Daily Archives: August 5, 2008

Video Stores vs. Online Rentals: Is your Netflix queue destroying the environment?

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full post at Slate. My family just got Netflix, and the first DVD we rented was An Inconvenient Truth (really). As we watched the film, I started getting pangs of regret: The movie was surely sitting on the … Continue reading →

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Local gardeners do their part to record possible 'global weirding'

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the Chicago Tribune. When Tom Koulentes is not advising students at Highland Park High School or chasing after his own kids, he spends time behind his small Des Plaines home researching climate change. Koulentes is … Continue reading →

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D.C. bickering threatens solar, wind projects

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the Arizona Republic. Solar- and wind-energy projects in Arizona and around the country continue to hang in limbo after Congress adjourned for its summer recess without reaching agreement on legislation that would extend renewable-energy tax … Continue reading →

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Everyone Prints Black…Now We Can Print 'Green'

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the press release. PRC Technologies, a division of Print Recovery Concepts Inc., announced today an environmental breakthrough in printing for offices, public schools and colleges. This summer, PRC will offer the first laser printer cartridges using toner powder derived … Continue reading →

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Whole-Earth agency proposed

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Nature Climate Change. In response to looming environmental challenges such as climate change, a group of former senior federal officials has called for the next US president to create a new Earth sciences body by … Continue reading →

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The missing greenhouse gas

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Nature Climate Change. Our insatiable appetite for gadgets — mobile phones, MP3 players and flat-screen TVs — may be adding a hidden greenhouse gas to the Earth’s atmosphere. Countries that ratified the Kyoto Protocol committed … Continue reading →

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Many Waters, Many Lands: 2008 International Symposium on River Management and Ecosystem Services postoponed

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Laura B.

Recent state budget constraints require the sponsors to postpone the September 22 and 23 Many Waters, Many Lands: 2008 International Symposium on River Management and Ecosystem Services and incorporate this important discussion into the Governor’s Conference on the Management of … Continue reading →

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Top ten eco innovations for a better planet

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Laura B.

Plenty Magazine reports on inventions and breakthroughs of the last century that green our lives.

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Power from cow poo heats homes

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Laura B.

Plenty Magazine reports that biogass facilities,  which turn manure into methane, are popping up nationwide.

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Northwest's Newest Hospital Is Also One Of The Nation's Greenest

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the press release. The opening of Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend has been celebrated for the many innovative and patient-friendly design elements incorporated into the new facility. But one of the largest hospital construction projects in the Pacific … Continue reading →

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