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By Kate Sheppard MoveOn is dropping a cool half a million dollars on a new TV ad in North Carolina that accuses Republican presidential candidate John McCain and Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R) of being "in the pocket of Big Oil." The ad highlights their support for tax breaks for oil companies. Dole is facing a tough reelection bid against Democratic challenger and state Sen. Kay Hagan (D). McCain is currently ahead of Obama in the presidential polls in North Carolina, but [...]
Above is a photo of John Muir, a typical environmentalist. Didja ever wonder who/what/where a non-typical environmentalist is/is/is? A little Google searching turns up a few non-typical environmentalists, along with the reasons for the label. Let's see... ...
:: Get crafty with old, mis-matched kitchen bowls. :: Avoid mall madness. Show the kids that cool, unique back-to-school clothes can be found at thrift stores. :: Tour the Midwest mindfully. Eco-tour Chicago with help from our Green City Guide: Chicago. ...
A shipment of forest timber traveled around the southern tip of Africa and across the Indian Ocean before it arrived at the Hong Kong dockyards two years ago. During a routine X-ray examination, customs officials discovered an even more lucrative cargo hidden behind a false wall: 605 elephant tusks. The $8 million seizure was the largest ivory catch in Hong Kong since a 1989 agreement banned the international ivory trade. Ivory seizures are on the rise, particularly in Southeast Asia; [...]
Our right to know about fuel-efficient tires. by Eric de Place I'm always fascinated by the "1 percent solutions" to energy. It seems to me that in order to address both climate change and fossil fuel dependence, we'll need a few big structural changes, but we'll also need a lot of 1 percent solutions -- and maybe a bunch of quarter-percent solutions too. And the advantage of the 1 percent solutions is that they're often exceedingly easy; and so cheap that [...]
By Joseph RommPart 2 began an analysis of the bipartisan compromise proposed by the "Gang of 10" senators, suggesting that their deal isn't so bad. The other evidence the deal isn't so bad is that the House GOP is threatening to refuse to vote for it. The good of the five-year extension of the renewable tax credits certainly beats the "bad" of doubly de minimis drilling. But what about the rest of the deal? More good Offsets The $84 billion in [...]
photo by Lisa Norwood You could have blinked and missed it, and undoubtedly the bleary-eyed masses with lighter wallets certainly did, but the National Clean Energy Summit just took place over the past two days in Las Vegas. Among the speakers at the event, Bill Clinton outlined his 10 recommendations for building a clean energy future in the United States, and New York City Mayor
By Kate Sheppard Environment America today became the latest green group to endorse Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. "Sen. Obama has publicly committed to fully addressing the pressing problem of global warming and moving the United States toward a new energy future," said Margie Alt, executive director of Environment America. "He has made clean energy one of the top issues of his campaign, and as a public servant representing Illinois at the state and federal levels has a long and consistent [...]
EcoToolBox |
Aug 20, 2008 12:48PM
BBC News reports here: "The government needs to step up efforts to reduce waste from business, according to a parliamentary committee." How is business waste handled where you live?
Researchers discover a new method that could make the open road a solar energy source. Green Home Huddler rounds up a list of handy green pocket guides. EcoLibris reviews A Spring Without Bees by Michael Schacker. The Boston Globe reports on backyards containing lead in the soil. The Travelodge hotel in London invites guests to sleep in shipping containers. Most Huggable is a regular ...
What Honda's Dedicated Hybrid Might Look Like Jalopnik has asked KORSdesign to create a mockup of what Honda's upcoming dedicated hybrid, planned for 2010, might look like. They obviously used the spy-shots (see below) that came out a few weeks ago as a foundation, and added some elements from the Honda FCX Hydrogen Fuel Cell car (Honda said their new hybrid would take design cues from it). In fact, except for the rear, it looks almost exactly like the FCX [...]
IBM’s Institute for Business Value has interviewed 125 anonymous car industry executives from 15 countries and has come to the conclusion, among several conclusions, that by 2020, all new cars will be hybrids. The report, Automotive 2020: Clarity Beyond the Chaos, underlines insiders’ views that the auto industry is making some rapid, fundamental changes and hybrids are included in that change. The report also highlights the growth in cellulosic ethanol, that average CO2 emissions for vehicles will dip to 97 [...]
By David RobertsThere were two remarkable aspects of the National Clean Energy Summit: Federal policy recommendations from the varied speakers -- scientists, business types, politicians -- were largely in sync. In fact, I got sick of hearing the same policies touted over and over again: renewable tax credits, cap-and-trade, electricity grid improvements, efficiency standards, renewable mandates, increased R&D. It seems that there is broad agreement on what needs to be done. Nobody so much as mentioned the rather striking fact that [...]
