“The U.S. Department of Energy recently challenged the brightest minds in the light bulb industry to develop high performance, energy-saving replacements for traditional incandescent light bulbs, with an eye towards cash savings for the American public. Now Phillips Lighting North America has been the winner of this challenge, known as the L-Prize, for its LED light bulb. The L Prize competition was launched in [...]
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“These days, there isn’t much good news to report about the effort to combat climate change, so when some comes along, it’s worth taking note. Today’s is that Mayor Michael Bloomberg is donating $50 million to the Sierra Club’s “Beyond Coal” campaign. The campaign’s aim is to stop the construction of new coal-burning power plants [...]
“Mark Hertsgaard has posted a piece defending his push against “climate cranks,” including an apology for his errant description of his relationship with Politico.] Mark Hertsgaard, a journalist and author long focused on the environment, has a new book and a related environmental campaign. The book, “ Hot,” focuses on building resilience to climatic and related challenges looming [...]
“The right-wing media machine is a large part of the reason why denial of climate change persists in the United States long after the rest of the world has acknowledged the problem. Over the past few days, I’ve gotten a close-up look at how the machine works, because I’ve been its target. Last Tuesday, February [...]
E.P.A. Limit on Gases to Pose Risk to Obama and Congress via John M. Broder at NY Times
ROCKVILLE, Md. – October 22, 2010 Standard Solar, Inc., a leader in the full-service development, installation and financing of solar electric systems for commercial, government and residential customers, will take part in the Washington DC Green Festival this weekend October 23rd and 24th. Green Festival, the largest sustainability event in the world, is a joint [...]
Earth’s Flame™ now available for factory built or masonry wood-burning fireplaces Durango, CO – October 7, 2010 Independent studies estimate that the 37 million households in the United States with one or more fireplaces emit a total of 50,000 – 70,000 tons of harmful pollutants every year. The source of these pollutants has not gone [...]
New Fuel Economy Labels Proposed, Public Comments Sought via Mother Earth News
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Kagoshima Prefecture signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly embark on the “Development of a CO2-Free Island” project to create an advanced low-carbon society on Yakushima Island. Japan’s first World Heritage Site, Yakushima Island is home to some of the country’s oldest trees – the oldest of which may [...]
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