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21 Gadgets for the Green Home

Watch out evil polluters! 
These hot new devices are mean,
lean and very, very green

Sep 20, 07 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Companies are zeroing in on the emerging eco-market with painfully cool items like a battery-powered scooter from Vectrix, wind-powered tiki torches from Demakersvan, and speakers made from recycled whiskey barrels by Pioneer Electronics. Popular Science's photo montage of the latest in green technology shows that hip and hippie need no... More »

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energy • conservation • environmentalism • list • Nokia • green technology • green home

Apocalypse Not Now: Saving the Earth Demands Positive Vision

The answer is funding innovations, say writers

Sep 18, 07 3:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Apocalyptic thinking and small solutions aren’t capable of saving the world in the Inconvenient Truth age; instead, we need optimism and innovation funding, say New Republic writers Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger. Reducing energy consumption, at the root of global warming, is not realistic, they argue. More »

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energy • greenhouse gases • global warming • environmentalism • clean energy • lobbyists

Americans Hot for Hybrids

Sales up 49% thanks to surge in Mid-West sales

Sep 17, 07 5:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hybrid sales skyrocketed 49% in the first half of 2007, thanks to boom in the Midwest. Oklahoma’s 143% increase was the most of any state, but every state except Hawaii saw growth, the AP reports, with 215,997 vehicles registered this year, compared to 144,721 over the same... More »

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environmentalism • gas prices • auto industry • crude oil • hybrid car

Little Shop of Hybrids: Green Mechanic Opens

San Francisco garage first devoted to hybrids-only service

Sep 13, 07 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - While auto mechanics nationwide now service hybrid vehicles, San Francisco's Luscious Garage is the country's first shop to work exclusively on environment-friendly cars. "There's a critical mass of hybrids in the Bay Area," owner Carolyn Coquilette told Wired, which reports that nearly 10% of new hybrids registered in... More »

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sustainable living • San Francisco • environmentalism • auto industry • hybrid car • cars

Japan Fights Heat Tooth
and Nail—But Not With A/C

Tokyo cooks up stigma against energy waste

Sep 11, 07 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Japanese are waging a painful war against energy consumption, meeting summer needs not with air-conditioning but with business casual clothing and a good dose of grinning and bearing it. The 2-year-old Cool Biz movement, which aims to keep office temperatures at 82 degrees, took off in earnest this summer,... More »

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energy • Japan • environmentalism • consumption • air conditioning • Cool Biz

Electric Car Nails 0 to 60 in 0:04

Britain's Lightning GTS rips up the road with no gas pains

Sep 10, 07 8:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Lightning GTS—a new all-electric sports car—will go from 0 to 60 in four seconds, the car's British manufacturer claims. Part of a coming boom in electric cars (in Europe anyway), the GTS will travel 250 miles on a 10-minute charge and max out at 130 mph. But... More »

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sports cars • environmentalism • electric cars • Lightning GTS • cars

Body Shop's Roddick Dies

Sep 10, 07 6:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dame Anita Roddick, who as founder of the Body Shop championed socially and environmentally responsible business practices, died tonight of a massive brain hemorrhage at age 64. The plucky Brit saw her lone natural-ingredient shop grow into more than 2,000 stores worldwide, and she sold her share of the... More »

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environmentalism • obituary • brain hemorrhage • Anita Roddick • L'Oreal • Body Shop

Solar Plane Beats World Record

Aviation officials absent for the Zephyr's 54-hr flight

Sep 10, 07 11:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - A lightweight, solar-powered plane has broken the world record for the longest unmanned flight by a whole day. The Zephyr, built by a British security firm, flew for 54 hours during a test flight, beating the US Air Force's record for a similar vehicle by 24 hours. But it's not... More »

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environmentalism • plane • solar energy • solar power • solar • Zephyr • airplane

Sunny Days Here for Green Homeowners

Thanks to subsidies and surplus, going green is paying off

Sep 8, 07 2:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sunny days are here to stay for solar homes with roof-top panels, Forbes reports. Such green abodes can cover electricity costs in warm months and store enough to sell solar power to the grid for profit. Installation is expensive but viable thanks to government subsidies, especially in California, New Jersey... More »

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energy • environmentalism • alternative energy • solar energy • homeownership • clean energy • solar power • Tennessee Valley Authority • homeowners

Bill Targets Reps' Gas Guzzlers

Bid to strip Congress
of guzzlers by
revoking leasing dollars

Sep 4, 07 4:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - The environmental movement might just be trickling up: The House of Representatives has approved an energy bill amendment that would bar members from leasing gas guzzlers with taxpayer money. The proposal still faces some roadblocks, McClatchy reports, including its vague definition of emissions standards and the efforts of a top... More »

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energy • greenhouse gases • environmentalism • House of Representatives • Joe Barton • carbon emissions

