Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Oct 23, 2009, 11:35 am
A massive oil and gas leak off Australia’s northwest coast was killing seabirds and threatening thousands of marine animals, conservationists warned Friday. Oil company PTTEP Australasia is pre...
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Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Oct 23, 2009, 11:29 am
The number of Americans who believe that climate change is real has declined in the last year, but a majority do see convincing evidence of global warming, according to a new poll. The Pew Research C...
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Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Oct 13, 2009, 11:06 am
Americans turn on the sprinkler too much, with 50% of water going to waste due to evaporation, wind, and over-watering. Once a strong, healthy lawn is established, it should need minimal to no waterin...
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Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Oct 13, 2009, 11:03 am
This fall, send your child off to school with a guaranteed A+ in healthy, sustainable living. Buying recycled and natural school supplies is more affordable and simpler than ever with an increasing nu...
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Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Oct 13, 2009, 10:58 am
Plastic is everywhere.  While it is a huge convenience in our lives, it also creates a major problem: how to get rid of it.  Thankfully, due to advances in recycling technology, we don’t have toâ€...
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Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Oct 11, 2009, 9:12 am
It’s official.  Texas is now home to the world’s largest wind farm.  The 781.5 MW Roscoe wind complex has been completed and went live last night at 9:00 p.m. Built by E.ON Climate & Re...
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Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Oct 11, 2009, 9:09 am
While some cell phone companies are introducing convenient ways for you to recycle your phone once you’re done with it, a new start-up is making it just plain simple.  EcoATM will be deploying ...
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Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Oct 11, 2009, 9:05 am
You don’t have to look under the floorboards to find the cash that’s hidden in your home. Many of your ongoing monthly costs come in the form of energy — you know, those bills that keep show...
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Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Oct 3, 2009, 8:04 pm
It looks like a modern version of a van Gogh painting rather than the future headquarters of an oil company, but with its concert hall, museum, hotel and business center, Gazprom Tower will be the tal...
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Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Oct 2, 2009, 7:27 pm
In some promising “green jobs” news, the wind industry in the U.S. has now officially surpassed the coal mining industry in the number of people it employs. Wind industry jobs increased to...
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Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Oct 2, 2009, 7:22 pm
Jobs in solar businesses are expected to grow by an average of nearly 50 percent over the next 12 months, says a new survey of the industry in the San Francisco Bay Area and California. The industry ...
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Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Oct 2, 2009, 7:18 pm
It seems that most Americans have been affected by the economic downturn, in one way or another. It can be difficult to find any good things that have come out of such a crazy climate. However, green...
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Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Oct 2, 2009, 7:00 pm
Following on a February lawsuit that sought to enforce an arcane New York law requiring the disclosure of ingredients in cleaning products, Sen. Al Franken — the recently minted senator from Min...
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Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Oct 2, 2009, 6:55 pm
A new study from the Environmental Law Institute in partnership with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars titled “Estimating U.S. Government Subsidies to Energy Sources: 2002-2008,â€...
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Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Oct 2, 2009, 6:14 pm
Some companies have very high energy use. The reasons for this are pretty obvious: manufacturing requires a lot of energy. Computing requires a lot of energy. Air conditioning requires a lot of energy...
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Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Oct 2, 2009, 6:12 pm
At a time when the world faces increasing global warming, as more and more harmful greenhouse gases pour out into the atmosphere, more and more individuals are wondering how to go green and make it co...
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Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Oct 2, 2009, 6:10 pm
Listen to the messages coming out of Washington, D.C. and you’d think we’re spending all our available money on clean and green technologies, things like algae biofuels, cleaner cars and a...
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Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Oct 2, 2009, 6:07 pm

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Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Oct 2, 2009, 6:02 pm
Some environmental groups say they are taking a pragmatic approach to working with such companies, under the theory that it is better to help companies solve some environmental problems than to not do...
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Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Sep 29, 2009, 8:48 pm
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is ready to put his star power to work for President Barack Obama on the environment when his own term ends next year, the former movie actor said on Thursday...
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Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Sep 29, 2009, 8:24 pm
Electric motorcycles are a great form of eco-friendly travel, although there are a number of myths/rumors being circulated about them. So we turned to Carl Vogel, author of the new book Build Your Own...
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Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Sep 23, 2009, 11:13 am
The Bronx is going green. Rooftop gardens, vegetative walls and gleaming solar panels – the Green Movement here is big, and for many reasons. “There are concerns about health issues,R...
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Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Sep 23, 2009, 10:58 am
Google has announced it has partnered with the Danish government to launch an online platform focused on climate change. The move comes ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference 2009 (COP15) in Decem...
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Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Sep 19, 2009, 11:40 pm
Listen to the messages coming out of Washington, D.C. and you’d think we’re spending all our available money on clean and green technologies, things like algae biofuels, cleaner cars and a...
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Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Sep 16, 2009, 9:50 pm
From President Barack Obama down, American politicians are talking about green jobs as the future for the struggling US economy. They have the full support of Hollywood actor Ed Begley Jr who has bee...
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Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Sep 11, 2009, 11:19 pm
Geothermal energy is created by harnessing geothermal energy from the earth. Contrary to popular belief geothermal energy is not technically a renewable energy source. There is widespread debate as to...
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Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Sep 11, 2009, 10:54 pm
The Venus Project presents a bold, new direction for humanity that entails nothing less than the total redesign of our culture. There are many people today who are concerned with the serious problems ...
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Erva D. posted an article on Going Green - Sep 11, 2009, 10:44 pm
China potentially could be a $500 billion to $1 trillion a year market for environmentally sustainable “green technologies,” a group of businesses and experts said in a report Thursday tha...
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