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Security Is Next Multi-Billion Dollar Boom for Smart Grid

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via [jeremy] The security of the smart grid, from privacy and ownership of personal information among consumers to hackers’ ability to fell the entire grid in one sweep of malicious code, has been a hotly debated topic since the smart grid’s earliest days. So it is no surprise to hear that security measures that protect the grid is set to be a multi-billion-dollar industry in the very near future. According to a new report by Pike Research, 15% of all smart grid investments over the next few years will be for security, representing about $21 billion by 2015… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Adam Lambert — Oh Boy!

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Filed under: Adam Lambert , Boy George , Music Here’s glamtastic former ” American Idol ” runner-up Adam Lambert at a concert in NYC on Tuesday ( left ) — and former Culture Club lead singer Boy George back in 2004 ( right ). Only one was banned from “Good Morning America” for kissing a man during… Read more

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Restaurant Takes on Double Down with Grilled Cheese Burger Melt

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Ah, free enterprise, the right of corporate America to compete to see who can aid and abet the obesity crisis more and who can give you a coronary faster. We have doubled down on KFC’s Double Down , And now offer for your culinary satisfaction Friendly’s Grilled Cheese BurgerMelt , “a thick and juicy 100% Black Angus Big Beef Burger between two whole grilled cheese sandwiches, complete with lettuce, tomato and mayo… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Scientists Track Sea Turtles’ Mysterious Travels for Better Conservation

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via Live Science Threatened and endangered sea turtles are getting some extra attention as they migrate around Florida. Green, hawksbill and loggerhead turtles are being equipped with cameras to record their movements so that biologists know what they need to do to help protect these species. Dry Tortugas National Park, 70 miles west of Key West, Florida, is a protected area, but it’s just a small fraction of the area the turtles use during their lifetimes. However, scientists don’t know exactly where these turtles’ ranges extend. So,… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Judge Strikes Down Obama’s Offshore Drilling Ban

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via the Telegraph A federal judge in New Orleans blocked the Obama administration’s 6 month moratorium on deep water offshore drilling. According to the New York Times , the judge Martin L. C. Feldman wrote in a 22-page opinion that “The blanket moratorium … seems to assume that because one rig failed and although no one yet fully knows why, all companies and rigs drilling new wells over 500 feet also universally present an imminent danger.” He said the offshore ban would cause “punitive” economic harm and was unwarranted. The White House disagree… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Good-bye, Polar Bears, Hello, Oil-drenched Pelicans: How the Gulf Spill is Changing the Environmental Movement

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

illustrations from New York Magazine Climate change was always a tough sell. But as an important article by Jason Zengerie in New York Magazine points out, it mostly seems to happen in another place, and another time. He quotes a pollster: “People overwhelmingly say melting ice is a very bad thing. The problem is that hardly any Americans live next to a melting glacier.” As can be seen by Brian’s post yesterday on the consensus among scientists on climate change , nothing will convince the sc… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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United Kingdom Launches Projects to Study Ocean Acidification

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image: NOAA Ocean Explorer, Flickr The Evil Twin of Global Warming Ocean acidification naturally results from elevated levels of carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere. The oceans absorb CO2, which becomes carbonic acid as it dissolves into the sea water. Ocean acidification picked up the moniker

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Why This Planet Needs a Woman’s Touch

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Women around the world possess crucial knowledge about agriculture and biodiversity. Photos by Find Your Feet (L) and Paul Stevenson (R) via Flickr. When you’re trying to protect an entire planet, it seems pretty silly to leave half of its human inhabitants out of the discussion, but that’s exactly what’s happening to women in many parts of the world, according to a recent report on the IPS news wire. Local projects in Afghanistan… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Does the "Utility Only" Cap and Trade Pass Muster?

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via the Blind Eye The chances of comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation passing the Senate continue to slip away as the election cycle draws nearer. ‘Moderate’ Dems fear throwing their support behind a climate bill like Kerry and Lieberman’s, since Republicans have had some success falsely labeling the bill a ‘job-killing energy tax” (never mind that the vast majority of Americans support clean energy legislation). So, a number of alternative options are being considered, such as an ‘energy only’ bill, and a ‘utility only’ cap and trade bill — a bi… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Weekday Vegetarian: White Bean and Arugula Salad with Lemon Dill Vinaigrette

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo: Kelly Rossiter I guess like most home vegetable gardeners , I am having my share of hits and misses this season. Some enterprising little critter ate all of my carrot tops as soon as they started to come out, so that was the end of that. My beets were doing fabulously, but something has started to eat them as well, which I find much more upsetting. My

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