Why There’s a 1 MW Power Station Under a Helsinki Cathedral
June 28th, 2010 | by Susan Kraemer
The energetic founder of Finnish energy monitoring giant BaseN was walking past data centers to measure their heat output as [&hellip
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Cartoonist Joe Mohr: Science-y… or Scientist?
June 15th, 2010 | by Susan Kraemer
When my net-ecofriend Joe Mohr sent me his wryly “scientific” cartoon, his black humored response to the BP news afforded [&hellip
Why Don’t We Care About Thousands of Other Oil Spills?
June 10th, 2010 | by Zachary Shahan
About 300 oils spills a year occur in the Niger Delta. In fact, a large one from an ExxonMobil pipe [&hellip
Lower Percentage of Forest Loss in Brazil & Indonesia than in US & Canada
April 29th, 2010 | by Zachary Shahan
There is a large global effort to stop the deforestation of Brazilian and Indonesian forests. This is an important thing [&hellip
50 Low-Carbon Villages in Taiwan
April 26th, 2010 | by Guest Contributor
This week Taiwan announced their intention to create 50 “low-carbon villages” by the end of 2011. According to Taiwan’s Environmental [&hellip
Exxon To Teach Your Kids Climate Science – For Free!
April 21st, 2010 | by Susan Kraemer
The Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy is “a camp where teachers go and learn about math and science through fun ways!” [&hellip
Earth Day Could Bring New Shoots for Cancun Climate Summit
April 16th, 2010 | by Susan Kraemer
Seventeen countries that together account for about 80 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions will meet in Washington on [&hellip
Make More By Using Less: The Profits of Conservation
April 13th, 2010 | by Guest Contributor
In Brazil’s growing soy market, environmentalists are shifting their messaging to farmers from saving the environment to increasing their bottom [&hellip
Greenpeace Says: Make I.T. Greener
April 9th, 2010 | by Guest Contributor
Geeks, I know you’re excited about the iPad changing the game, but Greenpeace thinks it’s time we had a talk [&hellip
Campaign Aims to Change the Course of History in Four Years
April 7th, 2010 | by Derek Markham
“As the Chinese proverb says “If we don’t change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are [&hellip
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