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Going Green

An increasingly eco-conscious America has paved the way for new laws, new products, and a new outlook

Even global warming doubters can agree: There's no denying the increasing public interest in “going green.” With former VP Al Gore winning an Oscar for his movie on the subject and even discount megastore Wal-Mart pushing compact fluorescent light bulbs, green has taken a turn for the mainstream.

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July 2008
- GM, Utilities Join to Speed Plug-Ins
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 22, 08 11:49 AM CDT
  
  General Motors and three dozen electric utilities in nearly 40 states have agreed to work together on the transition to plug-in electric vehicles that are expected to begin rolling out within 2 years, the Wall Street Journal reports. With GM’s Chevy Volt and Saturn Vue expected to hit the market first, cooperation is needed to make sure recharging cars don't overwhelm the power grid. More »
- Pickens Takes His Campaign to Capitol Hill
  
  newser | Politico | Jul 22, 08 11:00 AM CDT
  
  Oilman T. Boone Pickens’ pitch for a new plan to get the US off foreign oil is drawing a great deal of attention—partially due to its rhetorical ambition, and partially due to Pickens’ willingness to walk the walk with his estimated $4 billion checkbook. Politico examines Pickens’ determination to put wind power at the center of American energy policy, and his motives. More »
- Gore Pounds Pols on Energy Plan
  
  newser | MSNBC | Jul 20, 08 4:13 PM CDT
  
  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 issues, he said, following a Thursday speech in which he called for a switch to 100% renewable energy sources by 2018. "Incremental baby steps are no longer responsible proposals." More »
- NYC's Taxi Fleets in Race for Hybrids
  
  newser | USA Today | Jul 20, 08 6:10 AM CDT
  
  The Big Apple's unprecedented plan to turn its famous yellow cabs green could run into an old-fashioned supply-and-demand problem this fall, USA Today reports. Starting in October, the city is requiring that any new replacement cabs be hybrids. But the transition may be difficult because gas prices have triggered a fever-pitch demand for the fuel-efficient cars. "Consumers have been on waiting lists for months, and even they can't get one," said one analyst. More »
- EPA Forecasts Longer, Smoggier Summers for US
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jul 17, 08 4:46 PM CDT
  
  Climate change will bring longer, hotter, smoggier summers in the coming decades across the US, a new EPA reports says. Expect more wildfires and hurricanes, too, along with water problems in the West, the Washington Post reports. The federal report is noteworthy because it refutes the Bush administration's rosier outlook on global warming, the Post notes. More »
- 'Clean Coal' Advocates Blowing Smoke
  
  newser | Yale Environment 360 | Jul 17, 08 11:31 AM CDT
  
  “Clean coal” is the buzzword of the moment, with industry groups and presidential candidates swearing by a work-in-progress technique known as carbon capture and storage (CCS), which ultimately buries carbon dioxide emissions deep underground. But Jeff Goodell, writing in Yale Environment 360 , doesn’t buy it. “We don’t need to bury our problems,” Goodell writes. “We need to reinvent our world.” More »
- Gas Crunch Steers Soaring Hybrid Sales
  
  newser | Wired | Jul 17, 08 10:45 AM CDT
  
  Sales of hybrid cars could soar to 2 million a year by 2013 as higher gas prices and concerns about global warming spark surging interest in fuel efficient vehicles, Wired reports. Well over half—62%—of new car buyers are already considering a hybrid, according to a recent survey. Consumers who aren't satisfied with the current hybrid options will have as many as 88 models to choose from in the next few years. More »
- Texans Shocked by Spiking Power Bills
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 17, 08 9:30 AM CDT
  
  As energy prices soar, many Texans are wishing they had added "regulation of electrical companies" to the list of things not to mess with. Authorities predicted competition would lower prices when they deregulated the industry in 1999, the Wall Street Journal reports, but inadequate infrastructure, rising fuel costs, and other factors have meant just the opposite. More »
- The World's Greenest Venture Capitalist
  
  newser | Fast Company | Jul 16, 08 11:59 AM CDT
  
  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 no sense at all for a traditional venture fund,” the 53-year-old tells Fast Company. More »
- Fish Farms, Retailers Hatch Green Standards
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jul 16, 08 6:42 AM CDT
  
