Earlier this week, Stimulus beneficiary Evergreen Energy bit the dust . Then, Ener1, a manufacturer of batteries for electric vehicles and recipient of Stimulus largesse, filed for bankruptcy . And today, the Las Vegas Sun reports that Amonix, Inc., a manufacturer of solar panels that...
Trial Begins For Dutch Cove Guardian Erwin Vermeulen in Taiji, Japan The prosecution presents their case Erwin with Otis: Otis was a rescue from a cruelty situation. Thursday January 26 marked the start of court proceedings for Dutch Cove Guardian Erwin Vermeulen, who has been detaine...
Unsurprisingly, growth is an issue that's front and center at Davos discussions this year. Whether it's from the perspective of fiscally constrained industrialized nations, who are struggling to find it, or BRIC economies who, despite the possibility of a slowdown in some quarters, st...
Still, many farmers and gardeners say they already have all the evidence they need. "If you want to look at what might be the most politically correct thing, you can say 'something's happening,'" Charlie Nardozzi, a gardening consultant in Vermont, tells USA Today. "But the climate is...
It’s true—amazing solar tech innovations just keep coming. Some advances come in the form of new handheld devices and applications. Others promise to elevate solar into a mainstream energy source that may one day replace greenhouse-gas-emitting fossil fuels. Here are five recent innov...
So, Gregory A... I see you could not contain yourself to respond to Iva for Calling Elaine names... As I read Iva's post, I couldn't help but note that she was commenting on Elaine's attitude - which is not technically the same thing. (If the Religious Right & the Catholics can get by...
With a rotating cylindrical body and a sleek profile, new trucks being test-driven by Waste Management look nothing like garbage haulers of bygone years. But then the company would probably bristle at the term since, for all intents and purposes, it has banished the word "garbage" fro...
The Astrowatt manufacturing process is not inkjet-related, because their panels are not thin-film, even though it may sound like they are. Traditional (non-thin-film) solar-cell manufacturing techniques involve sawing fragile wafers of silicon into smaller squares to make solar cells,...
VOLKSWAGEN PARTNERS WITH BIKES BELONG TO CREATE CLEAN, SAFE BIKING COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE New two-year sponsorship will support key bicycling projects as part of Volkswagen's Think Blue.® initiative to promote sustainable mobility and environmentally conscious lifestyles Herndon, Va.,...
The article is about “home” solar power, which is “retail” power (i.e. it replaces power for which you would be paying a retail price), but then #7 is comparing it to the cost of coal and nuclear plants which is “wholesale” power. That seems like a key difference to me. Also panels on...
The economist dismissed the notion that the region would be able to turn itself around so as to make such support from its 'core' unnecessary. Citing the example of the persisting transfers from west to east Germany, he pointed out: 'The ones that need the money to flow in carry on ne...
While the president never used the words black carbon on Tuesday night, two things brought it to mind: first, his acknowledgment that, "The differences in this chamber may be too deep right now to pass a comprehensive plan to fight climate change," and second, the moment when the came...
Megan is an editor and producer for Care2's Healthy Living. Her main priorities are to live simply and build meaningful relationships with the people in her life. She loves to write and talk about environmental issues, healthy living, and women's rights. Beyond that, her interests cha...
Wind results from unequal temperatures. This can be a vertical wind or a horizontal one. Vertical winds are responsible for the sometimes rapid rise or fall of planes. The same turbulent conditions that might require you to “return to your seat and fasten your seatbelt” makes wind tur...
We have a right to know what’s in our foods. GMO foods are labeled all over Europe, China, and Japan but not in the U.S. Each year it seems that another country is added to the list of GMO labelers, but some how we lag behind, even though in the U.S. more than 9 out of 10 soybean seed...
We live in a world of sensory overload. Human made sounds are constantly buzzing, beeping, dinging, and ringing. Each sound represents something that is calling our attention. And if we treat ourselves well, we have mechanisms for providing our bodies and souls with de-stressing techn...
Super Bowl 2012 Green Energy Infographic: All You Need to Know! 0 Tweet by Michael dEstries January 28, 2012 As we mentioned earlier, Super Bowl XLVI is stepping up its greening efforts – with everything from composting to charging stations to green energy offsets. Green Mountain Ener...
Green Pricing is an optional utility service for customers who want to help expand the production and distribution of renewable energy technologies. With green pricing, you do not have to change your electricity provider. Instead, customers choose to pay a premium on their electricity...
David Barrie /CC BY 2.0 Smoggy day in Beijing. Despite the increasingly hard-to-avoid evidence of its dire smog problem, China has long persisted in playing down air pollution in the country, claiming 274 "blue sky " days last year. Now, though, thanks in part to citizen online activi...
As if to reinforce this very point, a group of scientists at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA GISS), have released an analysis of global temperatures in 2011, and near-future prospects . They find that 2011 was the 9th-hottest year on record (9 out of the 10 hottest ...
Sweet potatoes, in my mind, might just be the world’s most perfect food. They’re fun to grow (digging them at the end of a growing season is like finding buried treasure) and they’re top-notch when it comes to nutrient density. About the nutritional value of sweet potatoes, the websit...
Perhaps the biggest reveal of 2012 for fans of luxury performance all-electric vehicles (or, perhaps, anyone automotively-inclined with a pulse) is set for the 9th of February when Tesla Motors pulls the shroud from its Model X crossover at its new Los Angeles design studio. And now, ...
draft snake by sambossarellos from flickr This winter many families are feeling the double pinch of financial worries and high heating costs, and some are being forced to choose between warming their home or filling the gas tank. Luckily, there's an easy way to rediscover what our par...
by Sylvia Poareo , Co-Editor of Family & Parenting on Allthingshealing.com Author’s Note: In this article, I offer the reminder that an invaluable part of parenting is the modeling we offer our children. My hope for every parent is that they will love themselves in the way they seek t...
Our daily lives can be happier, as in a brighter, with a more positive outlook on our current situation and on the world around us. All it takes is making the choice to be happy and practicing habits that help you find your happy side. To say that we can choose happiness can come off ...
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Dr. Jemison chaired the 100 Year Starship Symposium’s Education, Social, Economic and Legal Considerations component, and her group was assigned to explore issues such as the education mission of the project, how the spacecraft crew would be selected, what kind of economic structure w...
farmers markets, organic produce winter at the farmers market Seasonal produce isn't just for the summer months: root vegetables, squash and fruits like apples and citrus from California and Florida are common in farmers' markets across the U.S. during winter months. "If it's in seaso...
Climate change and the perspective of fossil fuel scarcity have strengthened the need to promote renewable energies. The deployment of solar photovoltaic electricity (PV) is playing a crucial role in helping the EU meet its commitment in fighting climate change and ensure security of ...
Less than a year after everyone with any sort of say in the matter seemed to agree that 54.5 miles per gallon by the year 2025 was a properly attainable goal , the California Air Resources Board has decided to change things up a bit. In addition to CAFE requirements of a 54.5-mpg flee...
