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November 2007
- Motor City Going for Green
  
  Reuters | Nov 24, 07 3:02 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Auto industry bigwigs at the Reuters Auto Summit in Detroit this week seem finally to have gotten the message on cleaner, more fuel-efficient vehicles; one after another they cited going green (or at least greener) as the path to more competitive cars and trucks. GM honcho Robert Lutz admitted that the Prius helped Toyota get a jump on GM while his company was busy building guzzlers like the Hummer. More »
- Nokia Siemens Targets Green Base Stations
  
  Reuters | Nov 20, 07 12:08 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Nokia Siemens Networks is going green, Reuters reports. The Finnish-German partnership hopes to up its market share of mobile and fixed telecom networks by offering base stations that have greater range and use up to 40% less energy by shutting down when network traffic demands are low. The company is aiming for a software and hardware release by 2010. More »
- China Still World's eWaste Dump
  
  Associated Press | Nov 18, 07 1:13 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Discarded electronic have to go somewhere, and usually somewhere means China. For years environmentalists have decried China’s officially illegal but unofficially flourishing e-waste trade, but thousands of Chinese peasants are still melting wires and motherboards for metal, making scant spending money from greedy entrepreneurs. The results are undrinkable groundwater, lead-filled rivers and rampant air pollution, the AP found. More »
- New LA Buildings Going Green
  
  Los Angeles Times | Nov 16, 07 3:30 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Los Angeles Planning Commission has approved an ambitious package of rules that would require new buildings to cut energy use by 15%. Measures include wiring buildings for solar energy, installing water-saving appliances, and using recycled materials in construction, the Los Angeles Times reports. The regulations would reduce energy use in large developments to well below what is required by California law, the strictest in the nation. More »
- Court Orders Stricter Fuel Economy Rules
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | Nov 15, 07 6:01 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Environmentalist groups rejoiced today after a federal appeals court struck down upcoming fuel-economy standards for some SUVs, minivans, and small trucks, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The court ruled that regulators refused to treat carbon dioxide emissions as a serious threat to global warming and ordered the government to review the standards, which would have gone into effect next year. More »
- Companies Go Green for Consumers— and Profit
  
  New York Times | Nov 15, 07 12:12 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - As consumers look for more eco-friendly products, a Frito-Lay plant in Arizona is working toward ways to turn 500,00 pounds of spuds into environmentally friendly potato chips, the New York Times reports, changing an energy- and water-hogging process into one that uses renewable fuel, solar energy, and recycled water in a “net zero” operation backed by parent PepsiCo. More »
- Ecowarriors' New Tool: Google Earth
  
  Wall Street Journal | Nov 15, 07 11:34 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Wall Street Journal looks at environmental nonprofits that are harnessing Google Earth to connect consumers with the effects of their purchasing choices. One example, Appalachian Voices, has integrated data from coal mining companies with Google mapping to allow users to see where their power comes from: the specific mountaintops that have been destroyed to provide the coal burned in the plants that feed their zip code. More »

Stories

Motor City Going for Green

Nokia Siemens Targets Green Base Stations

China Still World's eWaste Dump

New LA Buildings Going Green

Court Orders Stricter Fuel Economy Rules

Companies Go Green for Consumers— and Profit

Ecowarriors' New Tool: Google Earth