  Supermarkets are tightening the net on farmed seafood products as demand for environmentally-friendly products grows, reports the Washington Post . Aquaculture now supplies more than half of America's rising demand for fish and shrimp and retailers are working with producers and green groups to make sure the farmed products are both safe and sustainable. More »
- Admit It: Carter Was 100% Right
  
  newser | Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Jul 15, 08 4:41 PM CDT
  
  “Misunderstood, mocked and maligned” though he was, Jimmy Carter was exactly right about our energy problems and their solutions, Joseph Wheelan writes in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Way back in 1979, "Carter outlined a program for achieving energy independence." In 2008, "It turns out that Carter was right after all." More »
- Calif. Mulls Pay-as-You-Drive Insurance to Cut Costs, Miles
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Jul 15, 08 1:48 PM CDT
  
  An alliance of insurance companies and environmentalists are pushing to bring pay-as-you-drive auto-insurance, available from a handful of companies in other states, to California in a big way, the Los Angeles Times reports. The system, which charges premiums based on mileage, as recorded by a GPS tracking device, gives drivers financial incentives to conserve, and has multiple benefits on roadways and for the environment. More »
- Green Housing: From Good Idea to Good Business
  
  newser | Fast Company | Jul 15, 08 11:56 AM CDT
  
  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 . Half of all greenhouse gas emissions are building-related; residential buildings make up 21% of national energy consumption—almost as much as transportation. More »
- Keeping Cool Gets Thriftier
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 15, 08 11:22 AM CDT
  
  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. Meanwhile, people are getting creative to keep cool. More »
- 'Go Green,' Pope Urges Youth
  
  newser | Sydney Morning Herald | Jul 14, 08 4:35 AM CDT
  
  The Pope yesterday called on the world—particularly young people—to combat global warming with "a style of life that eases problems caused to the environment," reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Pope Benedict issued his plea just minutes before touching down in Australia for an official visit. The Vatican is going green with a new solar power system. More »
- Greenies Shudder as Big Biz Embraces EcoTravel
  
  newser | Newsweek | Jul 13, 08 3:59 PM CDT
  
  Ecofriendly travelers once camped outdoors and foraged for food, but today a hotel in Times Square can claim it's as green as a lodge in the Costa Rican rain forest, Anna Kuchment writes in Newsweek . In other words, eco-vacationing has gone big business, and environmental advocates fear the notion is being diluted. "A lot of people want to use terms like 'ecotourism,' because it's cool and hip now," one expert said. More »
- At Green Disco in London, Dancers Foot the Energy Bills
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Jul 12, 08 12:59 PM CDT
  
  Bust a move, save the world. That's the premise behind a new disco in London that bills itself as the world's first eco-club, reports the Guardian . Its dance floor is designed to harness the energy of dancing feet. The club's owner says that alone will cover 60% of the electric bills, though scientists in the obscure field of piezoelectricity are skeptical the gains will be that high, Time notes. Solar power and wind turbines meet the rest of the club's energy needs. More »
- GOP Must Strike Back in the 'Burbs
  
  newser | National Review | Jul 11, 08 4:45 PM CDT
  
  The GOP coalition—seemingly indomitable 4 years ago—is in shambles, losing ground “on nearly every demographic and geographic front,” write Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam in the National Review . Republicans must expand their base, and the writers have a plan: Seduce “the affluent, well-educated, increasingly liberal upper middle class.” More »
- Toyota Will Make Prius in US
  
  newser | Wired | Jul 10, 08 5:00 PM CDT
  
  Toyota plans to start producing its super-popular Prius hybrid in the US, Wired reports. With inventories overwhelmed by demand, the firm will move production lines to a Mississippi plant intended to produce SUVs. The factory won’t make its first Prius until 2010, but with no sign of abating gas prices, Toyota is betting hybrid demand will be even higher then. More »
- Global Warming Caused by ... Cleaner Skies: Study
  
  newser | New Scientist | Jul 10, 08 4:45 PM CDT
  
  Reducing aerosols and other pollutants has been a major part of Europe’s campaign to reduce global warming, but a new study turns conventional thinking on its head, New Scientist reports. "The decrease in aerosols probably accounts for at least half of the warming over Europe in the last 30 years," says a co-author of the study. More »

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