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StripTease | November 14th 2009 by vanessa Procter
I am guessing you might be starting to think my StripTeases are a little wacky? Well...they are about to get a whole lot worse! I just fell upon some insane news, to be honest, it shocked me, and I have to say it really did sadden me too!I love my do read more
Peugeot gets set to market new electric car -the i0n
Car Leasing News Blog | November 14th 2009 by Robert Wastell
Peugeot i0n Peugeot has started to take reservations for its new electric car, the i0n, which goes on sales at the end of 2010. This zero emissions electric vehicle offers a range of 80 miles on a full charge and will reach 80mph. The i0n is ideal fo read more
Interview: James Smith: We need a worldwide carbon trade
tar cycle | November 13th 2009 by wattikinso
| Sourced From Independent.co.uk | The Business Interview: Shell may seem an unlikely climate campaigner, but their UK chairman is crossing his fingers for an international deal on CO2 emissions at Copenhagen As one of the original “Seven Siste read more
Best-in-Class Manufacturers Cut Energy Use by 24%, Study Shows
Clean Energy Leader | November 12th 2009
Best-in-class manufacturers typically reduce their energy consumption by 24 percent compared to laggard companies that increase their energy use by 6 percent, according to new benchmarking research from Aberdeen Group. Other findings reveal that best read more
Ford to Make Use of Wheat Straw Reinforced Plastic
Eco-Friendly Tips Today | November 12th 2009 by Brian Yalung
Going in the right direction, Ford company has announced that they will be using wheat straw-reinforced plastic for the 2010 Ford Flex. The plastic actually contains 20% wheat straw and bio filler, which helps reduce petroleum usage and CO2 emissions read more
‘Green’ Building Sector to Contribute $554B to GDP from 2009-…
Clean Energy Leader | November 12th 2009
While the green building industry added $173 billion to the U.S. gross domestic product from 2000-08, that’s just the beginning. From 2009 to 2013, that amount will more than triple to $554 billion, according to a new report from the U.S. Green read more
10 most dirtiest cars in America
chrisescars | November 11th 2009 by chris
Using air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions data from the Environmental Protections Agency, Forbes magazine has published a list of the 10 dirtiest vehicles on the road in America. The EPA tests every vehicle vigorously using a scale rate of read more
Central Hudson Comparing Hybrids vs. Natural Gas Trucks …
Trucks | November 11th 2009 by Dan Remus
Central Hudson will use its eight new heavy-duty hybrid trucks as a comparison against natural-gas powered trucks already in service. Here is the original: Central Hudson Comparing Hybrids vs. Natural Gas Trucks … read more
Ahead of Copenhagen Climate Talks, Voices of Hope and Discord
technica browser | November 10th 2009 by lindonlaco
With the approach of a conference on a new global climate treaty, discord rules the day. Green Inc. asked business leaders, lobbyists and government officials for their thoughts on the likely outcome. read more
Sponsors of SAE Study Conclude HFO-1234yf Can Be Used As Low-GWP…
process feedback infrared | November 10th 2009 by process feedback infrared
A two-year Cooperative Research Program conducted through SAE International to investigate the safety and environmental performance of the low-global-warming-potential (GWP) refrigerant HFO-1234yf for mobile air conditioning (MAC) systems has finis read more
M&M’S® and MARS Going Green? New Solar Garden at Headquarters…
CleanTechnica | November 10th 2009 by Lucille Chi
Candy giant MARS, parent company of M&M’S®, DOVE®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, 3 MUSKETEERS®, and TWIX®, turned on a huge new solar array (a “solar garden”) at its headquarters in New Jersey today. No matter what you think of read more
Big Air Pollution Impacts On Local Communities: Traffic Corridors…
Zamp BioTopics | November 10th 2009 by Zamp
Heavy traffic corridors in the cities of Long Beach and Riverside are responsible for a significant proportion of preventable childhood asthma, and the true impact of air pollution and ship emissions on the disease has likely been underestimated, acc read more
Can the U.S. set the stage for a successful Copenhagen Climate Ch…
TerraCurve.com | November 10th 2009 by Joe
With the world’s climate crisis in peril, governments need to deliver a strong plan of action at the upcoming Copenhagen Climate Change Conference in December. Perhaps the most influential figure in all of it is U.S. President Barack Obama, who read more
Study Analyzes Food Waste in Britain
technica browser | November 10th 2009 by lindonlaco
A new report suggests that British consumers unnecessarily discard $20 billion worth of food and drink every year. read more
Phish Festival 8: Reducing the Environmental Impact of a Rock Con…
greenUPGRADER | November 10th 2009 by Matt
In a recent conversation I had at the 3-day Phish Festival 8 with Matt Beck, Touring Director for Phish’s charitable organization, The WaterWheel Foundation, he said something that struck me as incredibly honest and from the heart: “ThereR read more
Smart Plugs (TalkingPlugs) for Your Home
CleanTechnica | November 9th 2009 by Lucille Chi
Zerofootprint has created a new “TalkingPlug” that will help you to better monitor the energy usage of different appliances and electronics. How? By making your electrical sockets smarter. Zerofootprint already helps corporations and gov read more
Where Are We on the Road to Copenhagen?
