Obama Promises Science-Centric, Eco-Friendly Presidency

President Obama's Inaugural speech included a clutch of promises and observations that will have scientists, medical researchers and environmentalists in the US and around the world breathing a sigh of relief.

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Green Fail. Eco Packaging Used More Resources, Cost More

What appeared to be an innovative package design ended up costing more money, using more resources and taking up more space than typical boxes.

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Solar Panels to Sarah Palin: 2008's Top Eco-Politics Stories

2008 was a year for the armchair political pundit and the politically uninitiated alike. But it was also a year where unprecedented (political) attention was paid to the big energy and environmental issues.

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Solar Panels to Sarah Palin: 2008's Top Eco-Politics Stories

2008 was a year for the armchair political pundit and the politically uninitiated alike. But it was also a year where unprecedented (political) attention was paid to the big energy and environmental issues.

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Azerbaijan's Carbon Neutral Zira Island

Zira Island is a 1,000,000 sq meter island In the Caspian Sea that will soon be developed into an incredible eco-community and sustainably built resort.

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The 10 Most Romantic Ecotourism Destinations

Dreaming of a romantic or exciting vacation adventure? Premier trips are going green with luxury eco-lodges, great wildlife viewing, renewable energy, carbon offsets and more.

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Media Credibility, Not Ice Caps, In Meltdown

Or Media Credibility Meltdown, Not Icecaps - Eco-warriors and media hype aside, the fact is, as we head into 2009, that the world's ice mass has been expanding not contracting. Which will surprise evening news junkies fed a diet of polar bears floating about on ice floes and snow shelves falling into the oceans.

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Scientists to issue stark warning over dramatic new sealevel

"Rising sea levels pose a far bigger eco threat than previously thought. This week's climate change conference in Copenhagen will sound an alarm over new floodings - enough to swamp Bangladesh, Florida, the Norfolk Broads and the Thames estuary."

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Your Breath Could Be Recycled into Fuel

The Liverpool John Lennon Airport, in Liverpool, U.K., will soon become the world's first to try a revolutionary piece of technology that will recycle the breath of passengers into biofuel. The Eco-box will capture the CO2 exhaled by airport travelers and convert it to fuel to be used in the airport's diesel vehicles and heating system.

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Ford To Build Cleaner Engine At Ohio Plant

The plant in suburban Cleveland, idled since 2007, was chosen to make the 3.5-liter, V-6 EcoBoost engines that will be standard on the Ford Taurus SHO and optional on the Lincoln MKS and MKT, and Ford Flex cars...will combine direct injection technology and turbo-charging for improved fuel efficiency and lower CO2 emissions.

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2009 Porsche 911 Carrera is now more eco-friendly than ever

Enter the 911 Carrera 4S with its vast number of improvements headlined by Porsche's new generation of direct injected engines. With gains made in power output and mileage numbers, and with significantly reduced emissions, Porsche's direct fuel injection - or DFI - makes for an even better rounded 911-model range.

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Cambridge University Unveiled Solar Car

Cambridge University Eco Racing’s (CUER) new solar racing car demonstrates cutting-edge environmentally-friendly technology, applicable to the next generation of electric vehicles.

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Bring On The Affordable Green Sports Cars

Affordable eco-conscious sports cars are coming, and soon. The Honda CR-Z hybrid, the Volkswagen BlueSport Roadster and the Toyota MR2 hybrid are poised to prove sports cars can be environmentally responsible and reasonably priced.

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An Eco Vehicle Concept That Cleans the Air

Recently the Local Motors competition unveiled a fresh crop of incredible concepts, and we were particularly impressed with this awesome sleek concept. A green machine that wouldn’t look too out of place in today’s world, the innovative three-seater features air intakes that spin integrated turbines to generate energy while purifying polluted air.

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2009 Porsche 911 Carrera is now more eco-friendly than ever

Enter the 911 Carrera 4S with its vast number of improvements headlined by Porsche's new generation of direct injected engines. With gains made in power output and mileage numbers, and with significantly reduced emissions, Porsche's direct fuel injection - or DFI - makes for an even better rounded 911-model range.

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Inventor turns cardboard boxes into eco-friendly oven

When Jon Bohmer sat down with his two little girls for a simple project they could work on together, he didn't realize they'd hit upon a solution to one of the world's biggest problems for just $5: A solar-powered oven.

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RAHM'S 'RENT' IS JUST THE TIP OF ETHICS ICEBERG

NEWS broke last week that Rahm Emanuel, now White House chief of staff, lived rent- free for years in the home of Rep. Rosa De Lauro (D-Conn.) - and failed to disclose the gift, as congressional ethics rules mandate. But this is only the tip of Emanuel's previously undislosed ethics problems.

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Getting personal on embryonic stem cell ethics

Would you refuse -- for your parent, your child or yourself -- a treatment for a terrible ailment because it was developed with embryonic stem cell research?

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Why Believers are Ethically Bankrupt

Response to an article regarding Atheism being morally bankrupt. Sadly, theism produces ethically bankrupt individuals who see no problem trampling on the rights of others in their quest for approval from their chosen mythological leader.

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PETA Killed 95 Percent of Adoptable Pets in its Care in '08

WASHINGTON DC – Today the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) published documents online showing that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) killed 95 percent of the adoptable pets in its care during 2008.

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