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• Ethanol's Failed Promise ?

  Washington Post online Food-to-fuel mandates were created for the right reasons. The hope of using American-grown crops to fuel our cars seemed like a win-win-win scenario: Our farmers would enjoy the benefit of crop-price stability. Our national security... Posted Apr 22 2008, 07:44 AM by liz with | with no comments Filed under: emissions, global warming, business, sustainable, green business, alternative energy, ecological design, sustainability, green chemistry, climate change, green lifestyle, water and fuel, ethanol, green fuel, grandparent, green living, air quality, flex fuel

• Save Money, Save Energy, Save the Planet

  NOW with Bill Moyers on PBS Week of March 28, 2008 Could a new effort to fight global warming save money and create jobs at the same time? NOW looks at a city-wide plan in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to make all its buildings more energy efficient. Up to... Posted Apr 11 2008, 09:57 PM by liz with | with no comments Filed under: carbon, building, emissions, global warming, climate, sustainable, green business, alternative energy, solar, ecological design, sustainability, permaculture, threatened species, climate change, sustainable house, green building, live green living, Minnesota E85, green baby, reuse, recycle, building green

• Ethanol and Water May Not Mix

  A Minnesota community may be just the first place to present one of ethanol's inconvenient truths: In Granite Falls, an ethanol plant in its first year of operations depleted the groundwater so much that it had to begin pumping water from the Minnesota... Posted Jan 28 2008, 01:23 PM by liz with | with no comments Filed under: carbon, USGBC, global warming, climate, Alaska, sustainable, Casey Trees, green business, alternative energy, solar, ecological design, sustainability, green chemistry, climate change, Alliance for Environmental Sustainability, Minnesota E85, water quality, water and fuel, groundwater, ethanol, green fuel, sea levels, water, air quality

• First Platinum LEED Remodeled House in America

  Live Green, Live Smart announced today that the US Green Building Council has awarded their project home, The Sustainable House, the highest LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating for a residential remodel. The Sustainable House,... Posted Jan 03 2008, 06:13 PM by liz with | with no comments Filed under: carbon, USGBC, emissions, global warming, forests, lumber, urban garden, sustainable, green business, recycling, alternative energy, solar, ecological design, sustainability, permaculture, climate change, sustainable house, LEED, green building