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TIME Europe November 30, 2009 Andrew Marshall	Keep The Jungle Alive Protecting forests is one of the easiest and cheapest ways to take a big bite out of the apple when it comes to emissions.
BusinessWeek November 19, 2009 Ben Elgin	A Big Loophole in Cap and Trade How companies may be rewarded under the cap-and-trade system for green projects they already had in the works.
BusinessWeek November 19, 2009	Snapshot of a Climate Bill The main provisions in legislation sponsored by Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer
Home Theater November 19, 2009 Mark Fleischmann	California Adopts TV Energy Regs California has become the first state in the nation to adopt energy efficiency requirements for TVs.
IndustryWeek November 18, 2009	Consider This -- Single Energy Projects Don't Maximize Savings Reducing energy usage and costs gets easier when your energy initiatives work in tandem as part of a comprehensive energy strategy.
InternetNews November 18, 2009	T-Mobile Staff Sold Customer Data Wireless service provider admits that employees provided private data of thousands of customers to third-party companies.
AskMen.com	STDs On The Rise Sexually spread diseases continue to rise, government health officials said. Better screening may be the reason.
National Defense December 2009 Stew Magnuson	Northcom, Mexican Military Sharing Counter-Drug Intel The military-to-military relationship between the United States and Mexico has never been better, said Air Force Gen. Victor Renuart, commander of U.S. Northern Command.
National Defense December 2009 Stew Magnuson	New Tunnel Detection Test Site in the Works The Defense and Homeland Security Departments are expected to break ground during the coming year on a joint clandestine tunnel detection test site at the Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona.
National Defense December 2009 Austin Wright	Buying a Cyberattack Parabon Computation is marketing its denial-of-service simulator, called Blitz, to government agencies and businesses that are likely targets for Internet criminals.
National Defense December 2009 Austin Wright	A Wall of Tasers Taser International Inc. has released a security system that the company says is a less-lethal way to guard restricted land, protect military vehicles and capture kidnappers.
National Defense December 2009 Alex A. Beehler	Defense Energy Goals Require Collaboration With Sister Agencies The Defense Department is facing mounting pressure to elevate global climate change as a top national security priority.
National Defense December 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	In the Race to Be Green, Navy Moves to the Front of the Pack The Navy is positioning itself to take the lead among the military services in the use of renewable energy and in planning for future contingencies that may result from climate change.
National Defense December 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Gargantuan Thirst for Fuel Creates Logistical Nightmare for Marines The next step for the Marine Corps is to evaluate what products and technologies may be available in government, academia and the private sector to address these energy problems.
National Defense December 2009 Grace V. Jean	Calif. Ranchers Wield British Radar to Detect Illegal Border Crossers Frustrated by trespassers attempting to cross into the United States illegally, ranch owners in southern California have purchased a British radar in an effort to protect their property and to help Border Patrol agents nab more intruders.
National Defense December 2009 Stew Magnuson	National Guard Sends Agriculture Teams to Afghanistan National Guard members with agriculture and civil engineering degrees, or with practical skills are setting up demonstration farms, and helping Afghans go from subsistence farming to where they can earn extra money for their crops.
National Defense December 2009 Stew Magnuson	New Civilian Force To Conduct Stability Operations The force will draw personnel from the Departments of State, Justice, Agriculture, Homeland Security, Treasury, Commerce, Health and Human Services, and the U.S. Agency for International Development.
National Defense December 2009 McGrath & Connolly	Industry Should Prepare for Review of Ethics Programs Contractors may soon have more complete answers as to how the Defense Department will verify contractor compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation's recent ethics program requirements.
Chemistry World November 13, 2009 Hepeng Jia	New methanol fuel standards for China These standards are expected to promote methanol use in more Chinese cars, but analysts say it is unlikely to replace gasoline use in the country to any large degree.
IEEE Spectrum November 2009 Divan & Kreikebaum	Biofuels Aren't Really Green Cultivate inorganic energy sources instead of biofuels. The model we constructed showed that there is simply not enough land and water to support a prosperous biofueled world.
IEEE Spectrum November 2009 Peter Fairley	Deflating the Air Car Green cars could run on compressed air instead of batteries. But don't rely on the new AirPod minicars to prove it
IEEE Spectrum November 2009 Sally Adee	New Director for U.S. Energy Department's Mad Science Wing President Barack Obama chose Arunava Majumdar as the director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, the U.S. Department of Energy's new research incubator.
