AP - • March 8 — Driver James Sikes speeds along a San Diego County freeway in a 2008 Toyota Prius for 20 minutes, reaching 94 miles per hour,...
AP – • March 8 — Driver James Sikes speeds along a San Diego County freeway in a 2008 Toyota Prius for 20 minutes, reaching 94 miles per hour, before a Highway Patrol officer helps slow down the car. Toyota, the California Highway Patrol and federal safety officials say they will investigate.
AP – The beleaguered global warming panel has found an outside group to review how it writes its reports.
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Outside science academies to review warming panel
AP – Feds to probe cause of runaway Prius in California
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LiveScience.com – Four newly identified worm species, including one that sports an unusual green color, have been found wriggling in the sands of the Great Barrier Reef.
HARRISBURG, Pa., March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — With a boost from $2.76 million in state investments, a New Jersey-based high-tech manufacturer plans to open a state-of-the-art facility in Northampton County and create 53 jobs, Governor Edward G. Rendell announced today
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Governor Rendell: High-tech Manufacturer Moving to PA, Creating 53 Jobs
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — In a paper published in the American Chemical Society journal, Macromolecules, scientists from IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Stanford University detail discoveries that could lead to the development of new types of biodegradable, biocompatible plastics. The
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IBM and Stanford University Unveil Green Chemistry Breakthrough That Could Lead to New Types of Environmentally Sustainable Plastics
AP – Models in head-to-toe yeti suits picked their way around towering but quickly melting icebergs, sloshing through a deep puddle of Arctic melt in their shaggy fake fur.
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Chanel does climate change, with real icebergs
WILMINGTON, Del., March 9 /PRNewswire/ — SolarDock? – creator of a unique, patented, solar-panel mounting system used for some of the nation’s largest flat-roof & ground installations (and which requires no penetration of the mounting surface) – is happy to offer its accomplished rep
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Solar Experts Available for Comment or Interview on Energy, Environment, Costs
CINCINNATI, March 9 /PRNewswire/ — Formica Corporation, the North American division of the Formica Group of companies, has completed a product life cycle assessment on key products and their environmental impacts on energy, water, waste and greenhouse gases.
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Formica Corporation Makes Strides in Sustainability Initiatives