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Judge: Reduce CO2 Or Don't Build Coal Plant (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-01-2008 at 10:01:04
| In a ruling believed to be unprecedented, a Georgia judge halted the construction of Dynegy's Longleaf coal-fired power plant because it had not made provisions for reducing its emissions of carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas most widely implicated in man-made global warming.
The judge ruled that the plant must limit its pollution, according to the Sierra Club, which has been waging a campaign against Dynegy, an energy company with plans to build more coal-fired power plants than any other. |
Eco-tourism: Carbon 'offsets', a good idea that's not working (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-01-2008 at 10:01:04
| Top airlines and tour operators keen to shore up their green credentials nowadays offer customers carbon "offsets" to compensate holiday pollution. |
Wal-Mart to source more fruits and veggies locally (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-01-2008 at 10:01:04
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc is sourcing more produce sold in its U.S. supercenters and Neighborhood Market stores from local farmers as it tries to offset the soaring transportation costs that are driving up food prices. |
Pushing the PV Envelope: Organic Solar Cells Moving into Production (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-01-2008 at 10:01:04
| Organic photovoltaic cells, including dye-sensitized cells (DSCs) - may be the ultimate when it comes to offering off-grid, micro-power generation. Initial small-scale technology and market tests — solar chargers for mobile phones in Africa, for example - are under way as researchers continue to try to find ways to boost solar energy conversion efficiencies — which now surpass 5% for small organic PV cells and up to 11% for DSCs - minimize production costs and develop markets for both small- and large-scale applications. |
Smart Vendor car vending machine in Japan (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-01-2008 at 10:01:04
| Holding a full-size Smart Car, the faux vending machine has two choices (coupe and cabrio), and a convenient slot to insert the amount you need (about $20k). Of course, this is a concept only, but is a nice extension of their already creative vending machine idea that fits right into the Japanese love for instant gratification on-the-go. Besides, could you do this with any other car without it seeming like a big joke? |
Toyota to build Camry hybrids in China in 2010: paper (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-01-2008 at 10:01:04
| TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp plans to begin building and selling a hybrid version of its Camry sedan in China in 2010 in anticipation of growing demand for environmentally friendly vehicles, the Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday. |
OPEC couldn't replace Iran oil output: OPEC chief (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-01-2008 at 12:00:59
| OPEC will not be able to replace some 4 million barrels per day in lost Iranian output if Tehran carries out its threat to stop oil exports if attacked, OPEC President Chakib Khelil said on Tuesday. |
High Gas Prices Threaten to Drain Small Towns' Populations (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-01-2008 at 12:00:59
| For thousands of small-town residents across the country who drive long distances to jobs that pay little more than minimum wage, the high cost of gas is making that daily commute cost-prohibitive. So much so that economists predict that over the next few years, the country could see a migration that would greatly reduce the population of Small Town America - resulting in a painful shift away from lifestyle, family roots, traditions and school ties. |
U.S. solar energy industry blasts government move (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-01-2008 at 12:00:59
| Leaders in the U.S. solar energy industry blasted the U.S. government on Monday for a freeze on applications for new solar projects on public land in six Western states. The Bureau of Land Management announced the freeze a month ago, saying it would conduct an extensive study looking at the environmental, social and economic impacts of solar energy development.
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New Apple iPhone 3G to arrive in Green Packaging (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-01-2008 at 12:00:59
| It's faster, it's cheaper, it's just as beautiful, and now it's greener--at least its packaging is. Apple, the same company that got bruised in its fistfight with Greenpeace last year, literally just announced that its new iPhone 3G, in all of the glory of its already unprecedented demand, will arrive next Friday outfitted in green packaging. |
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