Tag: fuel
The Green Buzz: Wednesday, February 13
Written by Megan Sheehan | February 13th, 2013
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The Green Buzz this morning is fuel, fuel and more fuel.
- The Sierra Club’s board of directors has approved civil disobedience for the first time in its 120-year history to help oppose the Keystone XL Pipeline. (Huffington Post)
- This small New York town banned all public discussions on fracking, and now they’re being sued for it. (Green)
- And while we’re on that topic, some New York breweries are concerned that fracking will dry them up. (Times Union)
- So you’ve heard that the USPS will end Saturday delivery, but how much fuel will they save? (Christian Science Monitor)
- In the SOTU last night, President Obama pledged action on climate change, with or without Congress. (National Geographic)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, November 15
Written by Madeline Breen | November 15th, 2011
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Happy America Recycles Day!
- The average family throws away 6 trees worth of paper a year. (Mother Nature Network)
- The new map reveals the spread of contamination from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant meltdowns. (CNN)
- Can algae serve as the fuel and food of the future? (Scientific American)
- A former Nazi bunker is set to become Europe’s largest renewable energy plant. (TreeHugger)
- This Thanksgiving, skip the side of BPA by omitting certain canned ingredients. (Consumer Reports)
Cool Green Morning: Friday, October 14
Written by Madeline Breen | October 14th, 2011
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It’s Friday. You deserve some photos of a one-eyed shark.
- An extremely rare cyclops shark has been confirmed in Mexico. (National Geographic)
- A new project called TreeKit sets out to map every tree in New York City. Talk about tree hugging! (Grist)
- Virgin Atlantic announced the world’s first “low carbon aviation fuel,” which reportedly produces half the carbon emissions. (GoodCleanTech)
- Video: insects doing circus tricks power a smart phone! (TreeHugger)
- Highly reflective glass buildings claim one billion birds a year in North America. See what San Francisco is doing to change that. (EcoGeek)
Cool Green Morning: Monday, Jan. 26
Written by Bob Lalasz | January 26th, 2009
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The first full week of the Obama administration begins with some potential changes to auto-emissions standards. Read on for all the interesting green stuff online this morning: Car Talk: President Obama takes a big step toward tougher auto fuel-economy standards — by reconsidering a waiver requested by 14 states that would allow them to set [...]
Giving People a Voice: Why Wehea is in the News
Written by Erik Meijaard | December 4th, 2008
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Sitting in the 16th floor breakfast restaurant overlooking Jakarta’s polluted skies, my eye caught an unusual news feature in the Jakarta Post, Indonesia’s biggest English language newspaper. The article was about fuel prices — which many articles are these days. But it was specifically about fuel prices in Wehea. What’s so special about that? Well, [...]