IEEE Spectrum November 2009 Peter Fairley	Plastic Solar Cells Roll Into Unlit Villages Printed roll-to-roll organic PVs may not be the most powerful, but they're cheap. A scientist at Denmark's Riso National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy has found a cheap way to integrate LEDs, photovoltaic cells, and ultrathin lithium batteries into a potentially life-saving lamp.
IEEE Spectrum November 2009	A High-Pressure Assignment Contributing Editor Peter Fairley scrutinizes a novel means of propulsion
AskMen.com	Ill-Gotten Gains Authorities say a Texas woman lied about having breast cancer and spent $10,000 raised at a benefit to have her breasts enlarged.
TIME Europe November 16, 2009 Joel Stein	Let's Bail Out the Pot Dealers! California's medical dispensaries are so well run that dime baggers don't stand a chance
Popular Mechanics November 4, 2009 Erik Sofge	Why the Hydrogen Feud Needs to End: Analysis Perhaps it's a sign of progress that the federal government is skirmishing not over whether to pursue alternative fuels, but over how many such technologies are worth investing in. Still, the hydrogen debate is not a healthy one.
The Motley Fool November 4, 2009 Matt Hoffman	The Next Buffett? The world's first potential "carbon billionaire" could be Al Gore, one of the leading advocates of the Green Revolution -- a conscious government effort akin to the development of the Internet, aimed at making renewable energy and clean technologies a reality.
The Motley Fool November 4, 2009 John Rosevear	The Wages of Sin Are Fine Indeed Socially responsible investors avoid "sin stocks" -- companies that sell tobacco or opportunities to gamble, for instance. That's too bad for those investors, because some sin stocks can present fine opportunities for profits.
Inc. November 1, 2009 Kelly Faircloth	30 Entrepreneurs Who Are Saving the World Three decades of social entrepreneurship. Because, let's face it: There's more to creating a truly successful business than simply making lots of money.
Outside November 2009 Elizabeth Hightower	Creating Conservation Communities There's a bold new idea on the front edge of conservation: Let's treat people as well as we treat animals.
AskMen.com Galitt Araf	Drink Without Gaining Weight Drinking is so commonplace in our society that it is the one thing many dieters struggle with the most.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2009 Dommers & Walsh	Leasing Green Incorporate sustainable practices into tenant-landlord contracts.
Popular Mechanics October 27, 2009 Larry Webster	Hybrid Carmaker Fisker Takes Over GM Factory In what could signal the first step of a radically evolving auto industry, startup firm Fisker Automotive announced today that it will build its next-generation hybrid sedan in a now-closed GM factory in Wilmington, Del.
Popular Mechanics October 27, 2009 Adam Hadhazy	How California's New Water Laws Inform the Coming National Crisis As California withers through a third year of drought, state lawmakers have been recalled to Sacramento for a special legislative session to try and squelch a decades-in-the-making water crisis.
Popular Mechanics October 27, 2009 Tyghe Trimble	Obama Announces Winners of Smart-Grid Stimulus One hundred private companies, utilities, manufacturers, cities and other partners received awards today, including Florida Power and Light
Chemistry World October 26, 2009 Rebecca Trager	US energy use carries hidden costs of $120 billion The hidden health and environmental costs of energy production and consumption in the US could exceed $120 billion per year, according to a new report from the US National Research Council.
Popular Mechanics October 26, 2009 Harry Sawyers	What to Expect From the Cash for Appliance Program Homeowners should consider $100 per machine a windfall profit. But here's some added value -- the recycling service typically picks up the old appliance for free.
Chemistry World October 23, 2009 Matt Wilkinson	What's in a pill? Buying cheap drugs over the internet is well known to be a risky business. But the sinister menace of the 'falsified' active pharmaceutical ingredient gets far less publicity.
Popular Mechanics October 22, 2009 Larry Webster	Nissan's CEO Makes the Case for EVs at 2009 Tokyo Motor Show Carlos Ghosn predicts that EVs will make up 10 percent of new-car sales by 2020. To meet this anticipated demand, Nissan partnered with NEC to engineer the lithium-ion battery pack.
