The Canary Project: Using Art to Tell the Story of Global Warming
March 16th, 2010 | by Guest Contributor
Have you seen the Canary Project? You should. Founded in 2006 by Edward Morris and Susannah Sayler, the project’s mission [&hellip
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iPhone 3G S or DROID: How Much Radiation Does Your Smartphone Emit?
March 5th, 2010 | by Jennifer Lance
I got my first smartphone for my birthday, and it is true it has changed many aspects of my communicating [&hellip
Waste for Life: Alleviating Poverty with Waste
March 4th, 2010 | by Derek Markham
Turning trash into resources and helping to alleviate poverty at the same time is an audacious goal, but an organization [&hellip
Reckoning with Clean Coal
February 16th, 2010 | by Guest Contributor
Coal generates around half of the electricity in the United States, so anytime we talk about clean energy it’s the [&hellip
Obama Gives Cap and Trade Class: Media Gets an F in Comprehension
February 11th, 2010 | by Susan Kraemer
At a town hall meeting in New Hampshire last week, the president tried to teach America about how cap and [&hellip
Scientists Discover First Ever Female Sex Hormone in a Tree
February 10th, 2010 | by Guest Contributor
In a finding that completely bucks conventional thinking, scientists have discovered the female sex hormone progesterone in a walnut tree. [&hellip
Reverb Greens the Music Industry and Saves 67,000 Tons of CO2
February 9th, 2010 | by Guest Contributor
I love going to concerts, but on my way out there’s always that twinge of reality when I see a [&hellip
EPA Win: Kansas Coal Power Plant Must Install $500 Million Pollution Scrubber
February 2nd, 2010 | by Susan Kraemer
In a case begun immediately after the Obama administration took office – under New Source Review rules that have not [&hellip
Will EU Apply Carbon Tariffs Against US Rogue States?
January 19th, 2010 | by Susan Kraemer
In five states 90% of the electricity comes from coal: Wyoming, North Dakota, West Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana. In Colorado it is 70%. A relatively few highly coal-dependent states is the reason that the overall American carbon footprint per capita is so much higher than Europeans. These polluter-states could see their export businesses threatened with carbon tariffs from the
California to Shut Down State’s Most Polluting Power Plant
January 16th, 2010 | by Guest Contributor
California’s dirtiest power plant–the Potrero Point station located on San Francisco’s southeastern waterfront–could close this fall according to Mayor Gavin [&hellip
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