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Pope Benedict XVI: Beware "Poisons and Pollution" [Full Story]
The Daily Green: News 1 Hour AgoIn his Epiphany Day homily, the Pope called for action on global warming and pollution. Add A Comment »
Montana gives grant to make great green goo from CO2 [Full Story]
AutoBlogGreen 1 Hour AgoWhat's green and blue, eats CO2, and could wind up in your gas tank? If you answered heat-loving green blue algae (or thermophilic cyanobacteria, if you want to sound all smart and stuff), then ding! ding! ding!, you are correct! A pilot algae bioreactor project was just awarded a $375,000 grant Add A Comment »
EU seals historic climate and energy package [Full Story]
ENN: Pollution 1 Hour AgoMEPs formally approved an unprecedented package of six new climate and energy laws in Strasbourg on Wednesday. A year of intense negotiations was wrapped up in a mere twenty minutes of voting. Over 550 MEPs backed the package, while fewer than 100 voted against. The package is designed to cut EU greenhouse Add A Comment »
Organic farming will do the most good - AG Week [Full Story]
Climate Change News Digest 1 Hour AgoOrganic farming will do the most goodAG Week, ND. Since these methods build the soil it also increases drought and flood resistance as well as adaptability to climate change," LaSalle says. Add A Comment »
Animals may shrink in size because of global warming - New Kerala [Full Story]
Climate Change News Digest 1 Hour AgoLondon, Jan 5: Ecologists have suggested that as a result of global warming, species will shrink in size, as bigger creatures will have more problems losing heat. Add A Comment »
Harold Ambler's Huffington Post climate misinformation-ganza [Full Story]
Climate Change News Digest 1 Hour AgoA new Huffington Post blogger named Harold Ambler has posted an unoriginal rehashing of the same old global warming denial talking points that we've seen over and over again for close to a decade now. What's newsworthy here though is the venue. Huffington Post has long been a place where this Add A Comment »
The Transition Town Movement: Embracing Reality and Resilience [Full Story]
Climate Change News Digest 1 Hour AgoFor several months I have been meaning to write a review of Rob Hopkins' The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience, but other things got in the way-like a planetary economic meltdown and out of control climate change that exceeds some of the most dire predictions by climate Add A Comment »
Japan races to build zero emissions car - Herald Sun [Full Story]
Climate Change News Digest 1 Hour Ago"PLEASE erase your image of electric cars being like golf carts," a spokesman for Japan's fourth-biggest car maker said before taking a zero emission vehicle out for a spin. Add A Comment »
An Unlikely Solution For Climate Change - Forbes [Full Story]
Climate Change News Digest 1 Hour AgoBuilding forests offsets emissions without hurting industry. Add A Comment »
Volcanoes cool the tropics, say researchers [Full Story]
Climate Change News Digest 1 Hour AgoClimate researchers have shown that big volcanic eruptions over the past 450 years have temporarily cooled weather in the tropics - but suggest that such effects may have been masked in the 20th century by rising global temperatures. Their paper, which shows that higher latitudes can be even more sensitive Add A Comment »
Obama may act faster on carbon dioxide emissions - Baltimore Sun [Full Story]
Climate Change News Digest 1 Hour AgoPresident George W. Bush could be forcing President-elect Barack Obama to act almost immediately to curb global warming, after years of the Bush administration's fighting attempts to crack down on greenhouse gas emissions. Add A Comment »
Soil Conservationist sought [Full Story]
www.getconservationjobs.com via @GetConservaJobs 1 Hour AgoOur weekly Conservation job listing newsletters can help. Just sign-up, sit back and let us do the searching for you. Add A Comment »
Lessons from my hybrid car [Full Story]
freerangelibrarian.com via @infopeep 1 Hour AgoI’m pleased to say the car emergency reported yesterday ended All Well for two reasons: I knew that an oil light meant I needed to stop the car within seconds (and miraculously, a generous road shoulder and light traffic made that possible), and — as I explained to the two Honda dealerships Add A Comment »
Renewable Energy - SA to start wind power project [Full Story]
renewableenergy.me via @renewables 1 Hour AgoEskom plans to start operating wind turbines this year to boost the supply of electricity, a company spokesperson said on Monday. Add A Comment »
The Smart Home Is Still Looking for a Market [Full Story]
bits.blogs.nytimes.com via @ottomate 1 Hour AgoThe vision of the smart home has been around for decades. And an appealing vision it is — a computerized triumph of automation, controlling a house’s lighting and heating, even the kitchen. Add A Comment »
An estimate of the cost of green jobs [Full Story]
Environmental Economics 1 Hour Ago
From the 12/29 NYTimes (Focus on Weatherization is Shift on Energy Costs):About 140,000 houses will be weatherized with public help this year, a total that President-elect Barack Obama has promised to raise to one million, to reduce energy consumption and cut energy costs for households and taxpayers Add A Comment »
Not so win-win: a consumer sovereignty example [Full Story]
Environmental Economics 2 Hours Ago
From the 12/29 NYTimes (Focus on Weatherization is Shift on Energy Costs): energy experts armed with mostly low-tech tools but strong sleuthing skills, finding flaws that let the air inside a house go through a full exchange with the outdoors twice an hour, instead of once every two or three Add A Comment »
Economic Boost for Eco-Designers [Full Story]
Lime.com 2 Hours AgoCrafters, artists, and designers with an eco-conscience can do well economically too by putting their skills to work this year. Here are three enviro-oriented design contests that can put some money in your pocket — or your derriere in a very sleek chair: DWR Champagne Chair Contest . You have Add A Comment »
China's Power Surge Ends (for Now) [Full Story]
NYT: Dot Earth 2 Hours AgoChina's recent explosive growth in generation of electricity has reversed, and emissions of carbon dioxide are presumably dropping, too. Add A Comment »
