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New U.S. Drought Portal Unveiled
A civilizations lifeblood is available fresh water. Drought is a stealthy natural disaster, it doesn't have the huff and puff of a hurricane, the shock of an earthquake or the terror of a tornado- but it can be just as deadly. We have been covering the
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Solar Decathlon 2007: And The Winner Is...
20 university teams battled it out for solar home supremacy, and in the end, one stands alone: congratulations to Germany's Technische Universität Darmstadt. How'd they do it? "This team from Germany came to the Solar Decathlon hoping to have an impact
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Is Biodiesel an Appropriate Technology for Farmers?
iCAST (International Center for Appropriate & Sustainable Technology) is a not-for-profit organization based in Colorado. They work with local partners to develop sustainable solutions to the infrastructure and economic development needs of underserved
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Al Gore Warns of Crises Facing World's Oceans
Speaking at Oceana's 2007 Partners Award gala in Los Angeles last Friday, former Vice President Al Gore warned of the global implications of increased ocean acidification and of the impending melting of the Arctic
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TreeHugger Picks: Baseball Getting Greener
1) The Cincinatti Reds started the
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REI To Open New Prototype Green Store in Boulder
The green team at the outdoor gear co-op, REI (Recreational Equipment Inc,) can't be getting much sleep of late. They seem to be rolling our some new eco-endeavour every month. In August it was their Eco-Sensitive product labelling. Last month we
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Denver Colorado Airport Adding 2 Megawatt Solar System
"WorldWater & Solar Technologies Corp., developer and marketer of proprietary high-power solar systems, today announced it will engineer and construct a 2 Megawatt solar system at Denver International Airport (DIA). MMA Renewable Ventures LLC, a
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New Solar Panels Produced at Less Than $1 Per Watt
Solar panels that cost less than $1 per watt to produce are on their way, as Colorado State University's new method for low-cost, high-efficiency solar panels looks set to begin mass production. The panels will be made by AVA Solar, and production should
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Ever Vail: LEED-Certified Multi-Use Development
Vail Resorts, Inc. has announced more detailed plans for making the $1 billion Ever Vail the largest LEED-certified, multi-use resort development project in the nation.
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A Picture is Worth...Is Your Toilet Running?
Seen last week at the Colorado/Colorado State college football game, as part of Denver Water's promotions around the city to promote water conservation. Don't let your toilet run away from you.
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"Killacycle" Heats Up The Pavement
We mentioned the Killacycle, a hot new custom electric motorcycle, back in April, after encountering it on another blog. Here's an update based on newspaper coverage: an indication that rad green tech is catching on. "As Scotty Pollacheck, a
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Kegger Time in Bradburn Village
In New Urbanist communities, garages are at the rear, the houses are close to the street and they all have big, usable front porches. We have found in our old Toronto
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Seen Before Slumbers: Recycled Sleeping Bags
What’s with the little flurry of outdoor gear posts, you might wondering. Well, the summer trade shows have now passed, and the detail of upcoming goodies is slowing seeping out into the world wide ether. The goss is that Green is big. And only going
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The End of the World's Grasslands as We Know Them?
A newly released study posits a bleak future for the world's grasslands: rapidly escalating levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may prompt the large-scale conversion of grasslands to a landscape of woody shrubs. To reach these findings, Jack
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Higher Number of Atlantic Storms Linked to Global Warming
In another sign of global warming's growing influence on weather patterns around the world, a team of climate scientists have found that the number of storms in the Atlantic has dramatically increased over the past century. They attribute this upswing
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Hydrogen + Methane = Hythane
You've probably already heard of the potential for hydrogen and methane to serve as alternative energy sources but have you heard of "hythane"? Billing itself as "Blue Sky.Clean Air," the Hythane Company, LLC, based in Littleton, Colorado, has
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Osprey Recycles Packs
Announced a while back and due to be available by about June 07 are Osprey’s Resource series of packs and courier bags. 100% recycled PET (polyester) fabric from the likes of recycled drink bottles is utilised for the main body fabric, binding tape,
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Which BioFuel Produces the Least NOx?
There's more to environmental friendliness than carbon neutrality. And while biofuels certainly promise to reduce our world's carbon emissions, we've got to keep tabs on things like nitrous oxide emissions as well. This is exactly what folks at the
