greencarcongress — The UK’s first open-access Bio-LNG filling station, built by Gasrec, has opened. Gasrec’s new facility in Daventry will allow gas-powered or dual-fuel trucks to use Bio-LNG, and will operate in a similar way to a traditional filling station. Bio-LNG is Gasrec’s proprietary, blend of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquid...
huffingtonpost — From Vetstreet's Lisa Granshaw: May 23 is World Turtle Day, an annual event created to celebrate and increase awareness of turtle species around the world. “Turtles are not as popular as cats and dogs, so interest, awareness and understanding is pretty slim,” says Susan Tellem, cofounder of American Tortoise Rescue. World...
huffingtonpost — BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Hungarian police say they are investigating an incident in which an elderly man may have been mauled to death by two donkeys. It happened May 13 in the western Hungarian town of Magyarszecsod, when Sandor Horvath, a 65-year-old retired firefighter, was apparently pulled off his motorcycle by the...
huffingtonpost — MOORE, Okla. -- Mostly, they left disappointed. Throughout the day Wednesday, victims of the deadly tornado that ravaged this working-class community near Oklahoma City filed in and out of the Animal Resource Center, a lost-and-found of sorts for dogs and cats that disappeared in the storm. Whiskers, a black-and-white tuxedo-patterned...
huffingtonpost — MRAMOR, Kosovo (AP) — Two brown bears have been released into a special sanctuary after being held in a 20-square-meter cage almost their entire lives to amuse visitors at a Kosovo restaurant. Ari and Arina, both 10...
triplepundit — When it comes to most things, you get what you pay for. But when it comes to healthcare – a matter of life and death for every man, woman and child in this country – it is backwards. According to a 2012 report by the OECD, the United States spends...
huffingtonpost — LUCKNOW, India -- A blistering heat wave has swept across most parts of north and western India, causing massive electricity cuts and leading angry residents to protest and even attack power company officials and property. In the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, enraged citizens have set fire to a power station...
huffingtonpost — MOORE, Okla. -- All that is left of Shayne Patteson's three-bedroom home is the tiny area where his wife hunkered down under a mattress to protect their three children when a tornado packing winds of at least 200 mph slammed through his neighborhood. Patteson vowed to rebuild, likely in the same...
grist — The Night Heron was an invitation-only bar built illegally inside a Chelsea water tower in New York City that was open for just a few weekends this spring. Despite the arcane, timepiece-based invite process, Atlantic Cities and the New York Times both made it there. Here’s how a guest would find...
huffingtonpost — WASHINGTON -- The United States Senate decided again Thursday that it simply does not want to let states tell people whether or not they are eating genetically modified food. The Senate voted overwhelmingly --- 71 to 27 -- against an amendment to the sweeping farm bill, squashing a measure that would...
greencarcongress — Noble Energy, Inc. announced a natural gas discovery at the Karish prospect offshore Israel. The discovery well was drilled to a total depth of 15,783 feet (4,811 meters) and encountered 184 feet (56 meters) of net natural gas pay in high-quality lower Miocene sands. Discovered gross resources, combined with the...
huffingtonpost — Frogs, toads and salamanders continue to vanish from the American landscape at an alarming pace.
huffingtonpost — ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — After drifting toward shore on a floating drill rig tilted by 30-foot swells and 45-knot winds, then riding a basket up to a hovering Coast Guard helicopter, Todd Case said he would revise the towing plan for the vessel on a winter trip across the Gulf...
grist — ShutterstockIs this corn genetically modified? Connecticut lawmakers think you have the right to know. Does your mouth water at the thought of corn that’s engineered to produce a poison that kills insects? If not, Connecticut might be the place for you. The state’s Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed legislation that would require...
grist — blambca First the bad news: The “safest” herbicide in the history of science may be harming us in ways we’re just beginning to understand. And now for the really bad news: Because too much is never enough, the Environmental Protection Agency just raised the allowable limits for how much of that...
huffingtonpost — Mint chocolate chirp? Not quite. Torimi Cafe in Japan, known for serving up tea and homemade ice cream while allowing customers to sit among birds, hatched up a new gimmick: pet bird-flavored ice cream. The cafe debuted its Java Sparrow, Parakeet, and Cockatiel flavors at a department store's small...
greencarcongress — Spark EV. Click to enlarge. Chevrolet announced a low-mileage lease on the new 2014 Spark EV 1LT (earlier post) for as low as $199 per month for 36 months, with $999 due at lease signing including security deposit (tax, title, license dealer fees extra), making the vehicle one of the most...
treehugger — Studio Liu Lubin designs a housing unit that is transportable and stacks up like a 3D Tetris game.
huffingtonpost — DETROIT -- Tesla Motors, which makes a highly acclaimed $70,000 electric car, has paid off a startup loan from the U.S. government nine years early. The Palo Alto, Calif., company said it wired in a $451.8 million payment to the government on Wednesday. The money, coupled with two prior payments, paid...
huffingtonpost — By Ann Gibbons More than 1 million people died of starvation and disease during the Irish Potato Famine (also known as the Great Famine), between 1845 and 1852—a watershed event for the Irish that caused 1 million people to emigrate and fueled tension between Irish Catholics and Protestants in...
greencarreports — Ah, politics. Yesterday, Tesla paid off the balance of its U.S. government loan, using proceeds from its $1 billion-plus offering of stock and warrants last week, as CEO Elon Musk had said Monday it would in a tweet. The amount settled yesterday was $451.8 million, following installments paid by Tesla...
grist — Reuters / Mike StoneThe aftermath of the April 17 explosion and fire in West, Texas. It would sure be nice to know what exactly caused a fertilizer plant to explode in Texas last month, killing 14 people — especially given that 800,000 Americans live near similar facilities. But federal investigators are...
grist — Susie Cagle Here at Grist, climate change is our bread and melting butter. But this month, we’re feeling especially hot and bothered. As part of our in-depth look at the warming planet, we’ve compiled a list of the U.S. cities that we think will be in the hottest water as the...
grist — Energy Department on YouTubeErnest Moniz addressing an energy-efficiency conference, just hours after being sworn in as energy secretary. The cleanest electricity is no electricity at all — a fact that is not lost on new Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz. During his first speech after being sworn into his new post, Moniz said...
triplepundit — The reports on Apple’s tax avoidance and Cook’s testimony once again brought up the question of tax fairness and what it means nowadays. To further explore this issue from a CSR perspective, we tried to answer some key questions that hopefully shed some light not just on Apple’s behavior, but...