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Green Fortune's Plantwall
Thanks to Hugg's most prodigious poster linton for tipping us off to the Plantwall, a "new way of integrating greenery in public spaces." "Urban cultivators" Green Fortune created the Plantwall as a means of bringing "the outside inside," and providing
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"Rural Renaissance" Conference Promotes Biofuels, Solar, Wind
St. Louis played host this past week to the US Departments of Energy and Agriculture's "Advancing Renewable Energy: An American Rural Renaissance" conference. While we weren't able to make it to the events last Wednesday and Thursday, we kept a close
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Institutional Investors Introduce Climate Risk Disclosure Framework
Do you know how the companies in your investment portfolio are prepared to handle climate change? Probably not, as the idea of reporting such information to investors and the public is a relatively new concept. Yesterday in both Boston and London, a
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Biofuels to Power Cell Phone Base Stations in Africa
Experiments with renewable energy seem to be popping up all over the African continent, and cellular phone service companies Ericsson (Swedish) and MTN (South Africa) plan to join this movement by using biofuels to power mobile base stations not
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CHEJ Launches Campaign Against "The Poison Plastic"
The Center for Health, Environment and Justice launched a new campaign today targeting PVC -- or, as they call it, "The Poison Plastic." The campaign website, PVCFree.org, features the Flash video "Sam Suds, and the Case of PVC, the Poison Plastic,"
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Moyers Asks "Is God Green?"
Last week, we took note of Bill Moyers and Bill McKibben's live presentation of their ideas on evangelicalism and environmentalism at the New York Public Library. Those of us who couldn't make it to that event will have another chance to hear Moyers
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New Semiconductor Material Produces More Efficient Solar Cells
Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a new semiconductor material that may allow solar cells to reach efficiencies as high as 45%. If they overcome some of the hurdles still presented by the laws of physics, at least
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The TH Interview: Summer Rayne Oakes
In the numerous posts we've published about Summer Rayne Oakes, we've almost always prefaced her name with the phrase "eco-model." Oakes has graced the covers of magazines ranging from E/The Environmental Magazine to Ethical Consumer, but in between jobs
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ENERGY STAR Releases Podcasts on Consumer Electronics
We all love gadgets, and as prices for consumer electronics continue to drop, devices such as cell phones, DVRs, and PDAs appear in more and more American homes. In 1980, consumer electronics accounted for about 5% of our total home energy use; now,
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The Sustainable Dance Club
The idea of green clubbing may seem like an oxymoron, but on October 14, environmental NGO Enviu and architectural firm Döll will host an event at Rotterdam's Off_Corso to present their concept of an environmentally responsible dance club. Titled "The
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Hybrid Owners of America Pushes for New, Better Tax Incentives
New non-profit Hybrid Owners of America bills itself as "a new and 100-percent independent organization created to organize and advocate for the interests of the more than half a million Americans who already own hybrid gas-electric cars and other highly
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Moyers and McKibben Discuss Global Warming and Evangelicalism
As we've followed closely the debates within the American evangelical community about global warming and "creation care," we were pretty excited to learn that PBS' Bill Moyers was writing a book on the subject. That book, Welcome to Doomsday, is now
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British Insurer Rewards "Environmentally Friendly Motoring"
British auto insurer Yes Insurance announced a program yesterday that offers rebates to owners of hybrid cars. Company spokesperson Paul Purdy claimed that the cash-back program is the first of its kind in the UK, and that Yes has a responsibility to
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Ask Your Candidates about Global Warming and Energy
Mid-term congressional elections are just over a month away in the US, and much of the debate among candidates stays focused on Iraq, terrorism, and immigration. While these are important issues, one has to wonder why energy and global warming aren't
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Kettle Foods Offsets 100% of Conventional Energy Use
Last year, Justin claimed that Oregon's Kettle Foods was "...pretty darn sustainable." That was a fair assessment at the time, with the company operating a fleet of vehicles on biodiesel made from their own used cooking oil, and powering its Oregon
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Farm Aid Rocks for the Family Farmer... and More Sustainable Food
When Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp held the first Farm Aid concert in 1985, they wanted to help family farmers who were losing their farms to a one-two punch of low land values and high interest rates. These days, the motivation behind
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GM Plugs Its Renewable Portfolio
General Motors may be not only be the world's largest automaker, but also the most controversial: just look at the heated discussions here on GM fuel cell vehicles, Big 3 fuel efficiency, and the EV1. While the company's vehicles will likely continue to
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Fortune Investigates Kimberly-Clark Forestry Practices
On Wednesday, Fortune magazine weighed in on the continuing conflict between paper products giant Kimberly-Clark and environmental groups Greenpeace and the National Resources Defense Council. While K-C maintains that it's an "environmental leader" in
