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The U.S. government needs to bail out the “Big Three” U.S. automakers for the sake of the economy – and the environment, Jeffrey Sachs writes in Monday’s Washington Post . Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and the author of...
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Activist groups rolled out on Monday a new campaign aimed at recognizing responsible recyclers of electronic waste in North America, according to a news release from the Basel Action Network (BAN). The certification program, known as the e-Stewards Initiative...
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In Sunday’s 60 Minutes , the TV news magazine uncovered first-hand the human cost of the booming black market in electronic waste recycling. Correspondent Scott Pelley and his film crew took viewers to Guiyu, China, a hub in the developing world for dismantling...
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Scientists at Columbia University say they’ve found a cheap way to use rock found in the Middle East to capture massive amounts of the climate-changing gas carbon dioxide (CO2), according to a university news release . A study of their findings is published...
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Cub Foods opened its first “green” grocery store Friday in Minnesota. Stocked with various energy-saving designs and technologies, the Midwest-based supermarket chain is hoping its newest addition will be one of the first stores in the nation approved...
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In the 77 days between the election and the next U.S. President’s inauguration, the Bush administration is hoping to push through several key environmental policy changes before leaving office, Reuters’ Deborah Zabarenko reports . Among the proposed plans...
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A car that runs on air – yes, air – could soon be breezing down American roadways, Kiplinger’s Jeff Ostroff reports . France-based automaker Motor Development International said it plans by 2011 to have factories in the U.S. able to produce its nearly...
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At the forefront of the race for more renewable energy, wind power is whipping up a flurry of attention these days. Now, the focus is on giant wind farms growing crops of hulking turbines. Next: a turbine made for your home? They’re already here. The...
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Hyundai announced Tuesday it plans to begin commercially manufacturing its first hydrogen fuel-cell car by 2012, reports Cleantech . The news comes after the South Korean automaker said earlier this year that it will start mass-producing its first gas...
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Speaking at a climate/carbon conference Monday, an esteemed development economist said left unchecked, global warming costs would dwarf the economic morass of the current worldwide financial crisis, reports James Pomfret of Reuters. “The risk consequences...
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The U.S. government announced plans Wednesday to open up more than 190 million acres of federal land to tap geothermal energy resources capable of powering potentially millions of American homes. “Geothermal energy will play a key role in powering America...
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Corporate giant British Telecommunications plc (aka BT Group) recently launched a free online service to help small businesses grow by going greener, according to the company’s Web site . It’s called the Business Environmental Self-assessment Tool, or...
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With the Earth suffering from a bad case of climate change, one east-coast college is training doctors now to one day provide the proper prescription for the problem. New York state has approved the Rochester Institute of Technology’s proposal to offer...
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New rules letting landfills sell “carbon credits” for capturing methane have profits piling up, while questions mount over whether the plan really helps cut greenhouse-gas emissions, reports Jeffrey Ball of the Wall Street Journal. The system works primarily...
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After decades of resistance, American business is finally getting greener, and it can’t back down now, argued Holly Kaufman Wednesday in the EcoInnovator blog . “We have indeed made so much progress, yet the gap between what we are doing and what is needed...
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