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We might not be too keen on the idea to build artificial ski slopes and snow caves there, but it's not all bad in Texas. We've already noted that they are way ahead of California in developing wind power and now, courtesy of NPR, we've found a

Joni Mitchell nailed it in Big Yellow Taxi: "Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got 'till its gone." at which point you just have to fake it. As out of place as a water park in Phoenix, they are going to build, in Texas, "a

Those massive billboards by urban highways have a lot of structure to them; one can imagine them holding a lot more than they do. Imagine if they were inhabited. Brendan O'Grady did this and won big in the Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation

Of course, every TreeHugger knows that it is America Recycles Day, (for TreeHuggers every day is a recycling day) started ten years ago to increase awareness of the importance of recycling. There are activities across the country, that you can attend,

Where can you learn what to do with "underappreciated produce"? And where can you get fish once reserved only for royalty? Find out in this month's issue of green*light which takes readers on a tour of the top 10 farmers markets in the USA. If you

This week’s School of the Week has also been named the Go Green Initiative’s 2007 International School of the Year. And it’s not surprising that Barbara Bush Elementary has also received awards from Keep America Beautiful, Keep Texas Beautiful, and the

Vaporware prefabs that never get past the rendering stage are as common as rotting FEMA specials these days, and don't get the exposure they used to when modern prefab was finding its legs a couple of years ago. Then there are some that are so

Seemingly taking a page out of carbon sequestration's playbook, a coalition of local facilities in Iowa are working out a scheme to store surplus wind energy by placing it underground. The idea being to keep it safely locked up when demand is low so it

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Texas, the top producer of wind power among U.S. states, will hold the nation's first competitive sale of leases for offshore wind-power facilities.

Luxury hardwoods—there's just so much controversy over this one. New is very bad...and reclaimed? Well, then we just wonder what slice of architectural history was torn down. But here comes hardwood supplier East Teak. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas,

Those of you who passed on the frame rate trick we covered a little while back to extend your video-playing device's battery life might find this next story more interesting. Unipixel, a startup company based in Woodlands, TX, has developed a new design

When it comes to minimizing the footprint of mega-events, music festivals seem to be ahead of the curve. Obviously Live Earth had programs in place to reduce the impact of the worldwide concerts, but recently internationally-renowned yearly music

"TXU Energy of Texas has proposed a plan to build 3,000 MW of new wind energy in Texas...Because wind in Texas blows mostly at night and energy-intensive air conditioner use rises with the triple-digit temperature during the day, TXU, in conjunction

Not to be confused with the Wee House or this wacky contraption, Wee Generation is an "all-star green team dedicated to educating parents on a healthy, "living home" and smart choices for baby. Most recently, Sheryl Crow lent her support to Wee

When science jumps the fence into art, definitions get all screwy. Alyce Santoro's training in biology couldn't make room for her sense of wonder, so she split. Now, her work ranges from bizarre physical hybrids to elegant recycled textiles. She is

"Texas" and "wettest" are two words you probably wouldn't often see placed next to each other in the same sentence. That may be about to change: according to the National Weather Service, the first seven months of the year were the wettest on record in

According to a new poll released by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a majority of voters in six moderate to conservative congressional districts now believe global warming to be the top environmental problem and favor immediate actions to