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Unilever & Solazyme Working On Algae Oil Process For Soaps And Other Personal Care Products

World consumption of most common commodity triglyceride vegetable oils. Image credit:Wikipedia Certain plant oils, especially palm oil, have a reputation of being produced unsustainably. Many plant oils are low-cost commodities (see table above for recent global volumes). Certain of the... [continue]

lew grade 1985

chrisdb1 posted a photo: sir lew at the spinal tap premiere (where else) I really wish this bloke was still around ©chris dorley-brown Lew Grade, Baron Grade (25 December 1906–13 December 1998), born Lev Winogradsky en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Grade [continue]

How Did a Genetically Modified Potato Gain Approval in Europe?

photo: J. Novak After a 13-year battle, the largest chemical company in the world, BASF won approval from the European Commission to begin commercially growing a genetically modified potato for industrial use. Many onlookers were more than a little surprised by the decision considering the... [continue]

A Cry From the Grave

An Gobán Saor posted a photo: 3,000-year-old bones from the British Museum. On the subject of bones and dead bodies, Radovan Karadzic says that the massacre in Srebrenica in July 1995 is a myth. He must have missed this great BBC documentary. Not for the faint-hearted.... [continue]

Norway Reveals Stunning Plan to Cut CO2 Emissions 30% in 10 Years

Photo via Orange Smile I think I want to move to Norway. The Scandinavian nation announced some of the boldest goals for curbing carbon emissions during the run-up to Copenhagen. And today, it released its plans outlining exactly how it will cut 30% of its emissions by 2020--some of the deepest... [continue]

Musings on Nature and Man's Place in It (Slideshow)

Photo credit: Florian Möllers for Wild Wonders of Europe Do you ever feel like the shit rolls in faster than you can get out from under it? Then take a minute to relax and think about the bigger picture. The more you expand your mind, the smaller your concerns will appear. Here are some gorgeous... [continue]

Why Other Countries Are Scared of GMOs and We're Not

photo: J. Novak After reports last week that India halted plans to introduce a genetically modified eggplant to the market because of an outcry from environmental groups and the general public, it begs to question why in the US genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are so common. In fact, more than... [continue]

Ponoko Ships Ideas Instead of Objects Across the Atlantic

Ponoko CEO David Ten Have by Williams + Hirakawa, via Inc We have written so much about downloadable designs, about shipping ideas all over the world instead of stuff. It just keeps getting better, with more products and more options. That is why I love Ponoko so much; it is the first real... [continue]

The Wind Power Boom of 2009, By the Numbers

Photo via Bigge Despite the global recession, 2009 turned out to be a rather stellar year for wind power. Total installed wind power capacity across the globe grew an impressive 31%, as the world added 37.5 Gigawatts to bring the total to 158 GW. The mega-wattage produced by wind power leaped... [continue]

Awesome Grand Prize 2009 Wildlife Photos

Image: Wild Wonders of Europe Winners Marcus Valeur and Janne Heimonen When Wild Wonders of Europe announced the biggest wildlife photography project ever undertaken, we knew the professionals would bring home astonishing photos. Then they announced the Read the full story on TreeHugger [continue]
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