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(Newser) - Sewage and sunlight are offering unexpected aid to the poor of Kenyan slums, the AP reports. Public toilets are recycling waste into gas, while sunlight disinfects water and reduces cases of waterborne illness. Adapted from a plan in Tanzania, the project was funded by international donors to help people struggling... More »

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Kenya • biofuel • green energy • solar power • Kenya's economy

 Gore
 Pounds
 Pols on
 Energy Plan 

Sees role as facilitator; says 'baby steps no longer responsible'

Jul 20, 08 4:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Al Gore made his first appearance on Meet the Press since he sought the presidency 8 years ago, Politico reports, this time pushing his agenda as the nation's self-appointed energy czar. "My own best role is to try to bring about a sea change in public opinion" on environmental... More »

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Al Gore • fossil fuel • green energy • renewable energy • Meet the Press • oil companies

 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

 Toyota to Add
 Solar Panels
 to Prius 

Some 2009 models will have panels that help power air conditioning

Jul 7, 08 9:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Toyota plans to go even more “green” with its hybrid Prius, offering solar panels as a high-end option beginning with the 2009 model year, reports Reuters. And, although the panels will do little more than help power the air conditioning system, Toyota’s move shows just how far automakers... More »

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Toyota • Toyota Prius • green energy • gas prices • solar panels

 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

McMansions Make Way for Green Pads

Smaller homes built to strict LEED specs are all the rage

Jun 22, 08 8:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - When it comes to building green, a LEED rating is the ultimate cachet-- but they're tough to get, the New York Times reports. And homes approved by the Leadership in Energy and Evironmental Design council tend to be small and pricey, with one platinum-certified four-bedroom house in California on the... More »

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architecture • green building • environmentalism • green energy • green construction • green • green home

Billions Wasted in UN Carbon Program: Study

Most funded projects 'won't reduce emissions'

May 26, 08 3:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Billions of dollars spent to encourage developing nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions are being wasted on projects that don't qualify, according to two new studies of the UN's carbon credit program. The Kyoto agreement arranges for wealthy countries unable to meet emission reductions to instead subsidize green energy projects... More »

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United Nations • carbon trading • Kyoto Protocol • green energy • clean energy • Kyoto treaty • carbon emissions

Car Talk Bros Get Animated, Dis Gas-Guzzling Heaps

Click and Clack to star in PBS cartoon, pessimistic Nova episode

Apr 20, 08 4:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - NPR’s chuckling Car Talk guys Tom and Ray Magliozzi are about to become even more animated—with a new cartoon series of themselves on PBS. But their view on the heaps they've helped drivers patch up for the past 30 years isn't so funny, Newsweek reports. Click and Clack's... More »

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television • gas • vehicle emissions • green energy • mpg • PBS • auto • hybrid car • NPR • Car Talk • Ray Magliozzi • Tom Magliozzi

Energy Bill Passes House

Measure mandates 35mpg fuel efficiency for vehicles, 5X increase in ethanol production

Dec 18, 07 2:31 PM CST
(Newser) - The House approved a broad energy bill today that will increase fuel efficiency requirements for cars and trucks for the first time in 30 years and will boost ethanol production, Reuters reports. The bill, passed last week by the Senate after $13 billion in oil company taxes were excised, carried... More »

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Congress • ethanol • fuel efficiency • green energy • energy bill • George W. Bush

UK Proposes Wind Power Investment

7,000 turbines planned to 'power the equivalent of all the UK's homes'

Dec 11, 07 12:22 PM CST
(Newser) - The UK intends to boost their production of wind power 60-fold by 2020, under plans released yesterda by business secretary John Hutton, the BBC reports. The secretary proposed an investment into the construction of 7,000 mostly off-shore wind turbines to produce a target of 33 gigawatts that could "... More »

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green energy • renewable energy • Britain

San Francisco Gases Up,
Goes Green

City switches its
entire diesel fleet to
soy-based biofuel

Dec 6, 07 4:26 PM CST
(Newser) - San Francisco may have the biggest green fleet in America now that all 1,500 diesel vehicles—including ambulances, fire engines, buses and street sweepers—run on B20, a combination of soy-based and diesel fuels. The transformation is part of the city's plan to  reduce toxic emissions to 20% below... More »

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San Francisco • biofuel • diesel • biodiesel • green energy • Gavin Newsom

Gore Joins VC to Invest in Green

Ex-VP will work with Kleiner Perkins to invest in clean technology

Nov 12, 07 3:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Al Gore is joining Silicon Valley's leading venture capital firm in an initiative to invest in green technology. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, traditionally focused on IT, recently moved into the area of environmentally friendly businesses. Gore will be an active partner with the firm, which has already invested $270... More »

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environment • Al Gore • investment firm • green energy • venture capital • green technology • Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers • Generation Investment Management • John Doerr

Sarko: France to Go Green

French leader is optimistic about a cleaner future

Oct 25, 07 7:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy called for a greener France today, including higher taxes on polluters, a 50% reduction of pesticide use, and the eradication of genetically modified crops. The French president spoke at the close of a national environment summit that counted Al Gore in attendance. But the conference failed to generate... More »

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Al Gore • greenhouse gases • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • fossil fuel • green energy • green technology • green transportation • pesticide

Racing to Fly With Biofuel

Air New Zealand, Virgin Air plan green commercial flights

Sep 30, 07 5:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kiwis are planning to launch the first green commercial flight in about a year, the BBC reports. Air New Zealand promises to fly a 747 with 1 of 4 engines running on a kerosene-biofuel blend, but Virgin Atlantic may beat them to it with a bio-flight in early 2008. "... More »

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airline industry • biofuel • Virgin Atlantic • green energy • Air New Zealand

Rice Kicks Off Climate Summit

Secretary denies US is trying to undermine UN work

Sep 27, 07 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice insisted the US is serious about fighting global warming today, as top polluting nations began a two-day conference in Washington. "Climate change is a global problem and we are contributing to it," the Secretary of State said. President Bush convened the conference to "support and... More »

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climate change • greenhouse gases • Condoleezza Rice • Kyoto Protocol • green energy

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

Global Warming:
Who Wins?

Mar 21, 07 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Global warming is a looming planetary disaster, but there will be winners along with the losers, writes Brookings Institute Fellow Gregg Easterbrook. While arable regions turn into arid wasteland and coastal communities sink beneath rising oceans, climate change could trigger a real estate and mineral resources boom in balmier Alaska,... More »

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climate change • energy • environment • drought • global warming • Siberia • Greenland • sea level • green energy

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