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Know Your Census Data - (and how you compare with your neighbors....)

Submitted by Charles Frost on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:36.

Just in case you are interested in "Keeping Up With The Joneses" (who ever they are..)

http://www.zipskinny.com/state.php?state=OH

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Build Your Own Green Home Game

Submitted by Charles Frost on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:30.

Build Your Own Green Home Game

Just thought some of you might be interested in this...

http://www.greenisuniversal.com/game.php

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California To Sue EPA To Impose Tough Auto Emission Standards

Submitted by Charles Frost on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:25.
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California sued the federal government on Thursday to force a decision about whether the state can impose the nation's first greenhouse gas emission standards for cars and light trucks.
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Automakers: Electric Vehicle In Mirror May Be Closer Than They Appear

Submitted by Charles Frost on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:23.
Is General Motors (GM), with their plans for as many as 100,000 Volts in 2009, or Toyota (TM), with their long term lead (and behind-the-scenes research) in hybrid technology, or some other carmaker going to win the race to bring consumers the first commercial Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle [PHEV]? More importantly, will it matter?
The All-Electric Dark Horse
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Climate change is like 'World War Three'

Submitted by Charles Frost on Wed, 11/07/2007 - 18:01.

By Charles Clover, Environment Editor

Last Updated: 6:01pm GMT 05/11/2007

The battle to deal with climate change needs to be fought like "World War Three", the head of the Environment Agency has warned.

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Berkeley approves first-in-nation solar homes financing plan

Submitted by Charles Frost on Wed, 11/07/2007 - 17:56.
The Berkeley, California, city council Tuesday night greenlighted a proposal to pay for the installation of solar panels and solar hot water systems for any homeowner or commercial building owner in a move to dramatically boost local use of renewable energy.
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Thought For Today - Belonging (to our communities)

Submitted by Charles Frost on Wed, 10/31/2007 - 07:27.

Belonging

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 8:16pm

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'Unexpected growth' in CO2 found

Submitted by Charles Frost on Mon, 10/29/2007 - 18:49.

CSIRO)
Inefficient use of fossil fuels has been singled out

Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere have risen 35% faster than expected since 2000, says a study.

International scientists found that inefficiency in the use of fossil fuels increased levels of CO2 by 17%.
The other 18% came from a decline in the natural ability of land and oceans to soak up CO2 from the atmosphere.
About half of emissions from human activity are absorbed by natural "sinks" but the efficiency of these sinks has fallen, the study suggests.

The research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), was carried out by the Global Carbon Project, the University of East Anglia, UK, and the British Antarctic Survey.

It found that improvements in the carbon intensity of the global economy have stalled since 2000, leading to an unexpected jump in atmospheric CO2.
"In addition to the growth of global population and wealth, we now know that significant contributions to the growth of atmospheric CO2 arise from the slow-down of natural sinks and the halt to improvements in the carbon intensity of wealth production," said the study's lead author, Dr Pep Canadell, executive director of the Global Carbon Project.
Global sink
The weakening of the Earth's ability to cope with greenhouse gases is thought to be a result of changing wind patterns over seas and droughts on land.
"The decline in global sink efficiency suggests that stabilisation of atmospheric CO2 is even more difficult to achieve than previously thought," said report co-author Dr Corinne Le Quere of the British Antarctic Survey.
"We found that nearly half of the decline in the efficiency of the ocean CO2 sink is due to the intensification of the winds in the Southern Ocean."
The declining power of the seas to soak up industrial pollution is not only being recorded in the southern hemisphere, however.
According to a separate 10-year study published recently, the effect is also being seen in the North Atlantic.
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'Bird-friendly' call for gardens

Submitted by Charles Frost on Mon, 10/29/2007 - 18:45.

UK householders can halt the decline of many birds by making their gardens more wildlife-friendly, a charity says.

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Quote of the Day: David Orr on "Biophobia"

Submitted by Charles Frost on Wed, 10/24/2007 - 18:50.

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Travel & Nature
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Cement makers come clean

Submitted by Charles Frost on Wed, 10/24/2007 - 18:46.

By Dominic Laurie

European business reporter, BBC News, Brussels

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Frankencar?

Submitted by Charles Frost on Sat, 10/20/2007 - 07:49.

This thing better have a regenerative-braking powered mini-fridge. In what has to be one of the weirdest looking things to come out of Canada since our very own Lloyd (j/k Lloyd!), an enterprising Canuck has taken two Priuses, welded them together, and made either what has to be the greenest limo in the world or the most gas-guzzling Prius - depending on how you look at it. However, the Canadian inventor/mad scientist says the car still gets 50mpg even with the added weight. We don't know if that is before or after the limo reaches its 10 seat capacity, but it sure beats the heck out of those hideous Hummer limo monstrosities.

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Back to the Future in a 98-Year-Old Electric Car

Submitted by Charles Frost on Mon, 10/15/2007 - 19:17.

