National News
Building Your Own Electric Vehicle
My completely revised and updated edition Build Your Own Electric Vehicle is the "bible of electric car books" illustrates how to convert a gas-guzzler to a clean-running electric powered vehicle or build one from scratch!
It's no wonder that the electric vehicle (EV) movement has broadened to multiple levels of public debate. Electric cars solve many...
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Greenopia Picks
Labor Day BBQ
As you're busy putting together a deliciously healthy end of the season BBQ, with all the fresh and organic spoils of summer, don't forget to pack your cooler with some of Greenopia's Picks from our most recent Corporate Ratings of Beer, Drinks and Wines . There are so many great choices that there is something refreshing for everyone. For the beer drinkers...
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Health and Wellness
US grapples with bedbugs, misuse of pesticides
A resurgence of bedbugs across the U.S. has homeowners and apartment dwellers taking desperate measures to eradicate the tenacious bloodsuckers, with some relying on dangerous outdoor pesticides and fly-by-night exterminators. The problem has gotten so bad that the Environmental Protection Agency warned this month against the indoor use of chemicals meant...
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Health and Wellness
Time to get your flu shot, but just one this year
It's flu-shot season already, and for the first time health authorities are urging nearly everyone to get vaccinated. There is even a new high-dose version for people 65 or older. What a difference a year makes: Crowds lined up for hours for scarce shots during last fall's swine flu pandemic, when infections peaked well before enough vaccine could be...
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National News
Scientists say they've cracked wheat's genetic code, data could help protect crops worldwide
British scientists have decoded the genetic sequence of wheat - one of the world's oldest and most important crops - a development they hope could help the global staple meet the challenges of climate change, disease and population growth. Wheat is grown across more of the world's farmland than any other cereal, and researchers said Friday they're posting...
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National News
Greenopia's Greenest Wine Ratings
Greenopia is releasing its updated "Greenest Wine" rankings for 2010 and you will be interested in the findings. Ordinarily we assume the wineries are committed to being organic and vintners are dedicated to being environmentally conscience and for the most part they are; when it comes to their farming practices. But surprisingly, wineries lose a lot of...
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National News
11 Useful, Green School Supplies
Listen up, class. It's time to send our kids back to school. And as long as they're learning about presidents, percentages and punctuation, why not give them a lesson in protecting the planet?
Eco-friendly school supplies not only curtail landfill clutter and environmental toxins, they teach your campus-bound student the value of theother three R's:...
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