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Greenpeace has launched a campaign to get Facebook to power a new data center with renewable energy.

The TrailBehind app helps you find nearby campsites, parks and trails for spontaneous adventuring. The TrailBehind app promises to turn any free afternoon into an outdoor adventure. The app’s maps show you nearby trails to hike, mountains to climb, places to bike, and campgrounds where you can pitch a tent across the globe. Beyond the […]

Gasland was Nominated for a Best Documentary Oscar; E Talks with Director Josh Fox Nominated for the Best Documentary award at the recent Oscars, Josh Fox’s Gasland brings to light the devastating health and environmental effects of modern natural gas drilling, also known as hydraulic fracturing or “fracking.” Despite not winning the award, reports are […]

In the documentary Gasland–nominated for an Oscar this weekend–director Josh Fox takes on the oil and gas industry and shows the impact of hydraulic fracturing–or fracking–with frightening clarity. The documentary Gasland has been nominated for an Oscar this weekend and has also drawn a fair share of controversy for angering the oil and gas industry […]

civilianism.com Tim DeChristopher Bid on Public Lands in Utah to Save them from Drilling; On February 28, He Faces up to 10 Years in PrisonOn Friday, December 19, 2008, Tim DeChristopher participated in a public auction. As the Bush administration moved to auction off 77 parcels of federal land in Utah totaling 150,000 acres for […]

With the hottest decade in recorded history just behind us, President Obama didn’t hesitate to set aside $5.4 billion in his 2012 budget to fund research in solar and other renewal energies. “To lead the world in clean energy, we must act now. We can’t afford not to,” noted Energy Secretary Stephen Chu during the […]

Called the “Chubby” Volt by Hybrid Owners of America, the Chevy Volt was dealt a serious blow to its electric car ego last week.

This video from Climate XChange provides a visual depiction of how rising ocean temperatures have compromised coral reefsThis video from Climate XChange provides a visual depiction of how rising ocean temperatures have compromised coral reefs–leading corals to become stressed and the symbiotic algae they depend on to leave. The end result is coral bleaching–as described […]

The Fooducate app lets you scan hundreds of thousands of food products to get a real nutritional picture. The Fooducate app helps guide anyone at the grocery store who’s confused by ingredients, nutrition labels, marketing hype and health claims. The app enables shoppers, through their iPhone cameras, to scan the barcodes of over 200,000 unique […]