 

Jamie Rector for The New York Times

Jay Leno behind the steering tiller of his 1909 Baker Electric.

By DEXTER FORD

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Wal-Mart’s Sustainability Summit

Submitted by Charles Frost on Mon, 10/15/2007 - 18:54.

Last week's Live Better Sustainability Summit, held just outside of Bentonville, Arkansas, was yet another in what seems to be an accelerating series of "whoda thunk" moments. Bentonville, of course, is  hometown to Wal-Mart, which sponsored the event, a daylong conclave that brought together more than a thousand people to a nearby convention center. It was all part of Wal-Mart's latest crusade: to "drive profitable product innovation" into its supply chain.

I had the opportunity to attend, not as a participant but as an observer, one of a small handful of media and bloggers admitted to the event. (Another was Sami Grover of Treehugger, who's report can be found here.)

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Blog Action Day Takes the Blogosphere by Storm

Submitted by Charles Frost on Mon, 10/15/2007 - 18:49.

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by Collin Dunn, Seattle on 10.15.07
Today is Blog Action Day, and TreeHugger is on board to help bloggers around the web unite to put a single important issue on everyone's mind: the environment.
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Off The Chart!!! - Just How Bad Was this Summer's Arctic Melting?

Submitted by Charles Frost on Sat, 10/13/2007 - 22:25.

arctic sea ice loss

Chart Of Traverse Bay Freezing

Just How Bad Was this Summer's Arctic Melting?

by Jeremy Elton Jacquot, Los Angeles on 10.12.07 That bad. More about the report's executive summary after the jump.
According to Carbon Equity's latest report, the Arctic ice caps are facing a much grimmer future than that originally projected by the IPCC - which has been accused of watering down its recommendations due to political pressure. Some of the more salient findings include:
• Climate change impacts are happening at lower temperature increases and more quickly than projected.

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Pollution cuts life expectancy in Europe

Submitted by Charles Frost on Sat, 10/13/2007 - 22:22.
 
Pollution cuts life expectancy in Europe
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC, Associated Press Writer Wed Oct 10, 8:18 AM ET
BELGRADE, Serbia - Poor air and water quality, and environmental changes blamed on global warming, have cut Europeans' life expectancy by nearly a year, Europe's environmental agency warned Wednesday.
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Have a Greener Day

Submitted by Charles Frost on Thu, 10/11/2007 - 10:57.

I am thinking of wishing people "have a Greener day", rather than “have a nice day.”

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World's Largest Windfarm Gets Approval

Submitted by Charles Frost on Mon, 10/08/2007 - 19:40.
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New Ways to Play with an Old Hardware

Submitted by Charles Frost on Mon, 10/08/2007 - 19:36.

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Ask TreeHugger: How Do I Test My Toys for Lead?

Submitted by Charles Frost on Mon, 10/08/2007 - 19:24.

by Helen Suh MacIntosh, Cambridge, MA, USA on 10. 5.07

TH Exclusives (ask treehugger)
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Ohio Turning Tobacco Settlement Money Into Greener Schools

Submitted by Charles Frost on Sun, 10/07/2007 - 14:57.

Solar Panels By School

by Kenny Luna, North Babylon, NY on 10. 4.07

 

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Ohio Solar Tour - This Weekend

Submitted by Charles Frost on Fri, 10/05/2007 - 09:46.

This weekend...
Take the Ohio Solar Tour!
Friday-Sunday, October 5-7, 2007
DOWNLOAD TOUR GUIDEBOOKS NOW!!!
Download your free copies at: http://www.greenenergyohio.org/page.cfm?pageID=989

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Toxie the Cat Now Speaks Spanish, Still Educates Kids About Home Environment

Submitted by Charles Frost on Tue, 10/02/2007 - 19:53.
Toxie, the chemical safety cat
If you’ve ever spent time in my classroom as a student you’ll know exactly why I kept clicking on the cat, but this charming feline has apparently, and mysteriously, learned to speak Spanish! In fact, Toxie may be a great way to get students in your class thinking about their own homes and observing the things that go on in them through a whole new set of furry sunglasses.
That’s because ToxMystery is a brief, fun, and educational game for kids from the National Library of Medicine that takes them through an entire house with their entertaining host, Toxie, locating all the things that are creating an environmental hazard while answering questions about their impact on the health of its inhabitants. And although it’s been designed for children from age 7 to 10, I’ve got to admit it’s a bit amusing to watch the cat dance around once they’ve correctly identified all of the problems in a room. At the end, they get to print out a personalized certificate of completion, letting the world know they’ve learned a bit about protecting the environment in their own homes too.
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(New York) City Council Increases Fines for Theft of Recyclable Trash

Submitted by Charles Frost on Sun, 09/30/2007 - 20:20.

By RAY RIVERA

 

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