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Ecofriend: Green living

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:30:04 -0000

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Op-Ed Columnist - Yes We Can - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:13:37 -0000

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PoconoRecord.com: Slideshow: The dangers of plastic bags

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:51:41 -0000

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A Reporter at Large: Big Foot: newyorker.com

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:25:38 -0000

A very good article providing possible market based solutions to the climate crisis. Introduced by Tyler Cowen of Marginal Revolution.

Tags: creative-destruction economics environment global trade

Posted by: brianddrpm

Greenroofs.com: The Resource Portal for Green Roofs

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:00:43 -0000

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Posted by: enewed

Welcome to Green-e!

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:29:16 -0000

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Environmental Issues: Land Use Change - Submit Your Lessons | Google Groups

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:27:55 -0000

Environmental Issues: Land Use Change was developed at Lehigh. UBD interdisciplinary technology-embedded middle school science unit focusing on environmental changes related to land use.

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Posted by: lnitsche

Union of Concerned Scientists

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:18:33 -0000

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Posted by: enewed

FAQ: The Obama Energy Plan « Earth2Tech

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:38:42 -0000

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Provides information on where both McCain and Obama stand on energy issues. posted by brianddrpm
An update on the bio-fuels question Barack Obama has, as have many of us, changed his view on bio-fuels according to this Wired Magazine article posted by brianddrpm

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Now that the Democratic Party has a presumptive nominee, it’s time to take a closer look at Sen. Barack Obama’s energy plan and how he intends to use the office of the president to accelerate our transition to a greener economy. We profiled Sen. John McCain’s energy plan earlier, and since energy will almost certainly not get as much debate time as Iraq, health care or the economy, we encourage you to compare McCain’s and Obama’s plans and comment below. (The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article on the comparison this morning.)

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Posted by: brianddrpm

The Nature Conservancy - Protecting Nature, Preserving Life

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:35:57 -0000

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Wilderness.net

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:25:45 -0000

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BreathingEarth - StumbleUpon

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:28:37 -0000

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Posted by: brianddrpm

MIT World » : Implementing Sustainability Strategies

Sat, 31 May 2008 20:35:01 -0000

ABOUT THE PANEL DISCUSSION:
Companies sometimes regard sustainability as “metaphoric low-hanging fruit,” says moderator Peter Senge, and reach for a few easy targets to achieve cosmetic improvements. His three panelists describe how their corporations are attempting to embrace sustainability as more than just another high-profile, low-impact initiative that “goes right into an overloaded bucket.”

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We can't afford to think of business as the enemy. Businesses in many cases are realizing the importance of sustainability more quickly than the public sector which too often defines its view by outdated political philosophies. This video provides a great deal to think about. posted by brianddrpm

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“Environment is not a special, short-term project, not a fad or flavor of the month,” says Balta. IBM pursues opportunities in and out of the company, including “making brown green:” reducing waste in its business and industrial processes around the world; designing intelligent networks to improve the efficiency of electrical utility operations; developing systems for mitigating traffic congestion in cities; launching a Big Green innovation business unit; and creating an Eco Patent Commons, enabling users the free and unrestricted use of IBM technologies that help solve environmental challenges.

“We’re trying to find the sweet spot between social, economic and environmental areas that define sustainability, because at the end of the day if any one of those three legs of the stool aren’t available then the model itself falls down.” says Mark Buckley.

British Telecom is tackling three interdependent areas, says Kevin Moss: sustainable economic growth, climate change and creating a more inclusive society.

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Posted by: brianddrpm

YouTube - Facing the Future:Critical Thinking on Global Sustainability

Fri, 30 May 2008 17:34:09 -0000

Facing the Future:Critical Thinking on Global Sustainability

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Seems%20it%20could%20be%20a%20useful%20resource%20for%20teachers%20maybe%20it%20just%20needs%20to%20be%20promoted%20more. posted by brianddrpm

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Philip Greenspun’s Weblog » Cost of converting entire U.S. to electric cars? Zero.

Fri, 30 May 2008 02:03:24 -0000

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From a Russian Stumbler at http://www.improvetheweb.com/ . Seems like people across the globe have a stake in this. Some of the comments raise interesting economic questions. posted by brianddrpm

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How much would it cost to convert the entire U.S. fleet of passenger cars, which collectively burn 40 percent of the oil that we use, to electric cars? Let’s look at some numbers:

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Posted by: brianddrpm

DSIRE: DSIRE Home

Sat, 24 May 2008 13:28:54 -0000

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Posted by: enewed

Powerset Co-Founder to Launch Crowdsourced Green VC Fund

Wed, 21 May 2008 15:07:26 -0000

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Steve Newcomb, a co-founder of search startup Powerset, is in the early stages of launching a ventur- capital fund that would accept green investments as low as $100, with a maximum investment of $1,000.

"It would be a breakthrough green venture-capital fund for the people, by the people. As excited as I was about PowerSet, I'm 10 times more excited about this," Newcomb told Wired.com. "Worldwide, there is the potential to raise a multibillion-dollar fund."

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Posted by: brianddrpm

European Commission - External Trade - Trade Issues

Wed, 21 May 2008 15:07:26 -0000

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Mandelson writes: "The issue is not biofuels or no biofuels, but the right biofuels. Europe's governments have signed a commitment ensuring that 10% of the petrol in Europe's vehicles in 2020 is made from renewable transport fuels, including biofuels. This will make an important contribution to the EU's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote security of energy supply. But there is an obvious caveat: biofuels must be an environmental policy in pursuit of an environmental outcome - the most sustainable policy is the only right policy".

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Posted by: brianddrpm

Food vs. Fuel

Wed, 21 May 2008 15:07:25 -0000

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Corn is caught in a tug-of-war between ethanol plants and food, one of the first signs of a coming agricultural transformation and a global economic shift. Ever since our ancestors in the Fertile Crescent first figured out how to grow grains, crops have been used mainly to feed people and livestock. But now that's changing in response to the high price of oil, the cost in lives and dollars of ensuring a supply of petroleum imports, and limits on climate-warming emissions of fossil fuels.

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Food prices | The end of cheap food | Economist.com

Wed, 21 May 2008 15:07:25 -0000

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This year biofuels will take a third of America's (record) maize harvest. That affects food markets directly: fill up an SUV's fuel tank with ethanol and you have used enough maize to feed a person for a year. And it affects them indirectly, as farmers switch to maize from other crops. The 30m tonnes of extra maize going to ethanol this year amounts to half the fall in the world's overall grain stocks.

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Posted by: brianddrpm