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The Road To A Renewable Energy Economy Is Bumpy In California

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo via flickr California utilities must get 20 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by the end of 2010 and 33 percent by 2020. The 2020 target looms large and utilities are trying to line up contracts with suppliers of renewable energy and set up their own projects. Pacific Gas and Electric had a deal with a Portuguese company for 106.8 megawatts of power from a solar and biomass plant, but local opposition and cost have shelved the plant. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Weekday Vegetarian: Grilled Oregano Tofu with Tomato Salsa

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People often think about meat when they consider barbequing , but grilled tofu works extremely well. It’s also an easy way to accomodate both meat eaters and vegetarians without having to make two different dinners…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Could Less Become More Again?

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Architectural historian Jane Merkel writes in the New York Times about how immediately after World War II, “it was a time of common sense and a belief that less truly could be more. During the Depression and the war, Americans had learned to live with less, and that restraint, in combination with the postwar confidence in the future, made small, efficient housing positively stylish.” … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Quote of the Day: Why America Needs to Free Itself From Oil

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Veteran Jonathan Powers writes in CNN about how the U.S. thirst for oil threatens its economic and national security. This year, as Americans across the nation celebrate July Fourth with barbecues and fireworks, those most responsible for defending our independence, the military, will continue to fight two wars. And it is a shame that we will let yet another July Fourth pass us by without making substantial progress toward ending our unnecessary dependence on oil, a dependence that is funding the bullets that our enemies fire at our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Oh No Mommy! Will the Greenies Take Fireworks Away From Us?

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We reprise some of our favorite July 4th posts: Obligatory Post About Green Fireworks for the 4th of July Fireworks are fun – who doesn’t like explosions? – and a good excuse to get together with family and friends, but they’re also not very clean. In Beijing, China, the smoke from fireworks during the new year celebrations tripled pollution levels overnight, and the toxic metals used to get the bright colorful sparks fall back to Earth, contaminating soil and water. Is there something we can do without losing the fireworks?

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CT Scan of a Snake Shows a Rat’s Digestive Journey

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image via the Daily Mail It’s not a terribly long distance to travel for a rat that’s been eaten by a snake, but a lot certainly happens in the 132 hours it takes to go from one end to the other. Up until recently, in order for researchers to study how snakes digested their meals, it had been necessary to dissect the animal for a peek inside. But now, thanks to the latest in body-scanning technology, scientists can observe the process in a

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Rainforest Clearing Increases Malaria Incidence Rate Forth Eight Percent

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” An aerial view of a cattle farm in a deforested area of the Amazon close to Maraba, Para. ” Paulo Whitaker/ReutersImage credit: Amazon Rainforest News , via Paulo Whitaker/Reuters Malaria remains a deadly killer in tropical South America, Africa and Asia. Sometimes there are flickers of hope: as with recent reports of success deploying pesticide treated bed nets in equatorial Africa – the nets keep kids from getting bit while they sleep. And there are periodic moments of despair, as when a follow-up vis… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Look Out Smart Car – The T.25 Gets 74 MPG

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image Credit: Wired There’s something looming in the rear view mirror of Smart cars everywhere, and it’s the work of Gordan Murray, designer of the famous McLaren F1 (top speed: 240 miles per hour). Murray’s latest conceit tops out at a comparably puny 90 mph, but here’s the thing: it gets an astounding 74 miles per gallon- in the city. It’s the just revealed T.25 City Car, wh… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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What You Missed at the LOHAS Forum

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: Magda Rod Last week a conscious community of business owners and entrepreneurs gathered in Boulder Colorado for three days to attend the LOHAS Conference: Businesses Coming Together To Help Change The World. We’re talking conscious triple bottom line business companies and people, gathering to share information and inspire a sustainable future for our species. The result? Inspiration, motivation, and spontaneous divine connections. Like when I went to pick up my complimentary bicycle (smile) at the Outlook , the Zero Waste Hotel where I stayed. I ran into Andy … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Renewable Energy Key to Making Desalination Work for Water-Crunched Countries

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Interior of a desalination plant. Photo via Lance Cheung Just last week we noted that the UAE is dependent on fossil fuel- and natural gas-burning desalination plants to keep up their excessive water use, and that the reliance could spell a water disaster in the very near future as fuel supplies run low. However, there’s another source of energy that the UAE (and many similarly dry areas) has in abundance — sunlight. Utilizing solar power to run desalination plants could be one key step in making this source of fresh wat… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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