Tag: Wisconsin - Page 3
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Big Brothers Spies On Your...Recycling?
That's right, in communities across the US, recycling bins are now being outfitted with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips. And if you don't recycle, they'll let you know that they know.Savannah, GA,
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US Government Awards Millions To Create "Forest Thinning" Jobs
U.S. Department of the Interior will grant $15 million to 55 projects to "thin overgrown forests" [logging] and remove potential fuels for wildfires on public lands" [so the wood can
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UWisconsin Oshkosh Bans KFC on Campus
Man, college students can be demanding. Asking for fair trade this, and free-range that. Well when college students at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh found out
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Seven Breathtaking Green Island Escapes
When you think of breathtaking green island escapes, does tropical spring to mind? Unfortunately, too many visitors to the planet's wondrous tropical island vacation spots return frustrated at the overcrowding. And the
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A Car Style We Wish They'd Bring Back: The Delivery Wagon
How many step vans and service trucks do you see every day driving around with far less than a full load? How many tradesmen could do their business comfortably with something
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Western Great Lakes States On "Green Power Express" By 2020: Transmission Lines Approved
Greenwire reports, via the New York Times, on a favorable decision by the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, (FERC) for construction of high-power transmission lines from wind farms
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Good News Department: 400 Green Jobs Coming To Wisconsin Rapids
A city trail system combining dedicated, paved, off-street trails, and city streets where paint markings designate restricted bike lanes. Image credit:VisitWisRapids.
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LED Streetlight Management Getting Efficiency IQ Test
LED streetlights are already helping cities save a lot of money, but even with energy efficient lighting, smart management is important to maximize savings. BetaLED is figuring out a control system that will help cities get the most
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More Corn = $58 Million in Lost Ecosystem Services, More Aphids, Fewer Ladybugs
Because the US encouraged increased planting of corn by 19% in 2006 and 2007 the number of insect pests that plague the soybean crop increased as well, causing lost yield to farmers or forcing them to apply more insecticide to
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McMansion Treehouse: Gigantic Two-story Kids Playhouse Spells the Death of the Small Footprint
That icon of American childhood, the treehouse, has succumbed to the McMansion phenomenon. The place of refuge that you may remember as little more than a haphazardly mounted platform or a rag rug thrown over a branch formed the character of many a
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Vending Machine for Bike Parts Introduced by Trek
When we wrote that Bike Mechanics are the New Doctors commenter Nate suggested that "bikes are remarkably simple machines to work on," who needs a mechanic?. In Madison, Wisconsin, you get your choice; James of BicycleDesign tells us of the Trek Stop-
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Millions Of Acres Of Corn Won't Be Knee-High By Fourth Of July: But Meat Prices Will
The knock-on effects of the June of 2008 Upper Mississippi River basin floods will include meat prices being driven up much farther than could have been accomplished only by government incentives for corn-based ethanol. It's too late to replant
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Wood In The Coal Burners: Expect A Lot More Of This
Coal is getting more expensive: especially the high grade US stuff that Europe wants to burn. The less expensive coals are more highly polluting and have lower heat value, making it harder to meet discharge/emission limits, and harder still to
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The Go Green Initiative's School of the Week: Holy Family School in Sheboygan, WI!
If you’ve ever looked at a map of the U.S. and wondered what goes on in Sheboygan, you’re probably like the rest of us. But it turns out that they’ve got a school doing great green things. Because the Go Green Initiative’s top honors this week go to
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Contemplations On Obama's DeSmogBlog "Award," Blogging, And Presidential Politics
DeSmogBlog has conferred a controversial award on US Senator and Presidential candidate Barack Obama: It's called the "2007 SmogMaker Award for blowing smoke on global warming." Joe Romm's reaction in Climate Progress is here: "DeSmogBlog owes Obama
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Issues Survey: The Future of Water
It has been said that in the future wars will be fought over water, not oil. Political fights have already started;
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Southern Illinois To Sequester Wisconsin's C02
Here's a real question: if the FutureGen carbon sequestration project goes to Texas
