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Thrashing orca drowned SeaWorld trainer

Posted about 2 hours ago on msnbc.com: Environment

A veteran SeaWorld trainer was rubbing a killer whale from a poolside platform when the 12,000-pound creature reached up, grabbed her with its mouth and dragged her underwater. Killer Whale - SeaWorld - Amusement park - Shamu - Travel [read more…]

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Lots of sex is key to honeybee survival

Posted about 21 hours ago on All MNN Content

Queen honeybees can have more than 100 different sexual partners, but that might not be enough for the survival of the colony. [read more…]

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Geneva Preview: Hyundai reveals diesel hybrid i-Flow

Posted about 22 hours ago on Autoblog Green

Filed under: Diesel, Hybrid, Hydrogen, MPG, Hyundai, Geneva Motor Show Hyundai's home office in Korea has dropped the first frontal image of the new concept that will be shown next week in Geneva along with some technical details. The i-Flow … [read more…]

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Kevin Grandia: Bill Barrett Corp's Sweet Deal to Drill the Rocky Mountains

Posted about 22 hours ago on The Blog

A few years ago, the Bush administration undertook a process through the Bureau of Land Management to make land like the Roan in Colorado and other large swaths in Utah available for drilling. [read more…]

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Signs of Life, and Change, in Climate Inquiry

Posted about 23 hours ago on New York Times

Some signs that climate science, recently bruised, is emerging stronger for its battles. [read more…]

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Biofuel power plant plan refused

Posted about 24 hours ago on BBC

An application to build a controversial biofuel power station at Avonmouth near Bristol is refused by councillors. [read more…]

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A Secretive Start-Up Raises the Curtain

Posted 1 day ago on Green Inc.

Bloom Energy, which is announcing a fuel-cell breakthrough, has been toiling in silence for nearly a decade. [read more…]

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Amtrak, Shaklee, Ben & Jerry's Among Climate Counts' 'Industry Innovators'

Posted 1 day ago on GreenBiz.com Green Business News

The nonprofit launched the Industry Innovators (i2) project today with charter member companies Amtrak, Ben & Jerry's, Clif Bar, REI, Shaklee and Timberland, each of whom received Climate Counts' top scores on the moves they've undertaken to a… [read more…]

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Waste-to-Ethanol Venture Attracts Investors

Posted 1 day ago on Green Inc.

Enerkem, a Quebec company with a process for converting solid waste into ethanol, has raised $51.5 million from a group including Waste Management. [read more…]

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'Rubbish patch' blights Atlantic

Posted 1 day ago on BBC

Plastic debris tends to accumulate in a well defined region of the western North Atlantic, scientists say.  [read more…]

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Reject sceptics' attempts to derail global climate deal, UN chief urges

Posted 1 day ago on The Guardian

Ban Ki-moon urges environment ministers to reject attempts by sceptics to undermine negotiations by exaggerating shortcomings in Himalayan glaciers reportThe UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, today urged environment ministers to reject attempt… [read more…]

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Ask Umbra on eating in

Posted 1 day ago on Grist

by Umbra Fisk Dearest readers,Look, Ma—no takeout!The sharper among youalready know from yesterday’svideo that HuffPost Green is exhortingus all to board the cooking-at-home train via its Weekof Eating In experiment. Not one t… [read more…]

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Live blog: Bloom box press conference

Posted 1 day ago on Green Tech

The company says its Bloom Energy Server will deliver ample amounts of power in a small package--and change people's dependency on traditional power grids. … [read more…]

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Carbon index cranks up pressure on blue chips

Posted 1 day ago on The most recent articles from BusinessGreen

Andrew Charlesworth, BusinessGreen, Tuesday 23 February 2010 at 00:15:00 Fund managers encouraged to base investment decisions on emission reduction data The not-for-profit Environmental Investment Organisation (EIO) is to launch a carbon rank… [read more…]

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Toronto wants at least 300 electric cars by 2012

Posted 1 day ago on Autoblog Green

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Legislation and Policy, North America Groups in Toronto have been evaluating the benefits and difficulties of plug-in vehicles for years and some in the city were talking about having a fleet of 200 such vehicles all … [read more…]


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