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William Jeffs, a spokesman for NASA Johnson Space Center, told USA TODAY, seeds of the red romaine seeds were planted on July 8 on board the ISS where a small greenhouse has been set using LEDs called “Veggie”.

But this is not the first time astronauts have succeeded in harvesting greens in space. Why is this such a historic salad?

“Bon appetit!” Scott Kelly, the station’s US commander, bid Kjell Lindgren and Kimiya Yui, his fellow astronauts, as they each took a leaf.

Astronauts aboard the global Space Station are officially the first humans in history to ever eat space-grown lettuce.

While space food has come a long way since the freeze-dried ice cream and Tang you remember from childhood, the vacuum of space isn’t exactly an ideal environment for growing fresh food.

President Obama recently unveiled a new rule to combat climate change by forcing state’s like Virginia to cut their carbon pollution. New York is a proud member of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), which is a cap-and-trade effort of Northeastern states to...

“There is tremendous potential for energy savings performance contracting and distributed generation to support the Clean Power Plan, and we will continue to advocate for states to maximize those opportunities”, said Sakellaris.

Astronauts aboard the global Space Station (ISS) have, for the first time, eaten vegetables grown in space.

Obama announced on Monday that power plant owners must cut carbon dioxide emissions by 32% from 2005 levels by 2030. Contrast that to a state like West Virginia, where 95 percent of the energy comes from coal plants, and you can see how some states will have to change their...

US President Barack Obama has unveiled an ambitious plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the country’s coal-burning power plants, with the White House hoping that nations like India and China will be fully on board for a landmark climate change deal in Paris.

The Home Performance Coalition is supportive of this approach and encouraged that the final Clean Power Plan reward states for early investment in clean energy, renewable energy, and energy efficiency, especially in low-income communities. “They can keep coal...

The new plan aims to cut carbon emissions from the power sector by 32% by 2030.

It expects to end production at the 2.4 million-square-foot plant – the equivalent of 50 football fields – by the end of November.