GREEN NEWS FROM ALL OVER
Can Bovine Burp Research Slow Global Warming?
Apparently, one quarter of all climate changing emissions generated by activities of the human race come from the farming of animals, sheep, cows, pigs et al -- but more from their burps than their farts. Read More...
Little Boxes, Big Waste of Energy
It looks like a clock that's just giving you the time of night, but actually it's a vampire sucking $3 BILLION dollars as well as tons of electricity and fuel while you're sleeping or at work. Your cable box is more costly than you ever dreamed. Read More...
India Leaves U.S. in Its Own Cloud of Smoke
A truly green idea whose time has come: India is putting a small tax on coal to fund green energy. Meanwhile, back at the U.S., we continue to tax the middle class to fund fossil fuels with massive subsidies. Read More...
Market Risks are Seen in Energy Innovations
The problems that are besetting our alternative energy industries stem from market forces whose groundworks were laid back in the 1980's. Read More...
An Interesting Angle: Google Greens the Planet
It's an interesting angle: Google admits to using a huge number of megawatts in its data centers, but look how many millions of trips to the library that saves. Read More...
No More Bilge Dumping in Long Island Sound: Finally!
What's so remarkable about this seemingly innocuous story is, "What took them so long?" Who knew that for all these years those pleasure boats we saw from the beach were dumping their offal into those incoming waves? How many other situations surround us where we are unprotected from obvious environmental assaults? Read More...
Carpet Goes Cradle-to-Cradle
Desso, a Dutch-based carpet company, embraces the cradle-to-cradle philosophy, changing its materials and processes until it produces nothing that is not recyclable, as either technical or biological non-toxic material. Read More...