The 16 students in Dennis Mitchell’s 7th-grade science class at Evergreen Middle School in Cottonwood, Calif., chose to study lava tubes, a common volcanic feature on Earth and Mars. It was their class project for the Mars Student Imaging Program (MSIP), a component of ASU’s Mars Education... 

Canada will phase out older coal-fired power plants to cut the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, Environment Minister Jim Prentice said on Wednesday, as it moves to make natural-gas fired plants the new clean-power standard. The new standards, expected to be firmed up by early 2011, will force... 

The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season is posing an uncertain threat to the Gulf of Mexico, even as efforts to contain the worst oil spill in U.S. history are set to ramp up. For now, Tropical Storm Alex, which is hitting the western Caribbean with rain and high winds, is not expected... 

by Agence France-Presse. PARIS — Dreams of braking global warming by storing carbon emissions from power plants could be undermined by the risk of leakage, according to a study published on Sunday. Rich countries have earmarked tens of billions of dollars of investment in carbon capture and storage... 

For most of us local sugar isn’t quite an option, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have greener choices. Link: The Sweet Success of DIY and Organic Sugar  Read More →

From lowered cancer risks to a sharper memory, more studies are showing that coffee is good for you – but why? Regular coffee drinkers have a 39 percent decreased risk of head and neck cancer, according to a new study published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. Those... 

by David Turnbull. It was a tale of two cities Saturday in Toronto for this climate activist.  Read More →

According to a new study of large companies using telepresence technology, U.S. and U.K. businesses that substitute some business travel with telepresence can cut CO2 emissions by nearly 5.5 million metric tons in total – the greenhouse gas equivalent of removing more than one million passenger vehicles... 

Triclosan is in many antibacterial products, but offers questionable benefits. View post: Triclosan, the Hidden Toxin Lurking in Hundreds of Products  Read More →

From the Mississippi Delta to the biggest U.S. cities, Tierra Ideas founder Matt Mahler is making stylish bags from the waste of other industries. The rest is here: Fashionable Recycled Bags from the an Unlikely Source  Read More →

Concern over its ability to pay the rapidly escalating cost of the worst spill in U.S. history continued to weigh on its shares, however, sending its London stock to a 14-year low and further hitting its credit profile. BP said in a statement on Friday the first of two relief wells had successfully detected... 

by Lisa Hymas. Almost 20 percent of American women end up going childfree, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center .  Read More →

by Jonathan Hiskes. Saturday could bring the biggest public demonstration yet about the Gulf oil gusher, when Hands Across the Sand gathers people on beaches around the world at noon to hold hands in support of coastal economies, oceans, marine wildlife, and fishing industries. Organized by surfer and... 

by Agence France-Presse. NEW ORLEANS, La. — High seas and rough winds were forecast Friday for the Gulf of Mexico, posing a new threat as oil from the massive BP spill slopped ashore in Florida, closing down popular beaches at the height of the summer tourist season. “This will be the first... 

by Randy Rieland. It’s a classic Washington paint job: new name, new leader, new promises about tossing bad apples. And so Minerals Management Services, the Interior Department agency that’s become the poster child of government corruption and ineptitude has been disappeared. We now have... 

It is getting more and more difficult to deny that global warming is occurring. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released a report recently about the state of the global climate, and the results were not pretty. It turns out the combined global land and ocean surface temperatures... 

Earthquakes are often imagined as opening up large gaps in the land, sinking islands and the such. It is much harder in real life to see this change. NASA has recently released the first ever airborne radar images of the deformation in Earth’s surface caused by a major earthquake — the magnitude... 

ENN is a media sponsor of the Robert Bateman “Get to Know” contest. Now, the National Forest Foundation is offering Robert Bateman’s new print Family Hike to benefit More Kids in the Woods which provides grants to nonprofits that take kids beyond four walls and into their backyard –... 

by Jonathan Hiskes. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have essentially shut down an innovative program that helps Americans green their homes.  Read More →

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