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(http://webecoist.com)
- scanned by: Adam Cutsinger
over 4 years ago
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Vertical gardens bring lush, verdant life to even the coldest and barest of surfaces, both indoors and out. These ‘living walls’ increase interior humidity, purify the air and provide a much-needed touch of nature in spare, angular urban spaces li...
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(http://ecoble.com)
- scanned by: Adam Cutsinger
over 4 years ago
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Clearly we can’t very well tear down all of the world’s old skyscrapers for not being environmentally friendly - that kind of approach would itself be (ironic and) wasteful. At the same time, many of these buildings are projected to last for decad...
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(http://www.core77.com)
- scanned by: Adam Cutsinger
over 4 years ago
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Nearly every room in our homes and offices has at least one electrical outlet from which we draw power for our gadgets and appliances. What if each of those outlets had an accompanying electrical "inlet" so that we not only drew power fr...
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alternative, energy, green, solutions, electrical, outlet, gadgets, appliances, inlet, solar, wind, systems, power, plant, the, grid
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(http://www.latimes.com)
- scanned by: Adam Cutsinger
over 4 years ago
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California's farms and vineyards could vanish by the end of the century, and its major cities could be in jeopardy, if Americans do not act to slow the advance of global warming, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu said Tuesday.
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(http://www.space.com)
- scanned by: Adam Cutsinger
over 4 years ago
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The Coronas Photon spacecraft will spend the next three years circling Earth with a suite of instruments designed to measure energetic particles produced by solar flares, the solar atmosphere, and solar activity's relationship with magnetic storms...
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(http://www.treehugger.com)
- scanned by: Adam Cutsinger
over 4 years ago
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While visiting Paris, a city with a quite successful bike-sharing program, San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom announced that his city would get a bike-sharing pilot program in 2009.
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bikes, bicycling, bike, sharing, program, san, francisco, mayor, gavin, newsom, paris, environmental, issues, economic
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(http://www.treehugger.com)
- scanned by: Adam Cutsinger
over 4 years ago
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is spearheading a plan to expand citywide solar production and create jobs.
Weak article. Great project.
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economy, la, los, angeles, mayor, antonio, villaraigosa, measure, b, solar, power, energy, alternative, green, new, deal, environmental, issues
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(http://smarteconomy.typepad.com)
- scanned by: smarteconomy
over 4 years ago
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Ask any person on the street and they will likely tell you that CO2 and global warming is a bad thing that needs urgent attention and mitigation. The second conventional wisdom is that the invention of the steam engine and the advent of the coal-f...
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(http://www.worldwatch.org)
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over 4 years ago
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Climate activists worldwide are raising the stakes, with many turning to civil disobedience to make their voices heard. Actions in recent months have ranged from chaining themselves to coal conveyor belts in Sydney, to forming port blockades in th...
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(http://www.enn.com)
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over 4 years ago
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In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Messrs Kelemen and Matter have proposed to pump gas from places where it is produced and into underground strata of peridotite. The team has shown that the Omani peridotite absorbs tens of thousa...
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(http://www.iht.com)
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over 4 years ago
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This is a worthwhile pursuit, not just in affecting US policy on climate change. But also taking lessons from threats to the Mekong Delta, to build a resilient Mississippi Delta and offer a better post-Katrina response in future.
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(http://www.nature.com)
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over 4 years ago
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Carbon capture and storage may be one way to achieve deep reductions in emissions, but ensuring the gas stays buried will be crucial to proving its viability. Mark Schrope reports on a promising new method for monitoring carbon dioxide deep underg...
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