Is it so Hard to be (Green) and Good? New ABC Sitcom "The Goode Family" Says Yes
published May 1, 2009 and has No Comments
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Read more...The Next Big Oil: Big Smart Grid?
Photo via the New Republic It's a widely held notion that politicians have long been in the pocket of Big Oil. And there's good reason for that perception: oil companies' huge campaign donations, vast lobbying power, and close ties to politicians have ensured that their taxes remain low , that hidden subsidies are around to provide extra funding, and that they receive preferential treatment in US energy policy. But there could be a new, ... View original post here: The Next Big Oil: Big Smart Grid?
Ever See a Blue Whale Life-Sized on Your Computer? Now You Can
So there really isn't anything that deep to this image. It's just a (more or less) life-sized blue whale eye. And on the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society site you can educate yourself/be mesmerized/ waste some time for a while staring at it while the entire life-sized animal scrolls across your browser window. Believe me, it's way cooler than you might think:... Read more from the original source: Ever See a Blue Whale Life-Sized on Your Computer? Now You Can
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Global Treehugger
published April 30, 2009 and has No Comments
Image: Earth First One reason I like Treehugger is that it give us a global perspective on environmental topcis. Where else would you get that? You may wonder, what is going on in, say, Brazil ? You don't get this kind of coverage - Turkey, Israel, London, Copenhagen, California, Beijing, Tokyo - you name it. Do use the search ...
Read more...Fortune Data Centers Starts Up Greener Operations in Silicon Valley
published April 29, 2009 and has No Comments
Photo via Fortune Data Centers Fortune Data Centers is commencing operations in a new greener facility in San Jose, California. The facility emphasizes a better way to cool down hot servers, giving the center a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) rating of 1.37 - pretty close to rivaling that of Microsoft and Google who are duking it out for best ...
Read more...Philadelphia’s Ambitious Sustainability Plan
published April 29, 2009 and has No Comments
Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia PA. Image credit: Urban Pranksters Network The City of Philadelphia has announced, via PRWeb , that "...Greenworks Philadelphia, an ambitious, comprehensive framework to make Philadelphia the greenest city in the United States of America by 2015. It sets goals in five areas -- energy, environment, equity, economy and engagement -- and encompasses more than... ...
Read more...Green Eyes On: Pregnancy Awareness Month
published April 27, 2009 and has No Comments
Image courtesy of Pregnancy Awareness Month Though I am not yet a mom myself I understand how life changing it can be to hold your first precious baby in your arms, and to go from zero little ones underfoot to one, then two and maybe more. I have also seen first hand how this is often the moment when ...
Read more...Off-Shore Drilling Hearings See Big Turnout
published April 27, 2009 and has No Comments
Offshore drilling protest-animals, for San Francisco CA hearing . Image credit:Wild Coast, via Sierra Club This month, the Department of the Interior held four hearings on off-shore drilling. I think this is a great sign - an administration that wants to hear from the public about energy solutions. So of course the Sierra Club helped turn out the clean ...
Read more...Canada Government Whining Over California Transportation Fuel Standards: Stuck In The Tar Sands
published April 25, 2009 and has No Comments
Canada's Natural Resources Minister, Lisa Raitt. Image credit: Ottawa Citizen The California Air Resources Board, perhaps unintentionally spring-boarding from their acronym, "the CARB," voted nearly unanimously in favor of a rule to require "low carbon" or " Low-Carb " fossil fuels increasingly be sold in California. The proposed requirement is based not just on vehicle-emitted CO2. It requires an ...
Read more...Ivy League Wins EPA’s 2008-2009 Green Power Challenge
published April 21, 2009 and has No Comments
photo: Wikipedia For the past academic year the EPA has been tracking green power purchases by colleges and universities, dividing them up along collegiate athletic conferences, and the winners have just been announced:... Read the rest here: Ivy League Wins EPA's 2008-2009 Green Power Challenge
Read more...Corn Ethanol Worse than Oil? California Rules Yes
published April 20, 2009 and has No Comments
Image via Renaissance Ronin In what would certainly be a huge blow to the US' formidable corn-ethanol industry, the California Air Resources Board is readying a report that says ethanol is worse than oil in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. According to the Daily Climate , the Californ... See more here: Corn Ethanol Worse than Oil? California Rules Yes
Read more...Cool Cars: Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Efficiency
published April 16, 2009 and has No Comments
Adam Stern at TerraPass outlines a looming debate over new ways to make all vehicles more fuel efficient, in his post: More ways to cut car emissions: reflective glass and paint . Summing the debate: More efficient, comfortable cars are light-colored. Dark colors up the carbon footprint. The "coolest" cars are both light-colored and would have solar-gain reducing window ...
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Study: Humpback Whales Living in Same Ocean Basin Singing Different Tunes 2012-02-10
Contrary to previously held notions of how whale songs are shared between neighboring populations, a surprising study finds that whales living the same ocean basin are singing different songs. Read the original post: Study: Humpback Whales Living in Same Ocean ...
More in this category ...Lasers Used to Generate Remarkably Detailed 3D Map of the Amazon 2012-02-09
"The technology that we have here gives us a first-ever look at the Amazon in its full three-dimensional detail, over very large regions," says the study's lead researcher. Here is the original post: Lasers Used to Generate Remarkably Detailed 3D ...
