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5 Reasons to Be Hopeful About Global Warming
thedailygreen.com — There isn't much time to act ... but we're actually starting to take action.More… (Environment)
ipekBattle of the lobbyists: Detroit vs. Iowa
desmoinesregister.com — Ethanol producers want to use a bailout of the auto industry to boost production of cars that can run on higher blends of the corn-based fuel. Detroit opposes these mandates. (As does the National Turkey Federation.)More… (Environment)
JacobHeySun + Water = Fuel
technologyreview.com — Solar goes solo: Artificial photosynthesis could provide a practical way to store energy produced by solar power, freeing people’s homes from the electrical grid. In this scheme, electricity from solar panels powers an electrolyzer, which breaks water into hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen is stored; at night or on cloudy days, it is fed into a ...More… (Environment)
MracniPlumbing the Oceans Could Bring Limitless Clean Energy
newscientist.com — FOR a company whose business is rocket science Lockheed Martin has been paying unusual attention to plumbing of late. The aerospace giant has kept its engineers occupied for the past 12 months poring over designs for what amounts to a very long fibreglass pipe. of course, no ordinary pipe but an integral part of the technology.More… (Environment)
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Nike, Starbucks Demand Congress To Act On Climate Change
redgreenandblue.org — Five leading companies joined Ceres today to announce a business coalition demanding stronger U.S. climate and energy legislation as early as 2009. More… (Environment)
mgreenerCocaine Users Are Destroying The Rainforest
guardian.co.uk — Four square metres of rainforest are destroyed for every gram of cocaine snorted in the UK, a conference of senior police officers as told yesterday. Francisco Santos Calderón, the vice-president of Colombia, appealed to British users of the class A drug to consider the impact on the environment.More… (Environment)
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WiFi goes green: solar-powered outdoor nodes coming soon
arstechnica.com — Meraki extends its mesh-networking line up, shipping a wall-plug node today, and a solar-powered outdoor model with battery backup in two weeks.More… (Environment)
insaincain02Obama vows 'new chapter' on climate change at Schwarzenegger
guardian.co.uk — Barack Obama today renewed his promise to make a decisive break with George Bush on the environment, using a summit convened by Arnold Schwarzenegger to promise a "new chapter in America's leadership on climate change".The video appearance by Obama confirmed Schwarzenegger's role as a global leader on climate change.More… (Environment)
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California Ups Renewable Energy Mandate to 33% by 2020
redgreenandblue.org — California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Executive Order S-14-08 on Monday, putting the state’s renewable energy requirement at 33% by 2020, and securing its place as the most aggressive renewable energy mandate in the country. More… (Environment)
sustainablogger7 Depressing Environmental Stories
thedailygreen.com — The following stories aren't getting front-page treatment in the nation's major newspapers, but they are arguably among the most important - and depressing - of the day. More… (Environment)
Tychee
New Cost-Effective Battery Tested to Store Wind-Power
cleantechnica.com — For the first time in America, a company has developed an efficient battery solution to storing wind power, a clear answer to critics who claim turbines are unreliable.More… (Environment)
nichesiteexpert
Hunger among U.S. children skyrockets
cnn.com — Some 691,000 children went hungry in America sometime in 2007, while close to one in eight Americans struggled to feed themselves adequately even before this year's sharp economic downturn. Predicted the 2008 numbers will show even more hunger because of the sharp economic downturn this year.More… (Environment)
sparkleprincess
Is Recycling Worth It? The Economic and Environmental Impact
popularmechanics.com — Americans haul 82 million tons of trash to recycling centers each year. But does it pay off—for the environment or the economy? PM has some real answers.More… (Environment)
msaleem
We Used To Recycle Everything; What Happened?
thegoodhuman.com — Throughout history, since the dawn of man, we have been a recycling people. We reused anything and everything multiple times before discarding of it - if there was anything left at all. Things were cherished - nothing was thrown away unless it was absolutely destroyed. How times have certainly changed…More… (Environment)
tbhurstMIT - A quicker, easier way to make coal cleaner
web.mit.edu — 'Partial capture' of emissions could be near-term move Construction of new coal-fired power plants in the United States is in danger of coming to a standstill, partly due to the high cost of the requirement -- whether existing or anticipated -- to capture all emissions of carbon dioxide, an important greenhouse 'Partial capture' of emissions ...More… (Environment)
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