Petroleum leak leads to Pearl Harbor fuel facility shutdown
Following a petroleum leak into Pearl Harbor’s tap water, a massive U.S. Navy fuel tank facility in Hawaii will...
Chevron spills 600 gallons of oil into San Francisco Bay
An oil spill at Chevron's oil refinery in Richmond, California has dumped approximately 600 gallons of petroleum...
Trump approves new pipeline that will go “right under” the US-Mexico wall
As if President Trump’s promise to build a wall on the United States-Mexico border wasn’t controversial enough,...
Stanford study says fossil-fueled cars will vanish in 8 years as ‘big oil’ collapses
A new study published by Stanford University suggests that fossil-fueled cars will vanish within eight years -...
Study confirms Ohio experienced the largest fracking-related earthquake ever
A new study has confirmed that recent earthquakes in Poland Township, Ohio in March of 2014 were caused by hydraulic...
Sixteen-Year-Old Student Turns Banana Peels Into Bioplastic
As fruit, bananas are perfectly packaged – all the protection they need is provided by their flexible, resilient...
Saudi Arabia is Investing Heavily in Solar Power; Is This the End for Big Oil?
When the country with the largest oil reserves in the world decides to start investing in renewable energy, it...
Lessons from the Chesapeake Bay: How to Save Buzzards Bay from Nitrogen Pollution
The Chesapeake Bay was formed eighteen thousand years ago when glacial melting generated sea level...
Bioengineered E.coli Bacteria Poops Out Petroleum
The last few years have shown that bacteria can "poop out" some mighty useful (and valuable) stuff - whether it...
Algae Biofuel Emits at Least 50% Less Carbon than Petroleum Fuels
A new study from Bioresource Technology finds that algae-based biofuel can reduce CO2 emissions by 50 to 70 percent...
Cal Poly Project Produces Energy and Purifies Water Using Algae and Human Waste
The Keystone XL pipeline has some big competition, and it is coming from a number of very small challengers. Scientists...
Mexico's Hotel Básico is Designed with Recycled Petroleum Industry Materials
Located in Playa del Carmen in one corner of La Quinta Avenida, the main avenue of the city, Hotel Básico is a...
Did You Know That Plant-Based Bottles by PepsiCo and Coke are Actually Not Biodegradable?
We badly wanted to believe that plant-based PET bottles would solve our plastic woes, but that is not the case,...
The Cell: Shape Shifting Electric Vehicle of the Future
This three-wheeled, shape changing, two-person electric car of the future is more than just a concept vehicle...
5 Innovative Solutions That Clean Up Oil Spills
A jaw-dropping 2,100,000 gallons of oil (as of last Saturday) has already gushed forth from the Deepwater Horizon...