Haute*Nature |
Aug 20, 2008 12:18PM
Omnivore, a collaboration between Queen’s University Belfast, Jaguar Cars and Lotus is an amazing multi-fuel engine can run on almost anything while maximizing fuel efficiency. Operating on two-stroke cycles, unlike four-stroke used in most petrol-powered cars, this engine runs on both petrol and alcohol.This bio alcohol fuel combo has a higher octane rating than regular gasoline, which offers more power, but with the ability for lower compression for running on lower-grade fuels as well. This Lotus has high mpg and sustainability [...]
New ways to improve corn ethanol production has been the focus of quite a bit of research. Increasing the efficiency of the production process of ethanol is the bull’s eye for researchers at Washington University. They have found a way to coax bacteria into breaking down the waste during the process, which releases large amounts of methane that can be pumped back into the plant to power it, closing the loop a little and cutting down on the amount of [...]
A super ripe Biriba fruit, an orgasmic Amazonian treat! Now why do some foods become popular and others just don't ever make it to the shelves of your market. Some of the worlds greatest foods are barely eaten outside of their area of origin. How did a fruit like the kiwi go from being nearly unknown outside the Yangtze Valley in China to be found in almost every fruit salad around the world? Just who makes those decisions?...
Ling Wang, Mikisew First Nation Bill Gates and Warren Buffet are casing the joint at the Alberta Oil Sands, to satisfy "their own curiosity" but also "with investment in mind", according to the National Post. We wonder if they were shown the mutated fish with two heads that was caught just downstream. Stuart MacMillan of Parks Canada calls it "really unusual. The fish has an obvious abnormality. I had never seen anything like that myself before. I can’t speculate on [...]
Green Map |
Aug 20, 2008 11:48AM
American Express' Members Project invites people to come together to share ideas for projects that can make a difference in the world. Green Map System submitted the Open Green Map, then it's up to you to NOMINATE US before September 9th, 2008! Please take 1 minute to sign up as a guest member here. This quick registration will ask you only for your name, email and password. Then, visit our project profile at http://www.membersproject.com/project/view/ELOTEK and click NOMINATE THIS PROJECT. In our [...]
Green Map |
Aug 20, 2008 11:48AM
American Express' Members Project invites people to come together to share ideas for projects that can make a difference in the world. Green Map System submitted the Open Green Map, then it's up to you to NOMINATE US before September 9th, 2008! Please take 1 minute to sign up as a guest member here. This quick registration will ask you only for your name, email and password. Then, visit our project profile at http://www.membersproject.com/project/view/ELOTEK and click NOMINATE THIS PROJECT. In our [...]
"This is one of my favorite charts: A comparison of the distance a car can drive based on either of the following forms of energy, each produced on 100m x 100m of land (2.5 acres). How come that biofuel does not really cut it? Electric cars are about four times more energy efficient than fuel based cars, no matter whether they are based on biofuel or other fuel. This is because any fuel engine mostly creates heat and thus wastes [...]
By Kate Sheppard Barack Obama is expected to reveal his vice presidential selection sometime this week, possibly as soon as today, though it's looking like a campaign event in Springfield, Ill. on Saturday is the most likely location for an announcement. If you've turned on cable news in the past few days, the pundits have been jabbering non-stop about who he might select. Most speculate that the running is probably down to four possible candidates: Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh, Kansas Gov. [...]
photo by Michael via flickr We’ve written about colony collapse disorder a number of times, and while a parasitic mite which makes bees more susceptible to disease has been linked to the honey bee die-off, the Natural Resources Defense Council believes that the US Environmental Protection Agency knows more than it is letting on about the connection between pesticides and CCD. In an attempt to force the EPA into giving up the g...
Fun on the Farm Down Home in Long Island City "P.S. 1, in Long Island City, Queens, has been hosting its weekly summer dance-party series, Warm Up Saturdays, for 10 years. This year, instead of the usual urban beach-themed décor, the courtyard has been transformed into an urban farm: 260 cardboard cylinders, from waist-height to towering, that sprout 51 plant varieties, like Swiss chard, dill, strawberries and tomatoes." ::New York Times TreeHugger on P.S. Farm? PS1's Public Farm 1 is [...]
By David RobertsThere must have been a dozen separate speakers at the summit who mentioned the need for long-term extension of the renewable tax credits (PTC and ITC). Every one of them identified it as a necessary and beneficial policy, and just about every one lamented that Congress hadn't done it. Only one speaker the whole day -- Fred Redmond, VP of the United Steelworkers union -- mentioned the following seemingly salient fact: Senate Republicans have have blocked extension of the [...]
If you’re one of the legions of animal lovers who’ve spent a holiday evening admiring the lights at the Bronx Zoo but deploring the carbon emissions they inevitably create there’s good news for you. The Wildlife Conservation Society has decided to move the annual event to daylight hours to create an extravaganza that won’t leave a giant footprint behind when you’re gone....
