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Mike Strizki’s home the first Solar-Hydrogen Residence in North America was completed in Hopewell, New Jersey in 2006 and features an advanced solar-hydrogen system for hydrogen production and storage that is integrated into an existing solar and geothermal system, and provides for all of the home’s energy needs. The system also includes a hydrogen fuel [...]

The Navy said a nuclear-powered submarine leaked minimally radioactive water while traveling to Japan, Guam and Hawai’i over several months.
The total radioactivity released into the environment from the USS Houston at each stop was less than one half a microcurie, U.S. Pacific Fleet spokesman Capt. Scott Gureck said.
“That’s a negligible amount, equal to the radioactivity [...]

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Doing More vs. Doing Less
submitted by ecoblogs (via greenstylemag.com)
Uber marketing guru Seth Godin has a great post about why making people feel guilty about their buying habits isn’t going to help the eco movement. We’re told to buy organic, but not that organic, because that was shipped long distances; or buy dolphin-friendly tuna, but [...]

New ‘FatBox’ Device Produces Biodiesel from Solid Animal Fats 
submitted by EcoBlogs 37 days ago (via RenewableEnergyAccess.com)
Fat may no longer be a negative thing, at least when it comes to producing biodiesel. FatBox, a device developed by Pacific Natural Energy (PNE) may make fat a valuable resource. It has the ability to transform fat into [...]