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VW Jetta TDI named 'Green Car of the Year'
Green Car Journal has named Volkswagen's 2009 Jetta TDI as the "Green Car of the Year," making it the first clean-diesel car to win the award.

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Climate explorers eye poles, Everest
A team of explorers plans to ski to the North and South Poles and climb Mount Everest — all within 365 days and with the goal not to conquer but to protect the ice from global warming.

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Innovation: Urban growers go high-tech
Hydroponics gets a second look from researchers, public health advocates
Science: Woolly mammoth's DNA mapped
Scientists wonder if certain prehistoric species might be resurrected
Frontiers: Can clean coal idea be salvaged?
Study looks at method that drastically improves efficiency, cuts emissions
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Cars ranked by chemical content
Billing it as the first-ever consumer guide to toxic chemicals in cars, an advocacy group rated more than 200 models based on interior parts — from steering wheels to armrests — whose chemical components can break down over time.

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Looking to do more by Mother Earth? As part of a "Green Week" initiative Nov. 16-23 by NBC/Universal, the TODAY show is offering an incentive, while MSN presents databases to help green your lifestyle:

Your thoughts on Green Week?

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Military goes green to save gas
Nov. 21: The U.S. Army is ordering 4,000 electric vehicles over the next three years, which could save 11.5 million gallons of gasoline per year. MSNBC's Contessa Brewer reports.

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Did you know that "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species," which is put together by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, lists thousands of animal species as vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered? Each week, and with the IUCN's help, msnbc.com profiles a threatened species.
Check back each week, clicking here for the latest poster child for conservation.

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Black market
The wildlife trade is the third-largest illegal trade in the world after guns and drugs. Learn who is buying and selling and see the species put at risk by the trade.
INTERACTIVE
Battle of the Bags: Paper vs. Plastic
Msnbc.com takes you on interactive journey through the debate over the "greenest" way to cart away groceries.
Interactive
Vital Signs of a Warming World
The science, impacts and scenarios of climate shifts
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Antarctica
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Reflections from time on ‘the Ice’
Experiences gained from an Antarctic odyssey, plus readers’ comments
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Car race shows solar power potential
Tapping the sun, students drove 2,500 miles from Texas to Canada
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Fighting fires
MSNBC.com's Jon Bonne reports on shifting strategies
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Gentlemen, start your fuel cells
Road trip highlights potential for cars, but also potholes
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Nuclear waste
MSNBC.com's Miguel Llanos reports on the debate over Yucca Mountain

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