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Sustainable Development Ends Suburban Sprawl

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:58:27 -0000

SB375 was a process that involved getting a wide range of issues on the table that included suburban and urban development, climate change, oil dependency, children’s health, air quality, and transportation.

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Posted by: bennett

Wind Leading the Pack of Winning Clean Tech Technologies

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:58:17 -0000

Wind comes out the clear winner. Concentrated solar power, geothermal, solar photovoltaics, tidal, wave, are good additions to the mix. Hydroelectric is added for its load balancing ability. Nuclear and coal are less beneficial. Corn and cellulosic ethanol should not be included in policy options. Hopefully, the next administration will be wise enough to follow Pr. Jakobson's recommendation . . . and align its subsidies with the right kind of technologies.

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Posted by: bennett

Tesco plans its first ‘green’ UK supermarket in 2009 | Greenbang

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:49:33 -0000

Environmental and sustainability targets are increasingly being given more prominence in company financial results.

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Posted by: bennett

Half of Global Electricity To Come From Renewables IEA Says

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:47:54 -0000

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Nearly 50% of global electricity supplies must come from renewable energy sources in order to cut CO2 emissions in half by 2050, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says in its latest study, “Deploying Renewables: Principles for Effective Policies.”

Tags: electricity future iea renewables roadmap sustainability

Posted by: keulenae

La voiture écolo attendue à Toulouse

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:26:30 -0000

The air-car could be a reality in 2009. Some think it will be better than the electric car. The company producing the car has been acquired by the indian TATA constructor. The news is in French, but relevant for the world.

Tags: air car cars compressed air sustainability urban

Posted by: akozoom

leweb2zero.tv - Who Killed the Electric Car ? -- une autre télé est possible ! Karl Zéro t'invite à faire ta propre TV toi-même sur le web2zero !

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:02:40 -0000

un doc video sur General motors ...:
EV1 la voiture electrique 1996 ...
pourquoi a-t-elle été retirée du marché ???

Tags: car electric sustainability urban vehicle

Posted by: akozoom

Grand Challenges for Engineering

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:17:17 -0000

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With input from people around the world -- much of it on this website -- an international group of leading technological thinkers were asked to identify the Grand Challenges for Engineering in the 21st Century. Now their conclusions are revealed on this website.

Tags: 21st century carbon challenges electricity energy engineering future photovoltaics renewables science solar sustainability technology transport

Posted by: keulenae

Forum 2008 // Sustainable Energy // University of Notre Dame

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:50:40 -0000

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represents nothing less than a bold invitation to the entire Notre Dame family to embark upon a thoughtful and comprehensive course of sustainability in our personal lifestyles, our institutional practices, our intellectual life and research, and our civic commitments.

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Posted by: keulenae

Six Benefits of Taking Public Tranportation That Aren’t Environmental : Sustainablog

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:27:06 -0000

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By the time I actually got to the festival, however, I realized that my whole attitude had changed. The environmental benefits of taking public transportation are well known. Less cars on the road mean less pollution. Less fuel used by individual motorists means less of our natural resources consumed. But I realized by the time I hit Headhouse Square where the festival was being held that there are other benefits to taking public transportation.

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Posted by: keulenae

Energy independence will take commitment like space race

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:16:56 -0000

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Today’s energy situation is reminiscent of Soviet cold war times. In 1957, Russia launched the first satellite into space, and in 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human in orbit. Afraid Soviet space domination would make our country unable to defend itself, President Kennedy announced Apollo, a 10-year, $100 billion program (in today’s dollars) to land a man on the moon. Eight years later, Neil Armstrong made his “giant step for mankind” and America quickly regained world leadership.

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Posted by: keulenae

pannirbr's public notebook: Efluente

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:24:09 -0000

green sustainability ete

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Posted by: pannirbr

Sustainability Experts: Business Heros of the Future

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:20:39 -0000

In the 21st century, issues surrounding resource consumption, global warming and overpopulation are surfacing more frequently. Progressive corporations, businesses and individuals are working toward being more independent of depletable resources, and improving their ability to self-sustain.

