Emissions
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Daily Roundup: March 9, 2010
Sierra Club: The Green Life &bull Yesterday
Better Late: Today China and India formally joined the Copenhagen Accord, adding to the more than 100 countries that have signed the three-page agreement to combat rising global temperatures. Spread the Blame: A new study suggests that while China is… Full Story »
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Home Depot stores increase energy efficiency
Plenty Magazine - Environmental News and Commentary &bull Mar 9, 2010
Home improvement giant The Home Depot recently announced that energy efficiency measures taken at U.S. stores have led to a reduction of energy use by 2.6 billion kWh since 2004. The company also reaffirmed its commitment to reducing its energy… Full Story »
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Earth Day ideas
Plenty Magazine - Environmental News and Commentary &bull Mar 9, 2010
On April 22, 1970, 20 million people across America celebrated the first Earth Day. It was a time when cities were buried under their own smog and polluted rivers caught fire. Now Earth Day is celebrated annually around the globe.… Full Story »
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Deepa Gupta Talks Climate Change Activism, Youth in India, and More (Interview)
Planet Green Work & Connect &bull Mar 8, 2010
One of the stand-out speakers of the activist community during COP15 was Deepa Gupta, co-founder of the Indian Youth Climate Network. Founded in the spring of 2008 with three members, the IYCN has since grown to having thousands of members in 15 of India's 28 states. I recently had a chance to talk with Gupta about how she got involved in climate change activism, what the IYCN has been up to, and where does the climate movement go after the disappointment of the Copenhagen Accord. PLANET GREEN: How did you get involved in climate change activism? DEEPA… Full Story »
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Daily Roundup: March 5, 2010
Sierra Club: The Green Life &bull Mar 6, 2010
A River Runs Through It: The EPA added Brooklyn, New York's polluted Gowanus Canal to its list of Superfund sites. The Waiting Game: Virginia senator John Rockefeller proposed a bill that would ban the EPA from regulating power plant emissions… Full Story »
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Hummer Joins the List of Top 5 Gas Guzzling Dinosaurs
Planet Green &bull Mar 5, 2010
The "pimpin'" Lincoln Continental Mark V is the king of the gas-guzzler's graveyard.Which Gas Guzzler is the Worst? From classic muscle cars to European racers, luxury sedans to misguided hybrids, the story of engineered excess is long and layered-and some… Full Story »
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EPA Issues Tighter Regulation For Existing Stationary Diesel Engines
TreeHugger &bull Feb 19, 2010Victory for Air Quality Just in the US, there are at least 900,000 stationary diesel engines generating electricity, mostly for agricultural and industrial purposes. Taken together, they produce quite a bit of nasty emissions, especially those that run almost 24/7… Full Story »
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Truck retrofits could cut fuel use by 3.4 billion gallons a year
Features From Yahoo! Green &bull Feb 19, 2010
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Navistar are testing drag-reducing devices that could cut big rig fuel use by 12 percent, or 3.4 billion gallons a year. The devices would fit into the areas of the truck that produce… Full Story »
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Daily Roundup: February 18, 2010
Sierra Club: The Green Life &bull Feb 19, 2010
Green Tea: Tetley, the world's second biggest tea company, plans to source all its tea from Rainforest Alliance-certified farms by 2016. Every day, 75 million cups of Tetley tea are consumed. Reuters Dirty Trillions: A U.N. study says that the… Full Story »
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Guest blog: Want jobs? Start solving climate
1Sky Blog &bull Feb 18, 2010From guest blogger Kristen Sheeran , director of Economics for Equity and the Environment Network (E3) , a nationwide network of more than 150 economists, developing new arguments for environmental protection with a social justice focus. There is no argument… Full Story »
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Uganda: Anything But Gas Flaring, Please
TreeHugger &bull Feb 18, 2010So Wasteful and Inelegant Gas flaring has apparently been approved by the government of Uganda for a new oil project by British oil exploration company Tullow Oil. What a wasteful practice! We're constantly talking about reducing greenhouse gas emissions, conserving… Full Story »
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Geoengineering Scheme Using Floating Ocean Pipes Won't Store Much Carbon, Could Release Even More
TreeHugger &bull Feb 18, 2010Scratch one geoengineering scheme off the list of last-ditch ways for humanity to save itself: New research from the UK's National Oceanography Centre, Southampton shows that plans to pump nutrient-rich water up from the deep ocean in order the boost… Full Story »
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UN Climate Chief Yvo de Boer to Step Down
TreeHugger &bull Feb 18, 2010Yvo de Boer Resigns from Top Climate Position Yvo de Boer, the head of the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat, has formally announced he'll be leaving the post this July. The decision is widely thought to come from de Boer's… Full Story »
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With 5 Billion Subscriptions, Mobile Industry Has Emissions On Par With Auto and Aviation Industries
TreeHugger &bull Feb 18, 2010Worldwide, there are 4.6 billion cell phone subscriptions and it's expected to hit 5 billion during this year according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). With developing countries leapfrogging from no phone to cell phone - completely skipping the notion of land lines - and with developed countries demanding services like mobile banking and healthcare, it seems that the mobile industry has grown to surprising proportions. And that… Full Story »
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Canada's Permafrost Has Moved North 80 Miles in Past 50 Years
TreeHugger &bull Feb 18, 2010The area around Canada's James Bay has warmed about 2C in the past twenty years alone, causing permafrost to melt and moving the southern edge of the perpetually frozen ground north 80 miles over where it was in the 1960s.… Full Story »
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Plastic Packaging Is Good for the Earth?
Re-Nest &bull Feb 18, 2010
What if someone told you that plastic packaging was actually GOOD for the earth? In opposition to the environmentalists who are trying so hard to live packaging-free (See How to Live Packaging-Free), there are actually some who argue that it's greener to use packaging. See the argument, after the jump. Writer James McWilliams of the New York Times' Freakonomics… Full Story »
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John McCain: He Was For Climate Action Before He Was Against It
TreeHugger &bull Feb 18, 2010Arizona Senator John McCain, who is facing a primary challenge from uber conservative J.D. Haynesworth, is no longer for a cap and trade system to reduce greenhouse emissions and move our economy to one that is powered by clean and… Full Story »
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Daily Roundup: February 17, 2010
Sierra Club: The Green Life &bull Feb 18, 2010
Life in the Slow Lane: Danish shipping company Maersk reduced its ships' cruising speed, cutting fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by about 30 percent. New York Times Unfriendly Skies: Three employees of electric car maker Tesla Motors were killed in… Full Story »
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Slower ships reduce emissions
Plenty Magazine - Environmental News and Commentary &bull Feb 17, 2010
In a global marketplace where clients want products in their hands well, yesterday, some shipping companies have figured out that slowing down can actually save money and reduce their carbon footprint. Full Story »
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Norway Reveals Stunning Plan to Cut CO2 Emissions 30% in 10 Years
TreeHugger &bull Feb 17, 2010I think I want to move to Norway. The Scandinavian nation announced some of the boldest goals for curbing carbon emissions during the run-up to Copenhagen. And today, it released its plans outlining exactly how it will cut 30% of its emissions by 2020--some of the deepest emissions cuts of any nation ever. And that plan includes infrastructure for electric… Full Story »
