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With consumer feedback ranging from "clever" to "creepy," Sony announced that its newest line of HDTVs will feature built-in cameras with facial detection software that will make sure that you're watching TV while it's on. The cameras, which use a mixture of facial detection, motion sensors, and hea...
WASHINGTON, DC, May 12, 2010 (ENS) - Restoration of the Chesapeake Bay entered a new phase today as the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, its co-plaintiffs, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency settled their lawsuit with a binding agreement that will require pollution to be reduced across the natio...
WASHINGTON, DC, May 10, 2010 (ENS) - Household and commercial refrigerators and freezers in the United States and around the world could soon be using different gases to cool the food in storage. The gases now used either deplete the ozone layer or contribute to global warming, or both.
To phase out...
WASHINGTON, DC, April 27, 2010 (ENS) - The U.S. Navy celebrated Earth Day on Thursday by showcasing a flight test of the Green Hornet, an F/A-18 Super Hornet strike fighter jet powered by a biofuel blend made from the camelina plant.
The 45 minute test flight, conducted at Naval Air Station Patuxent...
People across the world are kicking off festivities in the name of Earth Day. This international holiday, described as "halfway between a street party and a guilt trip" by the Washington Post, began 40 years ago when a group of young activists arranged a national protest. The event was categorized b...
The United States formally introduced a plan crafted in St. Petersburg Beach, Florida last March during a meeting of the International Whaling Convention. The plan would allow whaling nations to do so legally within the IWC. Currently, Norway and Iceland whale in objection to the moratorium placed b...
WASHINGTON, DC, April 15, 2010 (ENS) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy today jointly announced changes to the Energy Star® product certification process to ensure that only products actually meeting the Energy Star requirements can receive an Energy Star label....
General Electric, the first company to mass-produce incandescent light bulbs, unveiled a socket-ready LED light bulb that will be on store shelves this year. The new bulb will have the equivalent light output of a 40 watt incandescent bulb, but only use 9 watts of energy. While compact florescent bu...
The Environmental Protection Agency announced a new water quality standard that could spell the end for surface mining, a coal harvesting method that some environmentalists refer to as "mountaintop removal." Under the new regulations, electrical conductivity of streams and rivers near mining operat...
On January 27th, 2010, millions of people around the world participated in earth hour. During this special slice of night, businesses and residences shut off their electric lights for 60 minutes to show solidarity for actions that would protect and preserve the planet. This symbolic event, which can...
