Concerned about your carbon footprint? Just pondering the planet's fate... ABC NEWS: Calculating your Human Footprint.
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAfter having watched this show this evening, I was astounded at the waste, but certainly subconciously knew it is most likely true of any North American family.Though I...
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