Located offshore of South Korea’s southwestern coast, the offshore wind farm will be built in three phases by South Korean companies led by Korea Electric Power, the country’s largest electric utility. The first is a 100 megawatt demonstration phase to be completed by 2014. Wind turbi...
Sitting in his sun-soaked office at Tiffany & Co.'s Manhattan headquarters, chairman and chief executive officer Michael J. Kowalski reminded me of Breakfast at Tiffany's . In the 1962 classic, Audrey Hepburn coos over Tiffany's 5th Avenue flagship store, "Nothing very bad could happe...
John Farrell is an Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) senior researcher specializing in energy policy developments that best expand the benefits of local ownership and dispersed generation of renewable energy. He has written extensively on the economies of scale of renewable ene...
Cold-hardy spinach is still going strong in many gardens, and this recipe for creamed spinach makes a wonderful, warming dish for the fall table. You can add a depth of flavor to spinach with rich cream and spicy nutmeg in this substantial side. Serve with whole grains for a hearty me...
Here's a superbly-kept secret: You know all those dates you see on food products -- sell by, use by, best before? Those dates do not indicate the safety of your food , and generally speaking, they're not regulated . I couldn't believe it either, but a quick look at USDA's food labelin...
© Salih Ağır/British Council Turkey A flower struggles for life amid one of Istanbul's most crowded urban areas. (First-prize winner, 'free' category.) Flood waters lap up over homes' doorsteps. Beached boats languish on dried-up shorelines. Fires rage, power plants belch smoke into t...
Malaysia must take action to avoid extinction of its last rhinos (11/05/2011) Malaysia must take immediate action to prevent the extinction of the handful of rhinos that survive on the island of Borneo, says a coalition of environmental groups. South Africa hits record poaching of rhi...
The current cell Graetzel’s team has working has 12% efficiency – while this may not seem particularly high compared to some of the numbers CleanTechnica readers are used to seeing, the fact that the cells are a step toward photovoltaic glass is pretty impressive. The team even thinks...
It made absolutely no sense for a tiny kitten to be between two very busy city streets. There was no way for her to get there by herself so I assume someone dumped her there. I snapped out of my suprise and took off after her. As she scurried away she ran right into a rat bait trap. T...
An academic study of how Ohio neighborhoods voted on a 2004 Gay Marriage Amendment has linked the result to house prices . Gentrification by gay people has previously been studied as a boon to property values. This study of home values in and around Columbus, Ohio concluded that an in...
In tracking the erosion of the world’s diverse array of living things , a new phenomenon is emerging: the spread of the past tense on wildlife entries in Wikipedia. The latest case of a description tipping from is to was comes in the listing for the western black rhinoceros , one of f...
Clearly this holistic approach to design can create game changing products that provide a tremendous return on investment. But according to Béhar, design has another role to play as a way to give. His work on the design of a $100 laptop for One Laptop Per Child is a familiar example o...
A “Fashion, Fitness, and Makeup” Girl Scout badge? How very 1987. Taking its place this month is “Science of Style,” part of a new system of achievements that will usher the 3.2 million-member organization into its 100th year. Young women are still drawn to fashion and beauty, accordi...
I live in Idaho - the first nuclear powered city is in our state - Arco, Idaho. I like the fact that the power generation from nuclear energy is clean - hate the fact that there is still no way to safely dispose of the waste. It's been mentioned that some countries use a reprocessing ...
The Red List of Threatened Species kept by the International Union for Conservation of Nature has been updated, and although all of the news isn’t bad, for the most part it’s pretty grim. The IUCN Red List was founded in 1963 and is the world’s most comprehensive inventory of the glob...
This news made me happy for about ten minutes and then I read an article on the CBC and the comments, which made me realize my fellow Canadians are as much idiots about oil as people in the U.S. can be about abortion!. About 2/3's of the commenters felt Obama had made a huge mistake a...
The last extensive survey of possible rhino range in the last known range state, Cameroon in 2006, failed to find any rhino or signs of rhino (dung, spoor or signs of feeding) but did find evidence of widespread wildlife poaching and local rhino monitors faking rhino spoor in the abse...
12. Waterfall, Appalachia, Georgia Long-exposure photography is achieved when a photographer uses a long shutter speed to sharpen the appearance of stationary objects while blurring the shot’s moving elements. When photographing water, this produces a misty effect. Rarely is this bett...
In tracking the erosion of the world’s diverse array of living things , a new phenomenon is emerging: the spread of the past tense on wildlife entries in Wikipedia. The latest case of a description tipping from is to was comes in the listing for the western black rhinoceros , one of f...
River dolphins living in a stretch of the Ganges in the Bihar area were reported to have increased from 175 to 223. The count was performed by Vikramshila Biodiversity Research and Education Centre (VBREC) of Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University (TMBU). Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanct...
In tracking the erosion of the world’s diverse array of living things , a new phenomenon is emerging: the spread of the past tense on wildlife entries in Wikipedia. The latest case of a description tipping from is to was comes in the listing for the western black rhinoceros , one of f...
The video above from Bloomberg shows the best and worst of energy/economics communications. First you’ve got a next-quarter obsessed wall street wonk, incapable of stepping out of market-speak, or group-think, even for a microsecond. Then you’ve got a time pressed journalist who allow...
Not only are we obsessed with good health and happiness around here, I have to admit that I’m pretty crazy about my cats, as well. I love those little furballs, so you can imagine my delight when I learned that people who own pets tend to be happier and healthier! I mean, who couldn’t...
Follow @world_wildlife on Twitter and don't miss a single day of species facts, photos, and more. About Species of the Day WWF and ARKive have partnered to launch Species of the Day to promote awareness of and to emphasize the importance of conserving the planet’s biodiversity. A diff...
Not only was a six-year-old boy with special needs duct-taped to his chair earlier this month by a first-grade teacher at Clara Hall School in Monroe County, Louisiana, because he would not stay in his seat. The child’s mother, Kilya Haynes, only found out about the inappropriate disc...
By Kathy Blumenstock, Animal Planet Cats seem to spend half their lives grooming (and the other half napping). In truth, experts estimate they spend about 15 percent of their time grooming but since they’re asleep 15 hours a day , it seems like a nonstop activity. Feline fastidiousnes...
This is revolting on many levels. I have three small dogs that regularly chase every cat that comes into our yard. I do not think that they would actually hurt one if they caught up to it, mostly because they are not that smart, but they do chase them. I think that they think it is so...
While the report focused on the three major themes above, one aspect that was key throughout the analysis was the emphasis that cleantech is a global industry not dominated by a single country. With the report mentioning global Initial Public Offerings (IPO) reaching US$1.1 billion in...
It seemed that AquaBounty’s GM salmon was dead in the water so to speak, until recently when the USDA revived Frankenfish with the help of some generous funding. Much of the public turned out to be largely opposed to GM salmon hitting the market, fearing the environmental and health r...
