Last year, downtown Atlanta lost a convention to another Southern city because the visiting group perceived the other city as "greener" than Atlanta. The loss propelled Holly Elmore into action to create the South's first Zero Waste Zone. via CNN View full entry
In an ambitious proposal to counter global warming, an upstart power developer wants to build a coal-fired electric plant on the outskirts of New York City that would capture its emissions of carbon dioxide and pump the pollutant 70 miles offshore. The gas would be injected into sandstone a mile... View full entry
Cheer up – Britain's gloomy weather may not be good for the soul but it's great for the mind, claim scientists in sunny Australia. Telegraph View full entry
NYT: In Kohlua, in central India, with no cars and little electricity, emissions of carbon dioxide, the main heat-trapping gas linked to global warming, are near zero. But soot — also known as black carbon — from tens of thousands of villages like this one in developing countries is... View full entry
The sunny state of Florida just announced that they will begin construction on the world's first solar-powered city this year. A collaboration between Florida Power & Light and development firm Kitson & Partners, the 17,000 acre city will generate all of its electrical needs via a... View full entry
Halifax’s physical environment deteriorating. An article by local architect Brian Mackay-Lyons for the Chronicle-Herald. View full entry
Spotted on Cameron's Twitter feed. vanjones.net & green for all View full entry
President Obama ordered a review of a Bush administration rule that exempted officials from having to consult with wildlife experts before taking actions that might harm endangered species. NYT View full entry
Mr. Knowles is taking part in a "green work" program at the Cedar Creek Corrections Center. Inmates grow organic produce, compost the prison’s food waste, take part in ecological research projects with a nearby university, and even produce honey from the prison’s own hives. Sounds... View full entry
Mr. Obama’s presidential memorandum will order the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider the Bush administration’s past rejection of the California application. While it stops short of flatly ordering the Bush decision reversed, the agency’s regulators are now widely... View full entry
As clean and green as solar energy is, there are some nasty monsters lurking in the fabrication process.LATimes View full entry
PDX's Office of Sustainable Development is creating a policy wherein if you don't meet prescriptive guidelines (LEED, EarthAdvantage, equiv.) you get to pay for your future carbon emissions, if you go above the bar, they pay you. Innovative or too regulatory?LINK (pdf's to the left) View full entry
The nation's first commercial hydrokinetic turbine, which harnesses the power from moving water without the construction of a dam, has splashed into the waters of the Mississippi River near Hastings, Minnesota. Wired View full entry
The world's smallest snake, a prehistoric ant and microbes that may be 120,000 years old: These are just a few of the species revealed to the world in the last 12 months. Wired View full entry
Amy goodman interviews Tim DeChristopher , who bought drilling rights to 22,000 acres around Arches National Parkin protest to the Bush Admin's rush to squander our national resources. His bidding costs oil and gas companies $$$$ for the other 150,000 acres. He was arrested and the bidding ended... View full entry
