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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

    • The World's Greenest Venture Capitalist

      Fast Company  |  Jul 16, 08 11:59 AM CDT

      The World's Greenest Venture Capitalist

      (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 no sense at all for a traditional venture fund,” the 53-year-old tells Fast Company. More »

    • Fish Farms, Retailers Hatch Green Standards

      Washington Post  |  Jul 16, 08 6:42 AM CDT

      Fish Farms, Retailers Hatch Green Standards

      (Newser) - 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

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Jul 15, 08 4:41 PM CDT

      Admit It: Carter Was 100% Right

      (Newser) - “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

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 15, 08 1:48 PM CDT

      Calif. Mulls Pay-as-You-Drive Insurance to Cut Costs, Miles

      (Newser) - 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

      Fast Company  |  Jul 15, 08 11:56 AM CDT

      Green Housing: From Good Idea to Good Business

      (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 . 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

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 15, 08 11:22 AM CDT

      Keeping Cool Gets Thriftier

      (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. Meanwhile, people are getting creative to keep cool. More »

    • 'Go Green,' Pope Urges Youth

      Sydney Morning Herald  |  Jul 14, 08 4:35 AM CDT

      'Go Green,' Pope Urges Youth

      (Newser) - 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

      Newsweek  |  Jul 13, 08 3:59 PM CDT

      Greenies Shudder as Big Biz Embraces EcoTravel

      (Newser) - 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

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 12, 08 12:59 PM CDT

      At Green Disco in London, Dancers Foot the Energy Bills

      (Newser) - 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

      National Review  |  Jul 11, 08 4:45 PM CDT

      GOP Must Strike Back in the 'Burbs

      (Newser) - 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

      Wired  |  Jul 10, 08 5:00 PM CDT

      Toyota Will Make Prius in US

      (Newser) - 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

      New Scientist  |  Jul 10, 08 4:45 PM CDT

      Global Warming Caused by ... Cleaner Skies: Study

      (Newser) - 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 »

    • Celebs Face Off in Green Arms Race

      Associated Press  |  Jul 10, 08 2:33 PM CDT

      Celebs Face Off in Green Arms Race

      (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 to see whose house can leave a smaller carbon footprint. More »

    • Motown Crops Spring From Decay

      BBC  |  Jul 10, 08 2:00 PM CDT

      Motown Crops Spring From Decay

      (Newser) - An ambitious charity thinks it can turn Detroit’s most desolate neighborhoods into bustling farming utopias. The group, dubbed Urban Farming, grows vegetables on vacant land throughout the city, then gives them out for free to local residents, the BBC reports. Parts of Motor City have been transformed by its efforts, and now it’s branching out across the US. More »

    • Big Sugar's Exit Gives Hope to Everglades

      Yale Environment 360  |  Jul 9, 08 10:22 AM CDT

      Big Sugar's Exit Gives Hope to Everglades

      (Newser) - Everglades restoration may finally be a reality, writes Michael Grunwald in Yale Environment 360 during his “vacation from defeatism.” Florida's tentative $1.75 billion land deal with US Sugar would halt sugar production (and pollution) on nearly 300 square miles, and have an ecological ripple-effect that extends beyond saving the Florida Panther or sparing nature from suburban development. More »

    • China, India Reject G8 Carbon Plan

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Jul 9, 08 8:40 AM CDT

      China, India Reject G8 Carbon Plan

      (Newser) - Neither China nor India agreed to adopt the G8's targets for cutting carbon emissions by 2050 at their joint meeting today. Asia's two big developing economies, joined by Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa, said carbon reductions would endanger their growth and exacerbate poverty, and that rich nations should clean up the mess they had created. The emerging economies' holdout was only one of many signs that the G8 is losing clout, reports the Financial Times. More »

    • Vague G8 Goals Deflate Green Hopes

      Time  |  Jul 9, 08 2:08 AM CDT

      Vague G8 Goals Deflate Green Hopes

      (Newser) - G8 leaders are hailing an agreement to cut carbon emissions in half by 2050 as "major progress" in combating climate change—but their failure to come up with concrete shorter-term goals is a major letdown, Bryan Walsh writes in Time . The agreement, so vague it doesn't even say which year is to be used as a starting point, is unlikely to spur the immediate changes needed to avert possible catastrophe. More »

    • Oil Tycoon Kicks Off Energy Campaign

      Dallas Morning News  |  Jul 8, 08 3:51 PM CDT

      Oil Tycoon Kicks Off Energy Campaign

      (Newser) - Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens is fed up with America’s dependence on oil and today launched a huge ad campaign to persuade the nation to kick its crude addiction, the Dallas Morning News reports. His "Pickens Plan" proposes that Americans swap gasoline for natural gas, then replace natural gas power plants with wind, solar, and nuclear facilities. More »

    • A Different Kind of Apple for iPhone Waiters

      CNET  |  Jul 8, 08 2:32 PM CDT

      A Different Kind of Apple for iPhone Waiters

      (Newser) - The countdown is on ahead of Friday's release of the iPhone 3G, and a handful of buyers are waiting outside Apple's flagship New York store. But they’re not diehard fans—they’re activists hoping to promote sustainable agriculture by breaking a world record. The Waiting for Apples group queued up July 4, beating a couple of other would-be first-in-liners, reports CNet. More »

    • G8 Agrees to Cut Emissions 50%

      BBC  |  Jul 8, 08 7:17 AM CDT

      G8 Agrees to Cut Emissions 50%

      (Newser) - The G8 leaders have resolved to cut greenhouse gases in half by 2050, something they’d only agreed to “seriously consider” before. But the US has resisted setting any interim goals, the BBC reports, leading environmentalists to deride the pact. The group will also try to convince some 200 other UN members to agree to the target, to address US concerns that climate efforts must be broad. More »

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