photo: Lee Nachtigal Long maligned by the green community for its environmental record and perceived lack of support for renewable energy, not to mention funding climate change deniers, ExxonMobil has announced that it will be placing its money on ...

Images via DesignBoom Another amazing creation to add to our love affair with wooden computers. DesignBoom shows off this awesome desk, the final project for designer Marlies Romberg of Utrecht School of Arts. It's a diary, actually, and the old fashioned feel to modern tech doesn't stop with just the keyboard...... ...

Photo via TheBusyBrain Experts have told us that an effect of warming temperatures is heftier hurricanes and flooding. But exactly how to predict the extent of the impact so people can brace themselves is a point of concern. It could just be that cell phone towers will lend a helping hand, not only to give people a warning system, but also to pred...

Michal Czerwonka Public Space as Alternative to Law Enforcement At night, urban parks can become hives for gang activity and violence. A program in Los Angeles, the American gang capital, seeks to combat that phenomenon simply by keeping the lights on until midnight, reports the New York Times. To both locals and police, it's a bright idea. Last y...

Putting solar panels on the roof (or side) of your skyscraper is so 2008. If you really want some efficiency without all those complicated photovoltaics. If you really love renewable energy, and you also like EXTREME temperatures, you should just buckle down and put a solar power tower at the top of your skyscraper. And that's the idea of the Almei...

You wouldn’t guess that a bit of green slime could do so much. But from from food to fuel, PetroAlgae, Inc. seems to have thought of everything. This Florida-based renewable energy company has developed a technology in which algae and other microorganisms produce fuel to feed cars, animals, and even humans...and say they can do it cheaper than ...

Image from Creative Commons, Ragesoss and Wikimedia A particular chemical used in LCD display screens can also be used in medicine from pills to bandages. Researchers are hoping this is a solution not just for hospital patients but also for e-waste.... ...

The GAO says it requires 7-321 gallons of water per gallon of corn ethanol, but when it comes to second generation biofuels, we have very little good data. Photo: Don O'Brian via flickr By this point the water intensity of using first generation feedstocks such as corn to make biofuels is pretty well known. Though it does vary from region to regio...

Images via Griffith University Two Australian engineers have taken a sharp look at the problems of e-waste and have come up with a solution that could make a big difference - circuits in plastic. Professor David Thiel and MadhusudanRao Neeli at the facult of engineering and information technology at Griffith University in Brisbane have worked out ...