Daily Archives: October 13, 2008

The latest issue of GreenBuzz

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Laura B.

For a full-color, graphic version of this newsletter, go to http://greenbiz.com/enewsletter. Companies Tackling Climate Change Top $300B http://www.greenbiz.com/news/2008/10/13/companies-tackling-climate-change-top-300b Companies that produce goods and services aimed at battling climate change generated $300 billion in annual revenues, surpassing the biotech and software … Continue reading →

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Race Starts With Little Fuel, and Goes Uphill From There

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the New York Times. Escape From Berkeley could be the world’s most eco-friendly race, in which alternative-fuel-burning vehicles compete with the goal of completing the race using no petroleum.

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Flexible Silicon Solar Cells

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Technology Review. Conventional solar cells are bulky and rigid, but building lightweight, flexible cells has come with trade-offs in efficiency and robustness. A new method for making flexible arrays of tiny silicon solar cells could … Continue reading →

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Better Solar for Big Buildings

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Technology Review. Solyndra, a startup based in Fremont, CA, has developed a novel type of solar panel that’s cheaper to install and produces more power than conventional panels. Unlike conventional solar panels, which are made … Continue reading →

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Tracking 'green' news as it grows, with Twitter

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full post from News.com. You can follow Environmental News Bits on Twitter at http://twitter.com/EnvNewsBits. People use Twitter to warn of natural dangers including earthquakes and hurricanes. Other environmentally related uses for the micro-blogging tool include measuring energy use … Continue reading →

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Unconventional Fossil-Based Fuels: Economic and Environmental Trade-Offs

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Laura B.

Via Docuticker. Unconventional Fossil-Based Fuels: Economic and Environmental Trade-Offs<; Source: RAND Corporation From press release: Alternative sources of fossil fuels such as oil sands and coal-to-liquids have significant economic promise, but the environmental consequences must also be considered, according to … Continue reading →

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University of Michigan researchers find way to help trace origins of mercury pollution

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the Ann Arbor News. University of Michigan researchers have figured out a way to help trace the origins of environmental mercury. Using molecular “fingerprints,” they’ve found they can potentially identify the sources of mercury pollution … Continue reading →

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Mushroom enzyme could strip pollutants from fuel cells

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in The Guardian. A chemical found in mushrooms could one day replace the expensive and polluting heavy metals at the heart of fuel cells and conventional batteries, say chemists at Oxford University, boosting the development of … Continue reading →

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Hydrogen Fuel Cells Would Create Green Jobs – DOE Report

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story at SustainableBusiness.com. Commercializing fuel cells and shifting from gasoline to hydrogen could generate 675,000 new jobs over the next 25 years, according to a Department of Energy (DOE) study sent to Congress last week.

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Greening up a resale house

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the Chicago Tribune. There is no question that green has captured the imagination, if not the pocketbooks, of new-home buyers. But that begs another question: What can sellers of existing homes do to compete with … Continue reading →

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