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After lagging behind Europe in developing its offshore wind power potential, the United States has finally entered the race in ernest: Delaware has an offshore wind farm in development; similar projects have been discussed for Rhode Island, New York,

If the United States focused on curbing climate change as soon as a new president took office -- or sooner -- it could help pull the world from the financial brink, environmental policy experts told Reuters.

Want local, organic seasonal produce, conveniently boxed up for your pick up — at a really reasonable price? Join a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. Basically, joining a CSA buys you a share in a farm — so you’re directly contributing

Poland is particularly suited for organic, sustainable farms. Unlike the U.S. where agriculture has over time been consolidated into large factory farms, Poland's maintained small-scale farms (average of 17 acres) even if they weren't always completely or

If you were given $28 million to design an energy efficient student center, what would you do? That is exactly what students from around the world have been challenged with for the 2008-2009 Hydrogen Student Design Contest.

Over the weekend Helen Yung emailed me to let me know about their new ice cream shop which also sells coffee! How exciting. She tells me they are “featuring ‘More Than Fair’ coffee from Café Cortez. Our coffee-based treats include Sumatra Espresso

Great news! Today we updated StoryMaps to work better in your site’s sidebar. Instead of opening a wide bubble when you click on a place marker, maps under 300 pixels now show the stories in a list view that’s cleaner and much more user-friendly for n