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Posted by: yugosakimi

Moon Mined for Earth’s Alternative Fuel?

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:07:26 -0000

Mining for helium-3 on the moon is being considered as another alternate fuel source.

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"Just 40 tons of this stuff has enough potential energy to meet the total U.S. electricity demand for a year." Does this mean we will be mining the moon for Helium-3 any time soon to fuel the earth? Probably not, since the cost to extract Helium-3 from the moon would be enormous and it would require "hundreds of millions of tons of soil" to "be processed to extract a ton of helium-3".

Seems a long way off. I can't see it working before tipping points if we don't use the money for viables. posted by radoxme

Tags: alternate energy fuel fuels helium-3 moon sustainability

Posted by: yugosakimi

Environmental Initiative Challenges K-12 Students To Develop Green Solutions : July 2008 : THE Journal

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:35:10 -0000

The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) has teamed up with Discovery and the Siemens Foundation to launch a new initiative called the "Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge." The initiative calls on K-12 students to develop green solutions for their schools, homes, and communities.

The initiative comprises several components, including introducing students to concepts in sustainability, educating students on environmental issues, building up STEM skills, and, eventually, connecting students with scientists to tackle environmental challenges through real-world projects.

Tags: discovery environmental green issues k-12 nsta projects real-world science siemens solutions stem sustainability

Posted by: jeff-milw

FT.com / Home UK / UK - The next big project for the Union is in energy

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:11:58 -0000

What is needed is a new European Community that can successfully tackle the combined challenges of climate change, energy security and sustainable competitiveness. As the former Commission president Jacques Delors has suggested, the EU needs to build an institution that can facilitate common action in this field. In comparison with the formative years of the Community - when both the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community pursued energy-oriented goals - there is a lack of common action to expand the use of renewable energy that mitigates climate change, provides energy security and increases European competitiveness by transforming its economy into an energy-efficient system.

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Posted by: bennett

Record d'efficacité pour les cellules solaires à colorant

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:48:51 -0000

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in french, about new solar cells (ionic liquid) 8,2% of rentability posted by akozoom

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Record d'efficacité pour les cellules solaires à colorant

Tags: costs efficiency energie energy green photovoltaics solaire solar sustainability

Posted by: akozoom

The Lighthouse at Long Island

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:38:59 -0000

LI possible answer to a Sustainable Long Island

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Posted by: blanca

50 New ‘Manhattan Projects’

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:11:52 -0000

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Aren't the terms '50' and 'Manhattan project' in the same sentence an apparant contradiction. If we have to invent the atomic bomb 50 times, we'd be in real trouble. posted by keulenae

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With appropriate policies and actions, the scientific establishment can be organized to focus its resources on current global threats. To conduct such research, however, it would be necessary to mobilize our relevant intellectual resources and research facilities with the same determination that drove the wartime projects. A program of global scientific cooperation has tremendous potential to address many of the threats and challenges we face.

Tags: carbon climate costs efficiency electricity energy green renewables solar sustainability truthdig wind

Posted by: jeff-milw

Summitgoers push for sustainable cities

Sun, 25 May 2008 07:56:16 -0000

Is there life after cars? Could your house be transformed into a unit in a mixed-use, multifamily building with a vegetable garden on the roof? Would you drink "toilet to tap" water - purified, recycled sewage - or would you rather die of thirst?

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Posted by: theenergynet

Commissioner Andris PIEBALGS

Tue, 13 May 2008 13:16:14 -0000

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When a market opening takes place, experts focus their analysis on its macroeconomic consequences: new business framework, economies of scale, investment opportunities, you name it. However, like any other measure of the European Energy Policy, opening of the markets should also deliver environmental benefits, creating a more sustainable energy. I believe that this is the case, and I would like to share with you how, but also hear your comments.

Tags: liberalisation sustainability

Posted by: keulenae