Indian Activists Seek 'Green' Funeral Pyres 

Hindu cremation rites consume 50 million trees a year

Sep 3, 07 12:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Indian environmental activists are taking aim at the traditional Hindu funeral pyre, which can burn over 800 pounds of wood while mourners watch the rite that is believed to free soul from body. Now a nonprofit group is peddling a "green cremation system," which uses a raised metal... More »

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India • cremation • environmentalism • deforestation • Hindu • funeral pyre • funeral • carbon emissions

Fill 'Er Up With Algae, Please

Way to be green:
New generation of alternative energy innovators get creative

Sep 3, 07 6:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Move over, sun. Alternative energy innovators are turning to increasingly inventive power technologies—and sources, including algae (to make diesel fuel) and tires and "car fluff" from junked vehicles. Ocean and geothermal operations appear to be the next big wave of the green future. One company is developing a... More »

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environmentalism • alternative energy • ocean • renewable energy • clean energy • green technology

Famous, Eco-Friendly, and... Frauds?

Press puts A-listers on the defensive about opulent, gas-guzzling lifestyles

Sep 1, 07 6:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Greenies are putting celebrities under the microscope to see if their eco-lifestyles really resemble what they preach, the Los Angeles Times reports. A-listers insist they're not perfect, but bloggers ask what value their message has when Leonardo zips around in a private jet and Madge owns 9 homes. One critic... More »

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Leonardo DiCaprio • environmentalism • celebrity • John Mayer • Live Earth

Big Business Fuels Green Boom

Fear of dot-com-like bust grows as money chases scarce ideas

Sep 1, 07 5:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Greed and idealism are converging as big business propels today’s clean energy industry, CNN reports. Silicon Valley entrepreneurs are pulling in capital for oil and coal alternatives, while across the pond, London financiers swapped more than $30 billion last year in "pollution permits"—credits companies can sell... More »

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environmentalism • carbon trading • business • markets • carbon emissions

Honda Hybrids Dying to Catch Up with Prius

Toyota's green car stands out as more enviro-friendly

Aug 28, 07 5:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Honda rolled out America's first hybrids a few years ago, but now they're scrambling to reclaim the roads after Toyota out-greened them with the enviro-hip Prius. What happened? Honda’s stylin’ was so “Civic” that nobody knew their drivers were commuting to save the world. If you can't show... More »

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environmentalism • Toyota • Honda • Prius • hybrid car • cars

Drilling Hits Norway's Conscience

Concern over climate change has stalled Scandinavian nation's government

Aug 21, 07 6:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - A friendly little nation is facing the ethics of new economic power, as Norway asks itself whether to drill for 73 billion barrels of Arctic oil or leave it for others to uncover. The tiny country is the world's fifth largest exporter of oil, third largest of gas - and... More »

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oil • global warming • environmentalism • Arctic • Norway • Arctic oil

Straw
Goes
Green

Eco-friendly building material branches out beyond fairy tales

Aug 20, 07 11:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The newest surprise climate-saving tool is straw walls, and the Big Bad Wolf may have underestimated the First Little Pig’s shelter, the Washington Post reports. Instead of drywall or insulation, contractors stack the farm waste around buildings’ skeletons and then coat it with plaster. The eco-friendly result looks like... More »

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climate change • global warming • green building • environmentalism • construction • farms • ecology • straw

Iowa-Minded Candidates Learn to Love Ethanol

Doubts take back seat to politics

Aug 20, 07 11:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - To a presidential candidate who has an eye on Iowa—and who among them can afford not to?—ethanol is a political home run. The Hawkeye State hosts 28 refineries, and every one of the ’08 hopefuls has duly supported some form of ethanol subsidies. This despite the fact... More »

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climate change • Iowa • carbon dioxide • ethanol • presidential campaign • environmentalism • corn • biofuel • fossil fuel

Israelis Eye Building Islands

Israel approves plans for new international airport on artificial island

Aug 17, 07 4:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Israelis want to build artificial islands in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Tel Aviv, and put an international airport on one of them. It's been talked about, on and off, for more than a decade; the project has finally been deemed feasable by a planning committee. The panel’... More »

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Israel • environmentalism • tourism • ecotourism • airport • Tel Aviv • artificial islands • Ben Gurion • Mediterranean Sea • island

Actually, It Is Easy Being Green

Environmental consciousness and convenience don't have to be opposites.  Use these tips to green up your home.

Aug 16, 07 5:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - So you're not ready to give up your car for a bicycle to help the Earth. LiveScience suggests 10 baby steps to going green that won't even cramp your style.
  1. Use compact fluorescent light bulbs.
  2. Purchase Energy Star-rated appliances, electronics, and lighting.
  3. Instead of plastic bags, shop
... More »

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energy • recycling • environmentalism • plastic • compact fluorescent bulbs • list • green energy • local produce • renewable energy • EnergyStar

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