Cool Green Science: The Conservation Blog of The Nature Cons… | November 9th 2009
It was a very busy week last week in the world of climate change, with lots of activity on both the domestic and international fronts. UN negotiators wrapped up talks in Barcelona, the last before the big event in December in Copenhagen. And climate read more
Carbon Trading Scams – Who are you paying to reduce your footpr…
The Chic Ecologist | November 9th 2009
Ever bought a plane ticket and seen the little banner that says ‘offset your carbon emissions here’, or seen a company claim to be ‘carbon neutral’? More often than not, they are buying carbon credits. Carbon footprints are al read more
Report: Cadillac Converj heading for production
Left Lane News | November 9th 2009
General Motors has reportedly given the green light to a production version of the company’s Cadillac Converj concept. The Converj – which shares its electric drive system with the upcoming Chevrolet Volt – debuted in concept form at the 2009 read more
First All-Hybrid FedEx Facility Established
Clean Energy Leader | November 9th 2009
The Bronx, New York, operation of FedEx will become the company’s first to exclusively use hybrid delivery vans. The addition of 51 new delivery vehicles brings the facility’s total to about 100 hybrid trucks. After the new vehicles from read more
2010 Volvo range to get new diesel power plants
Car Power News | November 9th 2009 by Ricardo dArgence Perez
Volvo has two new turbo-diesel engines ready for 2010, the first is an all new twin turbo D5 while the other is a new fuel efficient four cylinder 2.0D. Using the latest diesel technology on offer, giving the best performance with low fuel consumptio read more
Governments Will Not Do Enough to Stop Climate Damage
Adventure Australia | November 9th 2009
The climate debate is just that - a debate. In Australia we have a case where the Senate will not pass legislation because the Opposition believes it is too strong (against business) while the Independents and Greens feel it isn't strong enough. What read more
Climate Change Will Harm U.S. Economy, Economists Say
Clean Energy Leader | November 9th 2009
Almost all 144 top economists surveyed for a New York University School of Law report agree that climate change threatens the United States economy and that carbon regulation — whether it’s a carbon tax or a cap-and-trade system — read more
G20 finance ministers have failed to agree on how to fund global…
Business | November 8th 2009 by Maria Keena
Heating Oil Weekly Roundup: Heating Season, the Oil Industry’s…
HeatingOil.com | November 6th 2009 by Tara
(image: commontragedies.wordpress.com) Brrr. Heating season is upon us, and Morgan Downey at Scarce Whales has the numbers that show the difference between heating oil demand in the summer and the winter. Climate change legislation could create some read more
Geoengineering — A Magic Bullet Against Global Warming?
CleanTechies Blog | November 6th 2009 by CleanTechies
Dr. Ken Caldeira, of the Carnegie Institution of Washington provided a balanced look at the potential benefits and also the costs and possible harm that geoengineering techniques could offer in our quest to find a “Magic Bullet” to counte read more
Emissions Intensity Falling Globally
Clean Energy Leader | November 6th 2009
Emissions intensity, the amount of carbon generated from fossil fuel use per unit of gross domestic product (GDP), fell globally in all but two years between 1994 and 2006, according to a World Bank study, reports the New York Times’ Green Inc. read more
JohnsonDiversey Ups GHG Reduction Target to 25%
Clean Energy Leader | November 6th 2009
JohnsonDiversey plans to more than triple its original greenhouse gas reduction commitment, from 8 percent to 25 percent by the end of 2013. JohnsonDiversey made the 8 percent pledge last year when it joined the World Wildlife Federation’s Clim read more
Carbon Trading Could Trigger a ‘Sub-prime Style’ Economic Cra…
Clean Energy Leader | November 6th 2009
Plans to expand carbon markets at UN climate talks this December could trigger a second ’sub-prime’ style financial collapse and fail to protect the world from a global warming catastrophe, according to a report from Friends of the Earth. read more
BMW, Toyota, Ford Tout Eco-cars
Clean Energy Leader | November 6th 2009
More and more automakers are playing up their hybrid cars, and other environmental progress. In a short trailer about its environmental efforts, BMW touts a zero-emissions car, its water recycling initiatives and factories powered by renewable energ read more
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