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Is the UK's First Green Cell Phone Rating System Bending the Rules?

Photo via KhE O2, a communications company in the United Kingdom, has just launched the country's first green cell phone ranking system -- something of which Apple did not want the iPhone to be part. But G... Read the full story on TreeHugger read full article ...
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Tuesday,07 September, 2010  |  Hits: 23

California To Extend Carpool-Lane Access To 40,000 Plug-In Hybrids

Photo: Flickr, CC Should Access for Regular Hybrids be Phased Out? In California, vehicles that meet certain fuel economy and tailpipe emission criteria are granted special access to the high occupancy vehicle lanes (HOV, aka the carpool lane). In car-centric places like Los Angeles, it's a huge advantage. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill (SB 535) into law that extends HOV-lane access to 40,000 qualifying plug-in hybrid ... Read the full story on TreeHugger read full article ...
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Tuesday,07 September, 2010  |  Hits: 33

Exploiting Utah's Oil Shale Deposits is Fossil Foolishness (Video)

Ahead of its upcoming report Fossil Foolishness: Utah's Pursuit of Tar Sands and Oil Shale Western Resource Advocates has produced the above short video detailing, as you might imagine from the title, why even though it may be ... Read the full story on TreeHugger read full article ...
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Tuesday,07 September, 2010  |  Hits: 27

New York City Inks Contract for Up to 475 Compressed Natural Gas Buses

Photo: New Flyer What's the Difference Between CNG and Diesel? The Board of the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority (the "MTA") has awarded New Flyer of America a contract for up to 475 buses. The contract is for 135 40-foot compressed natural gas ("CNG") heavy-duty transit buses with options for up to an additional 340 CNG buses. We know that buses are a pretty green way to move lots of people around in urban area, but how much better are CNG buses compared to regular diesel buses? The U.S. Department of Energy has some numbers to allow us to compare.... Read the full story on TreeHugger read full article ...
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Tuesday,07 September, 2010  |  Hits: 33

Universal Cell Phone Charger Coming Soon...At Some Point...In the Maybe-Not-Distant Future...

Photo via kalleboo A common complaint about cell phones is that there is no universal charger -- if you don't have the one that works specifically for your phone, well, you're just out of luck when your battery dies. It's not only a hassle for cell phone owners, but it's a huge problem for e-waste as the chargers become useless when the corresponding cell phones are tossed aside for newer models. But progress toward a more environmentally responsible (and plain common sense) solution for a universal charger that works will all phon... Read the full story on TreeHugger read full article ...
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Tuesday,07 September, 2010  |  Hits: 34

Déjà Vu All Over Again: Offshore Oil Platform Explodes in Gulf of Mexico [Updated x5]

Image: Google Maps Thankfully, No Deaths This Time An offshore oil platform exploded and caught fire today in the Gulf of Mexico. It is located about 80 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site of BP's massive oil spill. All 13 people who were on the rig were evacuated and only one was injured, reports the U.S. Coast Guard.... Read the full story on TreeHugger read full article ...
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Tuesday,07 September, 2010  |  Hits: 31

Chimps Found Deactivating Snares Set By Human Bushmeat Hunters

photo: Graham Racher via flickr Go chimps, go! An interesting new paper in the journal Primates documents how a group of chimpanzees in Bossou, Guinea have been successfully deactivating snares set by human bushmeat hunters. Though not always successful, the scienti... Read the full story on TreeHugger read full article ...
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Tuesday,07 September, 2010  |  Hits: 32

'Meet Eater,' the Plant That Lives on Social Media

Credit: Photos via facebook.com/meeteater. I like "Meet Eater," at least on Facebook. Not much happened after I hit the "Like" button to express my, um, admiration. Apparently, though, every time this plant makes a friend on Facebook, an electronic system delivers water and nutrients. No friends, no love? Dead plant. Unhappy Meet Eater.... Read the full story on TreeHugger read full article ...
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Tuesday,07 September, 2010  |  Hits: 25

Recent News on BP Spill Dispersants Reminiscent of Russian Toxic Rain Prediction

Image: Craig Anderson, Flickr Earlier this summer, when the BP Oil Spill was still at the top of the headlines everywhere, Russian predictions of a toxic rain consequent to the BP oil spill were generally dismissed by the scientific community. But the cultural meme, as well as an underlying level of anxiety for Gulf residents, was planted. Now, reports are appearing that raise the spectre of the Russian prediction. Are people living ... Read the full story on TreeHugger read full article ...
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Tuesday,07 September, 2010  |  Hits: 38

MIT Creates Self-Assembling Solar Cells That Repair Themselves

MIT's Test Cell Patrick Gillooly, MIT Solar cells are intended to mimic the photosynthesis of plants -- converting light into energy in the most efficient manner possible. But what other characteristics of plants could be handy for the renewable energy sector to mimic? How about the self-assembly of chloroplast, the component of plants that do all the vital photosynthesis. Leaves repair themselves after sun damage again and again to keep up their ability to convert light into energy. Now, MIT researchers believe they've discovered how to use this self-assembly to restore solar cells damaged by the sun.... Read the full story on TreeHugger read full article ...
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