July 26, 2010 - Zephyr Solar Plane Completes Longest Unmanned Flight Ever Zephyr, considered to be the world's first and only truly persistent aeroplane, was launched on July 9 and was successfully aloft for 14 nights continuously, achieving the objective of the trial and setting a number of performance and altitude records.    Read more

July 22, 2010 - White Roofs Could Save U.S. $735 Million per Year Secretary of Energy, Dr. Steven Chu has been talking up the benefits of white roofs since he was appointed in January 2009. Now, he's putting his own department where his mouth is by mandating that all new roofs on Energy Department buildings be either white or reflective.    Read more

July 20, 2010 - California's E-Waste Program Burdened with Fraud The state of California's e-waste program, which pays more than $320 million to collect and recycle computer monitors and televisions, has resulted in fraud totaling tens of millions of dollars including illegal material smuggled in from out of state, according to The Sacramento Bee.    Read more

July 19, 2010 - Honda Goes Green with Hybrid Only Civics One of Honda's most popular vehicles is about to go 100% green and will be the only version of the car offered. Word on the street is that the Honda Motor Co. will be dropping production of its gasoline-powered Civics in favor of strictly hybrid versions of the vehicle.    Read more