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Ever feel like the paper you handle at work every day isn't worth wiping your butt with? Well, a Japanese machine can turn it all into toilet paper. Magically. Originally posted at Crave

Researching technology breakthroughs is worthwhile, but people in renewable energy say the U.S. needs to speed up installation of products to lower costs and stay competitive globally.

Environmental software isn't just for complying with laws. SAP Chief Sustainability Officer Peter Graf says forward-looking companies are managing natural resources to save money and lower risk.

Now that power consumption is of growing financial, practical, and environmental concern, an industry group hopes to shine a light on how efficient computers are. Originally posted at Deep Tech

The Nissan Leaf takes the Green Car Vision award at 2010 DC Auto Show.

We've seen the Volt and the Leaf, but there's a new player in town and its an Electric Minivan.

Milking Algae for Oil; Making Solar Greener; Hospital Strives for 100% Renewable Energy; Kodak Solar Charger; Amtrak carbon tracking
Milking Algae for Oil. OriginOil, based in Los Angeles, just announced new technology that promises a better way to “milk” algae to extract their natural oils. Origin uses electrical pulses to get at the oil inside algae [...]

Metro Cell Vehicle Concept; RainShine LEED Platinum House; $700 Billion Gain from Energy Efficiency; Electric Light-Sport Aircraft; BP says America’s the Land for Wind Power
Metro Cell Vehicle Concept. Single person semi-private vehicle system called PDD (pickup-drive-drop) will be implemented. With the PDD system, a driver finds a “cellular-mobile stack”, engages a car and uses it [...]

So, Greenpeace takes it upon themselves to graffiti the top of HP’s headquarters with the words “hazardous products” in order to protest the use of toxic materials in their computers, saying that:
“There is no reason for HP to continue using these toxic products. It’s technically feasible and consumers want it too. Apple has proven they [...]