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news.yahoo — LiveScience.com - Recently deployed electronic ears are eavesdropping on
whales in the Gulf of Mexico, giving scientists insights into what areas they
frequent, population numbers and how they are faring in the oil-ravaged waters.
huffingtonpost — The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released their fifth annual U.S. beaches report card today. Their round up of 2009 beach closings and water samples reveal that 9% of the total beachwater samples taken in California violate the state's health and safety standards. Accidental sewage spills and stormwater runoff are...
huffingtonpost — Alemany Farm is a four acre organic paradise amidst the urban sprawl of one of San Francisco's worst crime areas.
Executive Director Alice Carruthers says her vision with the non-profit "was to slow the crime down." Since the farm began in 1991, families have been able to put fresh organic...
huffingtonpost — 300 Scientists recently agreed, "Global warming is undeniable," and 2010 is on track to become the hottest year on record, so why do 48% of Americans believe that the seriousness of global warming is exaggerated?
Art has a unique way of propelling societies toward change by raising awareness of pertinent issues...
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OK, this has got to be just about the best student assignment I have ever heard of. Thirteen students from the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Art, Architecture and Planning have recently spent months – on location, mind you - helping the city of Recife, Brazil get...
greencarcongress — Ford anticipates that electrified vehicles—hybrids (HEV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV), and battery-electric vehicles (BEV)—will represent 2-5% of its global fleet by 2015, and then increase rapidly to 10-25% of its global fleet by 2020, said Nancy Gioia, Ford’s Director of Global Electrification, in several talks at Plug-in 2010 in San Jose,...
news.yahoo — AFP - A new oil spill is sullying US waters in the northern state of Michigan after a pipeline leak sent more than a million gallons of crude into a river tributary, officials said Wednesday.
inhabitat — Sixty percent of the energy used in buildings in New York State goes to heat and hot water. This power heavy fact has been the the driving force behind a newly devised solar thermal energy plan that could eventually save New York State residents $175 million a year. Given that...
orionmagazine — by Lisa Couturier I WENT TO AN AUCTION last Monday. Not an auction for foreclosed homes. Not an auction for priceless art or jewelry or land. I went to the New Holland Livestock Auction in the Amish and Mennonite country of New Holland,...
huffingtonpost — WASHINGTON — Despite their tiny size, plant plankton found in the world's oceans are crucial to much of life on Earth. They are the foundation of the bountiful marine food web, produce half the world's oxygen and suck up harmful carbon dioxide.
And they are declining sharply.
...
news.yahoo — Time.com - So far, predictions of ecological catastrophe on the Gulf Coast seem overblown
greencarcongress — The US Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA-2010-1) soliciting a variety of basic and applied technology research proposals to advance the state of the art in the high-speed rail and intercity passenger service area. Estimated total program funding is $25 million; the award ceiling per...
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The widespread underperformance of wind projects is generating interest in better measurement and forecasting technologies at the front end of development. Can these same devices provide a new value stream in the form of near real-time wind forecasts? Power trading desks at firms that manage actual physical assets,...
earth911 — We’re big fans of anything that makes going green a little easier. Tech-lovers that we are, we’ve recently become obsessed with great green apps for the iPhone, including our very own iRecycle, but going green on the go isn’t just for the iPhone...
huffingtonpost — MIAMI — Gulf beaches from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle were closed or slapped with health warnings nearly 10 times more often this summer than last because of oil from BP's massive deepwater leak, according to a report Wednesday by a national environmental group.
While many beaches were spared, more than...
inhabitat — Cessna is flying into the future of aviation ahead of their competitors with plans to build and release a 100% electric aircraft. They’ve coupled with Bye Energy, Inc., a company that specializes in all-electric planes, to build an engine for their proof-of-concept 172 Skyhawk. The company hopes to take off...
greenbiz — CFOs, CIOs and sustainability teams at large companies have used spreadsheets for years to track corporate carbon emissions. We are now, however, at a tipping point where the benefits of carbon management software outweigh the benefits of spreadsheets.
huffingtonpost — WASHINGTON — Scientists from around the world are providing even more evidence of global warming, one day after President Barack Obama renewed his call for climate legislation.
"A comprehensive review of key climate indicators confirms the world is warming and the past decade was the warmest on record," the annual State...
theoildrum — Admiral Allen held a press conference in the Gulf region (rather than recent ones held in Washington), in which he noted that the news of the rapid disappearance of the oil already emitted by the Deepwater well is raising questions as to how long to retain the different parts of...
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theoildrum — Matt Simmons, author of Twilight in the Desert, has long been one of the most famous and influential voices on the subject of peak oil. After the release of his book, Simmons rose to fame as Saudi Arabian oil production declined and global oil prices skyrocketed.
However, Simmons has lately been...
news.yahoo — LiveScience.com - One hundred days ago Thursday, the oil rig Deepwater Horizon began spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico. As profoundly as the leak of millions of barrels of oil is injuring the Gulf ecosystem, it is only one of many threats to the Earth's oceans that, many experts...
matternetwork — Energy storage company Xtreme Power announced the close of a $29.5 million financing round co-led by Bessemer Venture Partners, The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) through its Venture Capital group, and existing investor SAIL Venture Partners.
Additional investors include POSCO ICT and SkyLake & Co. Umesh Padval, a Partner with Bessemer...
theoildrum — Iran’s top oil customer buys less
China’s imports of Iranian crude oil fell by almost a third in the first half of the year, new figures showed this week.
Volumes have decreased just as new US and European sanctions threaten to disrupt energy ties between the two countries, experts say.
Iran shipped just...
