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Titanium ‘leaf’ could unlock secrets of hydrogen power

If you want to impress your friends with a little-known but totally epic acronym it is “AIL” the Artificial Inorganic Leaf. This week, thousands of scientists descended upon San Francisco for the 239th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, and one of the papers they heard was on AIL technology presented by a research team [...] [...]

Chamber of Commerce Losing Members Over Climate Change

A huge treehug to Apple, PG&E, PNM (New Mexico’s largest provider of electricity) and others by resigning their memberships in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce because they disagree with the chamber’s stance on climate change. [...]

New Cement Cuts Greenhouse Gases by 90%

Researchers at Louisiana Tech have invented a remarkable new material which could cut greenhouse gas emissions from cement production by 90 percent. [...]

Denmark, Germany, Sweden rule Top 10 cleantech list | MNN

Some estimates say that cleantech will hit the $2 trillion mark by 2030. Shawn Lesser over at Sustainable World Capital looked at which countries are most likely to dominate the space. Read more >> [...]

Blood Donors Needed / WIN a SMART CAR!

Blood Donors Needed / WIN a SMART CAR! [...]

Clean Coal Forgery Scandal Breaks

Clean coal lobbyist forges 12 letters to trick House members into voting ‘No’ on ACES. [...]

Visionaries who are changing your world: Majora Carter

As the founder of Sustainable South Bronx, Carter greened her community…This year, she left to create the Majora Carter Group, a consulting firm focused on training people who need work to shepherd in new green technologies, transforming polluted sites into lush community spaces, and generally ensuring that everyone has a stake in the clean energy economy. [...]

Nature’s Spirals are the Key to Energy Efficient Design

The curved tip feathers of an Eagle, the spiral of a conch shell, and the geometry of a rose. It sounds much more like the stuff of poetry rather than the basis for hi-tech engineering.   But with the advent of Biomimicry, a new field in engineering and product design, the study of nature’s intricate geometries [...] [...]

A Tour of the GreenDig Blog

Here I do a fairly brief walk through of my revamped GreenDig blog website including the Daily Dig green news video blog… The site has 6 main pages: Daily Dig: a countdown of the top 4 most intriguing and important environmental news stories of the day. EcoTechno: a blog column on green technology including not only cleantech, but [...] [...]