Photo: Wikipedia , public domain For the Chinese Market First The Japanese Nikkei is reporting that Toyota has plans to mass-produce an electric car for the Chinese market starting in 2012. The EV would be based on the Toyota Vios, which is known in North-America as the Yaris sedan , and production will be a joint venture with the China FAW Group. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Toyota Could Produce Yaris EVs In China As Soon As 2012
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photo: Nomad Tales via flickr If you ever need a great example of technological leapfrogging in practice, here it is: In the Indian state of Orissa , the state government has decided to electrify approximately an additional 2,000 villages by March 2012. But rather than hook them up to coal-fired power plants, it will be using decentralized solar power. Biomass, wind power and a variety of small-scale hydropower projects are also… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Techo-Leapfrogging At Its Best: 2,000 Indian Villages Skip Fossil Fuels, Get First Electricity From Solar
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Photo via CMAFDA At what may have been the most interesting session at this year’s Clinton Global Initiative — a discussion with leaders from big business and nonprofit orgs on how to find market solutions for protecting the environment — Dr. Sanjayan, the lead scientist of the Nature Conservancy, discussed his agency’s promising large-scale project to turn combating water crises around the world with market-based ‘water protection’ plans. The video after the jump explains: … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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How to Turn Local Water Conservation into Good Business (Video)
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Apologies if you live in someplace that Hulu won’t let you watch this hilarious and apropos clip of Mr Burns blocking out the sun from a 1995 episode of The Simpsons. Among the more high risk methods of geoengineering ,
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Reflecting Sunlight Away From Earth to Cool the Planet Could Help Some Places, Really Hurt Others
image via ultraprt I have to be very careful when writing about Pod Cars; the pod people are dedicated and vocal and once gave me a prize for writing fishwrap . I have previously called them a solution in search of a problem, but Jim Witkin at the New York Times thinks that they might make se… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Podcars Almost Ready To Roll in London
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Image credit: Richard Barnes Taken individually, the European starling appears to be a mundane species; the kind of bird that is present in backyards around the world, pecking at insects, darting from one place to the next. But when these gregarious birds flock together, they form a swarm that is more reminiscent of the Smoke Monster from Lost t… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Starling Flocks Mesmerize in Coordinated Swarms (Slideshow)
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Photo via alistairas The Environmental Protection Agency decided that external power adapters aren’t eligible for inclusion in the Energy Star Label program, the reason being that they’re doing too good a job meeting qualifications anyway. Since most external adapters meet qualifications, there’s no point in wasting resources putting them through the labeling process. On the one hand, it makes perfect sense to streamline the program where possible (after all, Energy Star is
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EPA Nixes External Adaptors from Energy Star Program
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photos: Matthew McDermott Park(ing) Day has been a much-covered event here on TreeHugger for the past several years, and for good reason: It’s undeniably good fun to reclaim a bit of pavement used every other day of the week save for a Friday in mid-September, roll out the sod and create your own little bit of park in the city. But for some reason this year, glancing at the map of even… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Parking Day NYC Isn’t Activism, It’s Unintentional Performance Art
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Photo by Alex92287 One of our favorite alternatives to hotels is Airbnb, a service that lets you rent out your extra bed to weary travelers to make a little extra cash and helps the traveler save money. It’s a peer-based product service system that makes the best use of available resources, and it’s smart thinking. That’s essentially the model behind a new car-sharing service called GetAround, which has just launched into Beta mode. If your car sits in… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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New Car-Share Service Lets Your Rent Your Wheels For Extra Cash
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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says illegal immigrants do essential work in the U.S. and that he has firsthand knowledge of that — because they fix his house. A moderate Republican, Powell urged his party on Sunday to support immigration generally because those who come from abroad are, in his words, “what's keeping this country's lifeblood moving forward.” Powell said a path to legal status should be offered to illegal immigrants because they do work that needs to get done. At his own house, he said on NBC's “Meet the Press,” illegal immigrants are always around when he needs work done. He did not specify whether he hired them directly or they showed up with contractors. added by: Replicant
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