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Nokia Joins Forces With Microsoft
February 17, 2011 11:08 am | VideosCNN's Richard Quest asks Nokia CEO, Stephen Elop and Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer about their phone alliance deal.
Time To Cut The Cord
February 16, 2011 7:00 pm | VideosAt Mobile World Congress 2011, Powermat shows off 'drop and charge' wireless device charging for airports.
Future Cities: The right choices on transportation can shrink your own personal carbon footprint
January 24, 2011 5:45 am | PodcastsA study published in the American Chemical Society’s journal, Environmental Science and Technology, offers new insights into how people can shrink their own personal carbon footprints by selecting specific modes of transportation.
Promoting public health: Biodegradable plastic from milk and clay
January 12, 2011 5:45 am | PodcastsWith continuing concern about plastic waste accumulating in municipal landfills, and reliance on imported oil to make plastics, scientists have created an ultra-light biodegradable foam plastic material made from two unlikely ingredients.
Working In A Global Economy
November 24, 2010 6:53 am | VideosU.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke talks about creating a level playing field, China's currency issue, trade barriers, and the U.S. economic recovery.
The Rare Earth Market Without China
November 24, 2010 6:49 am | VideosChina controls the bulk of the rare earth minerals market, which are used to make cell phones and cars. This dominance can be a problem if Beijing decides to halt shipments during political disputes.
Car Parts Help Save Babies
November 24, 2010 6:41 am | VideosDesign that Matters uses car parts to save the lives of premature babies in poor countries, replacing broken, donated medical devices.
Test Drive The Nissan Leaf
November 24, 2010 6:37 am | VideosTake the Leaf for a test drive with Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn. This electronic vehicle is touted as getting the equivalent of 99 miles per gallon.
Supplying Safe Drinking Water: Electrified nano filter promises to cut costs for clean drinking water
November 15, 2010 9:45 am | PodcastsScientists are reporting development and successful initial tests of an inexpensive new filtering technology that kills up to 98 percent of disease-causing bacteria in water in just seconds without clogging.
Felistas Coutinho, Managing Director of Tujijenge Tanzania
November 4, 2010 8:45 am | PodcastsFelistas Coutinho is the Managing Director of Tujijenge Tanzania, an innovative microfinance institution that is providing loans for clean energy (www.tujijengeafrika.org). In this podcast interview with host Paul Rippey, Felistas talks about all she has learned over the last decade of...
Felistus Coutinho, Managing Director of Tujujenge Tanzania
November 3, 2010 10:45 am | PodcastsFelistus Coutinho is the Managing Director of Tujujenge Tanzania, an innovative microfinance institution that is providing loans for clean energy (www.tujijengeafrika.org). In this podcast interview with host Paul Rippey, Felistus talks about all she has learned over the last decade of...
Our Sustainable Future: Saving energy by reducing food waste
October 27, 2010 6:45 am | PodcastsA new study published in the American Chemical Society’s Environmental Science and Technology journal provides a compelling new reason not to waste food. It saves energy, lots of money at home and fights global hunger.
In the green of health: Just five minutes of green exercise optimal for good mental health
October 20, 2010 11:45 am | PodcastsNew research suggests that just five minutes of outdoor activities, such as exercising in a park, working in a backyard garden or walking on a nature trail, will benefit mental health.
Promoting public health: Hand washing really helps stop spread of disease
October 13, 2010 7:45 am | PodcastsMothers have been right all along to make the kids wash their hands before eating. Scientists are reporting dramatic new real-world evidence supporting the idea that hand washing can prevent the spread of water-borne disease. It appears in a new study showing a connection between fecal...
Future Cities: Nanotechnology promises more sustainable buildings, bridges, and other structures
October 13, 2010 7:45 am | PodcastsBricks, blocks, and steel I-beams — step aside. That’s because scientists are reporting that a new genre of construction materials, made from stuff barely 1/50,000th the width of a human hair, is about to debut in the building of homes, offices, bridges, and other structures. The new...
IMTS 2010 - A Look Ahead
August 20, 2010 12:42 pm | VideosDouglas Woods, President, AMT, provides a preview of the 2010 International Manufacturing Technology Show being held in Chicago Sept. 13-18.
Why a coal guy is turning green
July 27, 2010 2:45 pm | by Marc Gunther | PodcastsOf all the companies in the U.S., Duke Energy is the 3rd largest emitter of CO2. Of all the companies in the world, Duke is the 12th biggest emitter. And yet…Jim Rogers, Duke’s longtime president, CEO and chairman, is pushing as hard as anyone in corporate America to get a climate-change...
Can Green Algae Help Save the World?
July 27, 2010 2:45 pm | by news@renewableminute.com | PodcastsSeveral US companies are harvesting an algae that can be converted to oil and refined into biodiesel. Amazingly, the algae can grow in waste water, where it feeds on carbon dioxide.
Going Net-Zero in Santa Fe
July 27, 2010 2:45 pm | by news@renewableminute.com | PodcastsSanta Fe is emerging as the national leader in green building standards, in large part with the help of Santa Fe homebuilder Faren Dancer.
Buy American: Bad for America
July 27, 2010 2:45 pm | by Marc Gunther | PodcastsA long list of global companies warned the Obama administration in a letter [PDF] that a "Buy American" provision in the $787-billion economic stimulus package would make it harder to get the money out the door to create jobs. Turns out they were right. The Buy American regulations are...
