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Nike, Starbucks Demand Congress To Act On Climate Change
redgreenandblue.org — Five leading companies joined Ceres today to announce a business coalition demanding stronger U.S. climate and energy legislation as early as 2009. More… (Environment)
Cocaine Users Are Destroying The Rainforest
guardian.co.uk — Four square metres of rainforest are destroyed for every gram of cocaine snorted in the UK, a conference of senior police officers as told yesterday. Francisco Santos Calderón, the vice-president of Colombia, appealed to British users of the class A drug to consider the impact on the environment.More… (Environment)
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WiFi goes green: solar-powered outdoor nodes coming soon
arstechnica.com — Meraki extends its mesh-networking line up, shipping a wall-plug node today, and a solar-powered outdoor model with battery backup in two weeks.More… (Environment)
Obama vows 'new chapter' on climate change at Schwarzenegger
guardian.co.uk — Barack Obama today renewed his promise to make a decisive break with George Bush on the environment, using a summit convened by Arnold Schwarzenegger to promise a "new chapter in America's leadership on climate change".The video appearance by Obama confirmed Schwarzenegger's role as a global leader on climate change.More… (Environment)
California Ups Renewable Energy Mandate to 33% by 2020
redgreenandblue.org — California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Executive Order S-14-08 on Monday, putting the state’s renewable energy requirement at 33% by 2020, and securing its place as the most aggressive renewable energy mandate in the country. More… (Environment)
7 Depressing Environmental Stories
thedailygreen.com — The following stories aren't getting front-page treatment in the nation's major newspapers, but they are arguably among the most important - and depressing - of the day. More… (Environment)
New Cost-Effective Battery Tested to Store Wind-Power
cleantechnica.com — For the first time in America, a company has developed an efficient battery solution to storing wind power, a clear answer to critics who claim turbines are unreliable.More… (Environment)
Hunger among U.S. children skyrockets
cnn.com — Some 691,000 children went hungry in America sometime in 2007, while close to one in eight Americans struggled to feed themselves adequately even before this year's sharp economic downturn. Predicted the 2008 numbers will show even more hunger because of the sharp economic downturn this year.More… (Environment)
Is Recycling Worth It? The Economic and Environmental Impact
popularmechanics.com — Americans haul 82 million tons of trash to recycling centers each year. But does it pay off—for the environment or the economy? PM has some real answers.More… (Environment)
We Used To Recycle Everything; What Happened?
thegoodhuman.com — Throughout history, since the dawn of man, we have been a recycling people. We reused anything and everything multiple times before discarding of it - if there was anything left at all. Things were cherished - nothing was thrown away unless it was absolutely destroyed. How times have certainly changed…More… (Environment)
MIT - A quicker, easier way to make coal cleaner
web.mit.edu — 'Partial capture' of emissions could be near-term move Construction of new coal-fired power plants in the United States is in danger of coming to a standstill, partly due to the high cost of the requirement -- whether existing or anticipated -- to capture all emissions of carbon dioxide, an important greenhouse 'Partial capture' of emissions ...More… (Environment)
Drill for Natural Gas, Pollute Water
sciam.com — The natural gas industry refuses to reveal what is in the mixture of chemicals used to drill for the fossil fuelMore… (Environment)
Solar-Powered Plane to Perform Test Flight
cleantechnica.com — It’s hard enough to construct viable solar powered vehicles, let alone airplanes. Nevertheless, the first solar-powered plane trip around the world is now one step closer to reality. A 1500 kilogram solar plane dubbed “Solar Impulse” will complete its first test flight next April. More… (Environment)
