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When The Sun Shines Down Under. . .It Powers a Bus
Adelaide, Australia, recently introduced what is being called, at least according to the Adelaide City Council website, "the world's first solar-powered electric bus." Manufactured by a New Zealand company called Designline International, the
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BP, Indiana, Go The "Independent Study" Route
The US State of Indiana has produced a study by a State funded University which indicates BP did the right thing, as did State regulators, with regard to the State's granting of a proposed permit expansion for BP's Whiting Refinery. According to news
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Greenwash Watch: Beyond the Marketing Spin
Lucy Aitkin writes an excellent article in the Guardian about greenwashing, "a practice which receives an arresting definition in a new book, John Grant's The Green Marketing Manifesto. In it the co-founder of St Luke's advertising agency writes: "You
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Global Warming for Gamers: BP and EA Team Up to Bring Climate Education to SimCity
Hoping to reach that ever growing gamer segment of the population, Electronic Arts and BP Alternative Energy have combined forces to inject environmental issues - most notably global warming - into the next iteration of the video game company's popular
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It's BP Time Again
BP had this summer been telling the City of Chicago that 'they didn't have enough room' to upgrade their nearby refinery's wastewater treatment plant (pictured). Right. Chicago ain't buyin' it either.
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Illinois Ups The Pressure On BP - Looking At Indiana-Issued Air Permit
Yesterday we commented about The Chicago Sun Times taking an editorial position in favor of a BP fuel boycott in the Chicago, Illinois area, offered in response to more liberal wastewater discharge permit conditions, granted by neighboring Indiana to a
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Traditionally Conservative Chicago Sun Times Calls For BP Boycott Over Proposed Discharges
Months after it's nearest competitor, The Chicago Tribune, began its investigative reporting series on the BP wastewater story, the Chicago Sun Times, a paper not exactly known for pro-environmental regulatory stances has suggested a 'boycott BP'
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Chicago Still Fighting For Future Of Lake Michigan..And Cheap Gas
We TreeHugger writers are sometimes advised that society 'can't buy its way out of climate change' solely by shopping for green "stuff" and reshaping individual lifestyles. Similarly, the folks are Grist are fond of saying that the prospect of
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Why Peak Oil is Like a Cool Beer
BP is no longer Beyond Petroleum, but firmly back in the camp. Its Statistical Review of World Energy predicts that there are enough proven reserves in the world to last another forty years at current rates, which is a lot longer than most Peak Oil
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The Best of The Panelist
In a program on NPR, Innovest Group analyst Greg Larkin mentions that Citigroup, among others, are undertaking sizable plans to assess the opportunities and risks associated with addressing climate change, and that this is more than just good public
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BP Helios House: A Little Better
BP are the first to admit that the Helios House is not revolutionary, just "a little better" (they even wrote that on a billboard). But when oil companies actually improve things (instead of just talking about it), it should be noted - encouraged,
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Schwazenegger Proposes $95 Million in Research Funding
The governor of California is at it again, this time "reaffirming California's position as a world leader in advanced research and innovation that creates jobs while preserving the environment." The research package includes $30 m for a new facility