ARTnews November 2009 Eileen Kinsella	The Brillo-Box Scandal The discovery that a respected curator produced a set of Andy Warhol Brillo boxes after the artist's death, passing them off as originals, has created a quandary for dealers, collectors, and scholars
Chemistry World October 21, 2009 Ned Stafford	Trillions for CCS to fight climate change Without carbon capture and storage, the International Energy Agency says that costs associated with cutting greenhouse gas emissions to 2005 levels by 2050 are likely to be 70 per cent higher.
IndustryWeek October 21, 2009	First Up -- The Two Sides of Climate Change While the move to a greener economy offers many exciting opportunities, the transition is also fraught with peril.
Popular Mechanics November 2009 Logan Ward	10 Most Brilliant Innovators of 2009: Sodium-Sulfur Home Battery The most popular alternatives to fossil fuels for generating electricity -- wind and solar -- don't look so good once the sun sets and the wind dies down.
Popular Mechanics October 20, 2009 Joe P. Hasler	The Key to the Battery-Powered House: Q&A With Ceramatec Ceramatec's advanced-materials specialists and electrochemists have developed a sodium-sulfur battery that potentially could produce 5 kilowatt-hours for 4 hours before needing to recharge.
Popular Mechanics October 16, 2009	Winners Announced in Solar Decathlon Competition Twenty teams, were pitted against one another in a showdown of architecture and engineering.
Fast Company November 2009 Chris Dannen	Coda's All-Electric Sedan Revs Up U.S. Auto Market In the fall of 2010, the Coda sedan will become the first mass-produced all-electric sedan to hit the roads in the United States.
Fast Company November 2009 Tim McKeough	Novomer's Eco-Friendly Plastics Reduces Greenhouse Gas Novomer's innovation cuts most of the oil and guilt.
Popular Mechanics October 14, 2009 Jennifer Bogo	Ohio State's Solar Decathlon Entry Is Entirely Home-Grown The house, which can produce 5.84 kilowatts with its 28 Sanyo solar panels, is net-zero in terms of energy -- it produces as much power as it consumes.
Popular Mechanics October 14, 2009	Cornell University Silo House at Solar Decathlon 2009 Cornell's Solar Decathlon entry looks less like a cutting-edge, high-tech home than like a cluster of rusted grain silos.
Chemistry World October 13, 2009 Rebecca Trager	Formaldehyde politics block research chief joining EPA Louisiana Republican Senator David Vitter is blocking Paul Anastas' nomination because he wants the EPA to submit to a review of its formaldehyde risk assessment by the US National Academy of Sciences.
Popular Mechanics October 13, 2009 Jeremy Jacquot	5 Companies Making Fuel From Algae Now Companies here and abroad show off their strategies for advancing in this area.
Popular Mechanics October 13, 2009 Jennifer Bogo	University of Illinois Builds a Salvaged Solar Home: Solar Decathlon The Gable Home, built by a team from the University of Illinois, doesn't just echo historic icons of the team's home state -- it's actually constructed of them.
Popular Mechanics October 2009 Paul Tolme	Algae Farmer: This is My Job Farming algae is environmentally driven, but I also want to make money.
Chemistry World October 12, 2009 Sarah Houlton	EC pushes renewables research The European Commission has called for a dramatic increase in investment in low carbon technologies to address climate change and secure the future energy supply.
Popular Mechanics October 12, 2009 Matt Molnar	UW's Meltwater House is Inspired by Glaciers: Solar Decathlon Like most project managers rushing to complete their homes at the inception of Solar Decathlon 2009, Eric Harmann hasn't had much sleep.
Popular Mechanics October 9, 2009	Virginia Tech's Lumenhaus Sports Sliding Solar Panels: Solar Decathlon Hard-hatted Department of Energy inspectors roamed the Solar Decathalon job sites with check lists
Popular Mechanics October 7, 2009 Chris Sweeney	5 Technologies Missing From the Clean Energy Bill Micro hydroelectric power... Waste to energy... Water efficiency... Geothermal energy... Solid oxide fuel cells...
Outside October 2009	The Atlas of Innovation Some cities are magnets for groundbreaking industries. Here are 13 that have put themselves on the map.
Outside October 2009 Ryan Krogh	Six Degrees to Activation The grassroots campaign called 350 is hoping to persuade world leaders to sign a new climate-change treaty.
Lucire September 20, 2009	Gisele Bundchen is UNEP's new goodwill ambassador A lot of celebrities are hopping on the environmental bandwagon, and Bundchen is the latest.
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