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sand tiger shark

Laser-toting robots monitor vulnerable sand tiger sharks

A new conservation effort is using underwater robots to learn more about the shark species hanging around NC shipwrecks.

By Megan Treacy in Clean Technology August 13, 2018

Naturally green

How can people demand a "naturally green" environment and hate wind turbines?

Wind Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter August 6, 2018

female scientist

This computer program could make animal testing obsolete

Clean Technology

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko July 13, 2018

Gosun Fusion

No Sun? Get a GoSun Fusion solar cooker and live better electrically

Solar Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter July 10, 2018

a fridge is a heat pump

2 rallying cries for a green building revolution: Reduce Demand! and Electrify Everything!

Clean Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter June 22, 2018

geotech

New heat pump technology heats and cools houses at lower cost

Clean Technology

By Megan Treacy June 21, 2018

fairphones

Fairphone 2 is the world's first ethical, modular smartphone

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter June 21, 2018

natick data center

Microsoft submerges data center off Scotland's Orkney Islands

Clean Technology

By Megan Treacy June 7, 2018

whale disentanglement

Drones help scientists save entangled whales

By Megan Treacy May 31, 2018

Amazon dash beside the toilet

Now you can buy "Alexa-enabled smart homes"

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter May 11, 2018

Solar sprawl

California feeds the duck with mandatory solar panels on new houses

Solar Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter May 10, 2018

bioluminescent algae

Algae could light up our cities at night

Clean Technology

By Megan Treacy May 3, 2018

ge haliade x turbine

World's largest wind turbine to be built in the UK

Wind Technology

By Megan Treacy April 26, 2018

570 Broome closeup

Do photocatalytic finishes really clean the air?

Clean Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter April 12, 2018

oil spill

Oil-eating bacteria could clean up the next spill

Clean Technology

By Megan Treacy April 10, 2018

Qsun and app

QSun wearable nags you about putting on your sunscreen

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter April 3, 2018

coral reef film shield

"Sun shield" film could protect coral reefs from bleaching

Clean Technology

By Megan Treacy March 29, 2018

Fog harp

Fog harps could wrest water from the clouds

Clean Technology

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer March 28, 2018

raspberry pi 3 b+

New Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ brings new features to the tiny computer

By Megan Treacy March 15, 2018

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Wildcamp exterior kit

This Citröen Type H Wildcamp is the camper van of my dreams

stack of books

Tsundoku: The practice of buying more books than you can read

circular building

Six ways to transform the built environment

chip bags

Indian students mail 20,000 empty food wrappers to manufacturers

Graph on Meat Consumption in China and the United States, 1960-2012

Meat Consumption in China Now Double That in the United States

clover lawn

How to plant a clover lawn

A kiss for a gas cook

Piles of peer reviewed research show how bad cooking with gas is for your health

coconut oil in glass jar

A beginner's guide to plastic-free living

Nugget exterior

Ford Transit camper van has everything you need, including a toilet

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