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green technology stories: 39 news summaries

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 Critics Lash 
 Gore's Green 
 'Profiteering' 

Investment profits go back into his nonprofit, counters ex-VP

Nov 3, 09 5:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Al Gore is going to become the world's first "carbon billionaire" thanks to investments in firms that will profit from policies he advocates, his critics say. The ex-VP is a partner in a venture capital firm that stands to make huge profits from investments in green technology, causing accusations... More »

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climate change • environment • Al Gore • venture capital • green technology • Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

OPINION

'Green China' Marks Sputnik
of 21st Century

US ignores race for clean energy at its
own peril: Friedman

Sep 27, 09 11:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - For those who think the past year will be defined by global recession, Tom Friedman says think again. Rather, for the New York Times columnist it is Red China's decision "to become Green China" that will spur a 21st-century technological race for clean energy—in the same way that... More »

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China • technology • solar energy • green technology • Thomas Friedman

ANALYSIS

Recession Is Kaput; Now
for the 'Smart Economy'


Jul 26, 09 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Great Recession is cooling off, but Americans will feel the heat for a while—because recovery is tricky this time, Daniel Gross writes in Newsweek. Another economic bubble inflated by consumption would be a mere Band-Aid. That's why President Obama is trying to create a four-sided "smart economy"... More »

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health care • broadband Internet • recession • recovery • infrastructure • green technology • economy • economic recovery

OPINION

Wallop Iran
Where It Hurts:
Oil Revenues

Two 'green' revolutions could bring down regime: Friedman

Jun 24, 09 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pundits and politicians are wasting their time telling Barack Obama what he should be saying about the growing "green revolution" in Iran, writes Thomas L. Friedman. The country's reformers and protesters don't need American encouragement; they need a weakened theocracy—which will only happen when oil prices go into... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • oil • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • green technology • oil price • Thomas Friedman • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • green revolution • Iranian election

(Newser) - Being sensitive to the environment doesn't have to cost a fortune. In fact, the green option is often the most cost-effective one. Scientific American spotlights nine ways of cutting your bills as you save the Earth:
  • Shrink your living space. Prefab homes and plans for dwellings as small as
... More »

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environment • green building • ecology • green technology • green • eco friendliness • green home • ecofriendly • eco-friendly • cellphones

 Obama Signs $787B Stimulus 

Liberals grumble over President's compromises

Feb 17, 09 1:54 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama signed the economic stimulus bill into law today, the AP reports. In a Denver science museum chosen to underscore the bill’s investments in green technology and science education, Obama said he hoped the bill "will ignite our imagination once more, spurring new discoveries and breakthroughs that... More »

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Barack Obama • recession • investment • green technology • economic stimulus package

 Stimulus Fight: Green Vs. Quick 

Democrats battle for stimulus in 2009 infrastructure bonanza

Dec 24, 08 6:52 AM CST
(Newser) - As the incoming administration prepares its massive stimulus package, a divide is emerging between environmentalists, who want to prioritize "green-collar" jobs such as wind and solar power, and advocates of ready-to-go infrastructure like roads and bridges. As the Washington Post reports, each side is accusing the other of... More »

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infrastructure • green technology • economic stimulus package • Obama administration • Blue Dog Democrats

Calif. Adopts 1st US Plan to Slash Greenhouse Gases

Plan to reduce carbon emissions by 15%

Dec 12, 08 3:03 AM CST
(Newser) - California regulators have adopted an ambitious, comprehensive blueprint to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 15% by 2020, reports the Los Angeles Times. The plan, the first of its kind in the nation, calls for 33% of the state's electric power to come from solar power and wind farms, and includes... More »

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climate change • California • greenhouse gases • global warming • Arnold Schwarzenegger • green technology • solar power • carbon emissions • wind farms • Air Resources Board

analysis

 Gray Smog Conceals 
 a Greening China 

Green innovator gets unfair rap as environmental offender

Nov 11, 08 4:26 PM CST
(Newser) - The world's attitude toward China's environmentalism is "hypocritical and decidedly unfair," writes Fred Pearce in Yale Environment 360—this coming from someone who has "literally held my nose at the foul air." Yes, China's "development zeal" has it doing "the bad things that most... More »

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China • environment • recycling • environmentalism • Beijing • green energy • innovation • green technology

OPINION

Gas Prices Are Down—and That's Bad

Investment in green
is our only way out of crisis, writes Friedman

Oct 22, 08 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gas prices are dropping at last, back down to an average of less than $3 a gallon for the first time in a year. That's good news for recession-fearing consumers, writes Thomas L. Friedman, but there's a downside: the push to drive less and make Detroit build more fuel-efficient cars... More »

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energy • alternative energy • gas prices • green technology • Thomas Friedman • bailout • financial crisis

