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You’ve got to love an environmentalist who isn’t an end of the world doomsayer.
Stewart Brand is a guy who breaks all the “rules” of environmentalism. Brand was one of the original Merry Pranksters in San Francisco, and is the guy who published the Whole Earth Catalog. He is featured in today’s NY Times.
He is now [...]
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I recently moved back to my home town of Albuquerque, New Mexico and was pleased to learn that my humble little desert town (now quickly growing city) is part of the 2030 Challenge which includes the cities of Chicago, Miami, and Seattle. The Challenge:
“…calls for an immediate 50-percent reduction in fossil fuel energy consumption [...]
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Today’s NY Times has a story that I had also heard recently on NPR, about giant numbers of pollinating honeybees inexplicably dying around the country. Beekeepers in Texas and on the east coast have experienced the biggest losses, although west coast beekeepers are also suffering. And no one knows exactly why.
Now, in a mystery worthy [...]
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In the last few weeks there have been some very interesting developments in regards to compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs): California and Australia debating plans to phase out incandescent bulbs, Walmart offering the bulbs for cheaper than they have ever been sold for before, etc.
Now comes the launch of the 18Seconds.org website and campaign. This [...]
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Today’s Wall Street Journal talks about the green trend in water conservation, where builders and homeowners are starting to design so that they waste less water. Utra low flow toilets, low water plants, and better faucets.
The EPA’s new WaterSense program aims to encourage water conservation among manufacturers, consumers and developers. The program, similar to the [...]
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Today’s Wall Street Journal writes about how environmentally friendly options like upgraded insulation and more efficient air conditioners and furnaces are doing well in an otherwise soft housing market.
All over the International Builders Show that ran here in early February, suppliers of green materials were reporting stories of banner performance, even as the general mood [...]
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Global Solar and EarthToys have teamed up this month to present a cool contest called “Tips and Tricks for using Alternative Sources to Save Energy.”
If you submit your tips before the 25th of February of 2007, you could win yourself a Global Solar Sunlinq 12Watt 12V Portable Power Pack c/w Accessory Kit (MSRP = $195). [...]
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Looks like Australia has beat California to the punch with plans to phase out incandescent lightbulbs by 2010, according to this AP story on Yahoo News.
We previously wrote about how California is considering banning incandescent light bulbs.
Claiming a world first for a national government, Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull said incandescent lightbulbs would be phased out [...]
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A Wall Street Journal editorial today talks about how California’s decision to let 85,000 hybrid owners get stickers so that they could drive in the HOV lane without carrying extra passengers drove up the demand and pricing for the Prius and the Civic Hybrid.
It’s an interesting look at how the economics of buying a hybrid [...]
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The New York Times published this great article comparing the Toyota Prius, the Honda Civic Hybrid and the Honda Civic GX that runs on natural gas. Turns out that the GX is the cleanest burning car sold in the United States. It also uses a domestic energy source, and has 25 percent lower greenhouse gas [...]
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