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ExxonMobil Corp. announced today that it has fully realized the dangers of global warming and has agreed to cease all operations, CEO Rex Tillerson said today.

Taichung – the world’s greatest CO2 emissions coal power plant

Kansas (TGW) – The Democratic governor of Kansas vetoed Republican legislation that would have allowed a coal fired power plant to expand and emit 11 million more tons of greenhouse gases per year.

British tidal power company Lunar Energy has agreed to build the world’s largest tidal power system in South Korea.

Researchers in the United States and Austria have developed a technique to increase efficiency of plastic solar cells by 3.4 to 5.1%.

Lumecon and Relume Technologies has won the contract for converting the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan over to 100% light emitting diodes (LEDs) for its 1000 streetlights.

The Shiken Company of Japan wants to revolutionize the way you brush your teeth – and it wants to make you greener.

The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranking released today by experts at Yale and Columbia universities lists Switzerland as the greenest country in the world, followed by the Scandinavian bloc (Sweden, Norway, Finland) and then Costa Rica.

AFS Trinity Power Corporation revealed its XH-150 hybrid SUV today, which gets 150 miles per gallon, and goes 40 miles on electricity alone, at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit.

One Swedish state owned company has announced it has found an easy, green way to heat their offices: human body heat from a quarter million commuters streaming through Stockholm’s central station.

If you’ve seen The Day After Tomorrow or read The Coming Global Superstorm, you probably have heard of ‘thermohaline circulation’. Okay. Maybe you haven’t heard it named, but if you’ve seen the movie or read the book then you know what it is. Unconsciously. Trust me.

Singapore opened a new, $1.22 billion green airport terminal today.

The British hotel chain Travelodge is building what they claim to be the first ‘recyclable’ hotel.

Prices will likely reach $105 in the coming weeks.

Carbon dioxide (CO2) spewed by coal-fired power plants and vehicles have caused hundreds of premature deaths in the U.S. alone, a new study says.

Researchers at Glasgow University have found a way to make light emitting diodes (LEDs) brighter and more energy efficient than other energy efficient lightbulbs, such as CFLs, on the market.

The new 6 feet ball, weighing 1100 pounds, is covered with 9576 light emitting diodes (LEDs). The LEDS are twice as bright as previous bulbs and much more colorful.

“Want to see the effects of global warming without waiting ten or twenty years? Then use one of these frightening and informative Global Warming Vanishing Land Mugs.”

Green Star Products Inc. (GSPI) announced this week that it has signed a contract to build a 100-acre algae to biodiesel facility.

_______________ was named “Green Car of the Year” at the Los Angeles Auto Show yesterday.

Chinese company ChinaVision has come out with a 2GB solar powered mp4 player

Virginia (TGW) – Scientists at the University of Virginia have discovered a new class of storage material that is cheaper and more efficient at storing hydrogen as a fuel.

Georgia (TGW) – Range Fuels announced today that is going to build the first commercial cellulosic ethanol plant in the country.

"Make no mistake about it; we are well on the way to destroying those conditions, and making our planet uninhabitable."

The President of the islands nation Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, called for urgent action against climate change.

Washington (TGW) – Global warming should be treated as a health issue, experts said at a meeting of the America Public Health Association.

Eat chocolate, help the environment and fight global warming.British firm Ecotec has developed a process in which waste from chocolate producing factories is used to make biofuels.

The outrageousness of climate 'skeptics':

The solar market has been expanding rapidly, with the price of silicon rising as well. Solar panel shortages are common because of the same shortage of silicon.