Fast 5: Rick Johnson's Five Ways to Help the Planet
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By Dana Oland, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Jan. 30--Rick Johnson felt downright giddy at Al Gore's presentation at  the Frank Church Conference for Public Affairs last week.
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It isn't easy being green in an abstract world As Kermit the infuriating frog puppet once said "It's not easy bein' green" - especially as a software developer. OK you can do all things that everyone else does - buy a Toyota Prius hybrid or even cycle to work (as long as you avoid Lycra and silly helmets). You can scribble notes on recycled paper with a pencil (made of wood from managed forests) and turn your machine off standby. You can even diligently recycle your printer ink cartridges and offset your energy consumption by planting a few trees.â¦
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By RICK BARRETT  A simple sugar found in fruit and a variety of other sources could be converted to fuel for cars and trucks.
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Ten thinkers and scientists that could change the world.
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How do we create energy and sustain our environment? A panel of scientists lays it out simply. Conserve, invest, clean up the developing world. Repeat.
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The planet isn't the only thing heating up because of climate change. Some renewable-energy stocks have been pretty hot, too.
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LONDON, Feb. 9 -- British billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson, with former vice president Al Gore at his side, offered a $25 million prize Friday to anyone who can come up with a way to blunt global climate change by removing at least a billion tons of carbon dioxide a year from the Earth's...
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Six tips for eco-conscious shopping on a budget.
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Free hybrid-car parking. Cash rebates for installing solar panels. Low-interest loans for energy-saving home renovations. Money to tear up desert lawns and replace them with drought-resistant landscaping.
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By Frank J. Dinan  Two critically important energy problems face us at this early point in the 21st century, and our best approach to dealing with each of them is likely to involve technology that resembles a lawn mower much more than it does an oil well.
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Billionaire Richard Branson hopes to entice researchers to seek methods to contain climate damage. By the Associated Press.
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Britsol boffins answer Branson's challenge Somebody call Al Gore and tell him he can leave the lights on in his house for as long as he likes: some academics in Bristol have solved the climate change crisis. Oh yes, and they want their $25m prize money from Richard Branson, thankyewverymuch.â¦
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Life & style: Eating food straight out of the ground rather than off the plane is much healthier for both you and the planet, writes Ross Dobson.
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The whale's tiny ancestor, how global warming may be hurting plants' carbon-fixing ability, and the mystery of Mars's missing limestone
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Researchers are goading tiny organisms like bacteria and algae into producing fuels like hydrogen and methane. The process is not useful yet, but the technology could be a solution to the energy problem. By Amit Asaravala.
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Environmentalist and author Mark Lynas paints a gloomy picture of Earth's future in Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet. But in an interview with Wired News he says it's not time to despair just yet.
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Seven ways companies are saving natural resources -- and saving money.