published March 18, 2011 and has No Comments
Image: Rachel Cernansky This doesn't seem a victory so much as common sense, but these days those aren't mutually exclusive. The Democratic Republic of Congo's Environment Minister Jose Endundo has rejected a bid by UK oil firm Soco International to search for oil in Virunga National Park , part of the region that the world's only remaining and critically ...
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published March 4, 2011 and has No Comments
AT&T announced today that because of 4,200 energy efficiency projects installed at company facilities during 2010, it saved $44 million in annual energy costs. The projects included things like installing desktop power management software on 169,000 computers, a measure that generated $614,000 in savings alone, and installing LED light bulbs at over 1,100 cell sites. ... Read the full ...
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published January 7, 2011 and has No Comments
Image via Samsung We've known about Samsung's green(er) Blue Earth cell phone for awhile now, but there are two lesser known models the company has created with a lighter footprint -- the Evergreen and the Rant 2. They are shown off here at CES, with a nod to the eco-friendly components, including recycled plastic used for their casing.... Read ...
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published December 30, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo by comedy_nose via Flickr Creative Commons Last May we heard that the European Union might require a universal charger for all cell phones, and last October we heard that just such a universal charger was devised , though would not be "forced" onto cell phone manufacturers. The idea is brilliant, though, since the... Read the full story on ...
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published September 27, 2010 and has No Comments
Image via GigaOM , courtesy of T-Mobile While Motorola and Sony Ericsson have been on the trail of solar and wind-powered cell phone towers for years primarily in developing areas like Africa and India, T-Mobile seems to just be bringing the idea to the states. T-Mobile USA launched their first tower powered (at least in part) by the sun's ...
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published September 23, 2010 and has No Comments
Screenshots via EarthTechling We love smartphone apps that help people recycle. We've seen such cool versions as Earth911's iRecycle and even location-specific apps like San Francisco's recycling app that helps residents avoid fines for mis-sorting their waste. Anything that makes it easier makes u... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published September 2, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo via kalleboo A common complaint about cell phones is that there is no universal charger -- if you don't have the one that works specifically for your phone, well, you're just out of luck when your battery dies. It's not only a hassle for cell phone owners, but it's a huge problem for e-waste as the chargers become ...
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published August 24, 2010 and has No Comments
Image via Google Lat-Long Blog Google Earth's ocean layers are incredible, and the company has made the feature of their much loved software mobile -- Google Earth 1.1 for (of course) Android has just added their oceans layer. You can zoom around the sea floor, exploring the entire Monterey Bay Canyon, for example, or search through photos and videos ...
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published August 19, 2010 and has No Comments
Image credit: SyncStudios I've never been much of a gamer, but I did always enjoy the constructive challenges posed by games like SimCity and its later spin offs. That's why I kind of liked the idea of a Facebook game that lets you nurture virtual chickens, and rescue real ones too . It seems a UK company has been ...
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published August 5, 2010 and has No Comments
Wired and Gizmodo are showing an interesting iPhone application and accessory: the LiveRider. Wired describes the hardware: "It comprises a frame-mounted sensor which cable-ties onto the chainstay (the bottom tube) and senses speed and cadence (cranks per minute) via magnets attached to the wheel and crank. This beams its info via 2.4 GHz RF to ... Read the full ...
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