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Discovery Channel A Japanese company is launching fake shark fins in China, hoping to tap a market as prices for real ones rise amid concerns the species is being hunted to extinction. :Nikko Yuba Seizo Co. a Japanese food-processing company, said it had developed artificial shark fins made out of pork gelatin. Its top executives [...]

AP Dallas Zoo officials are moving forward with a plan to turn animal droppings, cardboard and tree limbs into power for several buildings and irrigation for the zoo’s landscaping. The waste, including Jenny and Keke’s elephant poop, will go into a biogas generator. The gas that is created will help with heating, water and electric [...]

Straits Times A GARDEN – not for humans but for sea life – has taken root in the waters off Labrador Park. It is where conditions have been created to attract sea creatures, and where corals moved from other places can establish themselves. The marine garden is the work of a team from the Singapore [...]

Discovery Channel Consumers may have a new weapon against high utility bills: energy-efficient roofs and attics. The prototype system uses, among other things, hi-tech, phase-changing material to reduce hot attic temperatures in the summer and limit heat loss in the winter. : According to Miller, the prototype system combines four different technologies into one high-efficiency [...]

AP A kite-sized, unmanned airplane is joining the effort to protect endangered Hawaiian monk seals and coral reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Managers of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument plan to use the 10-pound plane as early as October to help them spot nets and other marine debris. The electric-powered craft will transmit digital [...]

reuters China will this year launch a fund with 7 billion yuan ($925 million) to spend on energy-saving projects such as efficient lightbulbs as it seeks to curb soaring demand for power, Chinese media reported. The cash is part of a scheme unveiled by the country’s top economic planner to tackle pollution and energy problems, [...]

reuters Sony has developed an environmentally-friendly prototype battery that runs on sugars and that can generate enough electricity to power a music player and a pair of speakers, the Japanese company said. The bio battery’s casing is made of a vegetable-based plastic. It measures 3.9 cm (1.5 inch) along each edge and works by pouring [...]

AP As the summer swelters on, skyscrapers and apartments around the city will crank up air conditioners and push the city’s power grid to the limit – but some have found a cool alternative. Some office towers and buildings are keeping their AC use to a minimum by using an energy-saving system that relies on [...]

Google Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), today announced the RechargeIT initiative (http://www.rechargeit.org) that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and oil dependence by accelerating the adoption of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (“plug-ins”. As part of this initiative, Google.org awarded $1 million in grants and announced plans for a $10 million request [...]

MSNBC A Purdue University engineer and National Medal of Technology winner says he’s ready and able to start a revolution in clean energy. Professor Jerry Woodall and students have invented a way to use an aluminum alloy to extract hydrogen from water — a process that he thinks could replace gasoline as well as its [...]