ANALYSIS

Biofuel Firms' African Land Grab Has Colonial Echoes

Western companies shower nations with promises met with some suspicion

Sep 5, 08 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Africa is being seeded for a coming boom in biofuels, as Western companies buy thousands of acres to cultivate vegetable-oil-rich plants like the Jatropha curcas, Der Spiegel reports. In countries like Tanzania, Ghana and Ethiopia, firms are often securing century-long farming rights for nothing but a promise to invest in... More »

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Africa • Ethiopia • biofuel • Tanzania • colonialism • biodiesel • green technology • Ghana

 Kegger-Plagued College Town
 Paves With Rubber

Iowa college town ditches concrete for more flexible solution

Aug 20, 08 3:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sloppy keg delivery has taken its toll on sidewalks in the Campustown area popular with Iowa State University students, the Ames Tribune reports—but officials aren’t cracking under the pressure. Instead, they’re installing rubber sidewalks to replace pavement battered by years of abuse from offloaded beer barrels. Made... More »

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recycling • green technology • keg • rubber sidewalks • Iowa State University

 The World's Greenest
 Venture Capitalist 

Vinod Khosla has spent a fortune financing enviro-startups

Jul 16, 08 11:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vinod Khosla isn’t just smarter and richer than the average venture capitalist—he’s greener, too. Khosla has sunk $450 million into what he calls “imprudent science experiments" over the past 4 years, financing 45 enviro-tech startups. “We've funded an incredible number of things that would make... More »

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climate change • environment • green technology • venture capitalists • Vinod Khosla • Khosla Ventures

Green Housing: From Good Idea to Good Business

Architects, not automakers, have the power to halt global warming

Jul 15, 08 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - With US homes on average twice as large as they were 50 years ago—and, of course, dwarfing those in all other developed countries—rethinking our idea of "home" is as crucial to cutting global warming as switching to a smaller car, says architect Edward Mazria in Fast Company.... More »

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environment • sustainable living • architecture • green building • sustainable development • design • green technology • green home

 Keeping Cool Gets Thriftier 

Facing big bills, Americans cut back on A/C, look for other heat-beating solutions

Jul 15, 08 11:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - As fuel costs, and eco-guilt, creep upward, Americans are leaving the thermostat high or kicking air conditioning altogether this summer, the Wall Street Journal reports. Some two-thirds of families are reducing air-conditioning use, a poll finds, as power plants raise prices as much 30% to keep up with natural-gas hikes.... More »

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environment • heat • green energy • summer • green technology • air conditioning

 Celebs Face Off in
 Green Arms Race 

Bill Nye, Ed Begley compete for smallest carbon footprint in Calif. neighborhood

Jul 10, 08 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - It could only happen in California—a pair of celebrity neighbors, actor Ed Begley Jr. and "Science Guy" Bill Nye, are involved in a contest of environmental one-upsmanship, the AP reports. Since Nye moved onto Begley’s block in Studio City 2 years ago, the two have been competing... More »

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California • carbon footprint • environmentalism • green technology • solar panel • pesticide • AstroTurf • Ed Begley Jr. • Bill Nye

 Ten Steps to Greener Sex 

From recycled bikinis to fair trade condoms

Jun 26, 08 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eco-conscious sex certainly doesn't have too enticing a ring to it, but don't discount the enjoyable ways to spice things up while doing your part to save the Earth, says Greendaily.com. From the reasonable to the wacky, they've got you, er, covered:
  • Grab French Letter condoms, the world's
... More »

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green energy • safe sex • green technology • sex toys • sexy costumes • sexual revolution • green products • Heidi Fleiss

 Why Everyone in
 Berkeley Owns a Prius 

Development of green political clusters starts at the beach

Jun 19, 08 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nowhere in California is the power of green consumerism more apparent than the Prius-packed city of Berkley. The Economist takes a look at a "greenery by zip code" study that, somewhat unsurprisingly, places Palo Alto near the top and Bakersfield near the bottom of locales packed with certified green... More »

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California • environmentalism • alternative energy • Toyota Prius • UCLA • public transportation • green technology • green transportation • green products

Brits March In With Foot-Generated Power

Basement sensors could power thousands of bulbs an hour

Jun 8, 08 5:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Crowds may soon be kicking up clean energy in England. Designed to generate power from footsteps, "heel strike" generators are ready to be installed in shopping malls and subways—and power thousands of light bulbs. "It works by using the pressure of feet on the floor to compress... More »

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electricity • clean energy • green technology • clean technology • electrical circuits

Railroads Hopping Aboard Green Marketing Trend

Train pushed as eco-friendlier option—and environmentalists are conceding the point

May 29, 08 8:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Often maligned as noxious-fume-spewing bad citizens, railroad companies are hopping the green train, the Wall Street Journal reports. Campaigns by Norfolk Southern and CSX tout clean-burning diesel engines that "can move a ton of freight 423 miles on a single gallon," and Union Pacific claims diverting 25% of... More »

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climate change • global warming • marketing • green technology • green transportation • railroad

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