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.
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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.
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.
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.
A study backed by the UN has reported that the building of new renewable energy plants has overtaken fossil fuel power plants in both Europe and the US.
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