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Ford Recycles Recalled Firestone Tires

When Ford Motor Co. recalled 13 million Firestone tires last May, the company promised to recycle the tires rather than landfilling or burning them. Ford …

U.S. Energy Legislation Updates

Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) announced that the Energy Policy Act of 2002 (S.1766) will be taken up by the Senate around February 11, 2002. He …

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Sydney's Solar Ferry

The Solar Sailor – the world’s largest solar vessel and the first to be totally powered by the wind and the sun – sailed for the first time …

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One World, Cooperatively

There's a strong connection between September 11 and the world's growing environmental mega-crises - the unchallenged power of private capital, acting …

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Hawaii Veggie Fuel

Few people associate clean transportation with the smell of french fries sizzling in hot grease, but used vegetable oil can be converted into an alternative …

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Mercedez-Benz Made From Coconuts?

The northern Brazilian state of Para is in the largest contiguous tropical rainforest in the world, four times the size of Germany. To protect the rainforest, …

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Electricity From Cows

Every day, the 550 half-ton Holstein cows on Dennis Haubenschild’s dairy farm near Princeton, Minnesota eat 90 pounds of food, produce eight gallons of …