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No Comments The Satkosia Gorge Sanctuary in India. Image credit: Raveesh Vyas India has had a system of wildlife sanctuaries since 1928. Now, there are more than 500 in the country ranging from dedicated tiger and bird reserves to more general areas intend to protect habitats rich in biological diversity. Unfortunately,
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No Comments Images: Studied Impact It’s hard to fathom much of the news from Dubai, especially when it comes to architecture. Then again, this city of excess has delivered some astonishing structures, including, of course, the world’s tallest building . So it with a mixture of cynicism and excitement that we greet news of projects such as this. The proposed 10MW Tower, designed by Studied Impact ,...
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No Comments photo: chantrybee via flickr. Even if the sun entered a Grand Solar Minimum –like the one experienced in the late 17th century known as the Maunder Minimum, which brought about the Little Ice Age–it would still only offset less than a tenth of the warming caused by human release of greenhouse gases. That’s the word from a new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research...
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No Comments Image credit: Ivan Prole Look at the bottle of juice you just drank. The detergent you’re going to use. The plastic backer on the desk calendar. What’s on all of them? That familiar “chasing arrows” graphic with a number in the middle. That means it’s recyclable, right? Sorry, but not quite…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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No Comments Solazyme, a renewable oil and bioproducts company, has inked a research and development deal with Unilever to develop an algae-based oil that can be used in its soaps and other personal care products. This follows a year-long collaboration between the two companies that yielded successful tests of renewable algal oils in Unilever product formulations. The two
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No Comments Aimed at reducing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, the Port Authority and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have launched a financial incentive program to replace up to 636 of the oldest, most polluting trucks serving the marine terminals at the Port of New York and New Jersey with newer, cleaner models. The Port of New
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No Comments By making, in some cases, small changes to add efficiency its offices including the installation of motion-activated lighting and more efficient plumbing fixtures, and encouraging its employees to be more sustainable, Kraft Foods says it has achieved some big results around the globe. As an example, Kraft Foods’ Curitiba, Brazil, headquarters reduced its energy consumption nearly
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No Comments Supreme Court Refuses to Hear SSM Exemption Case Environmental Protection Political ads: new weapon in U.S. climate change war? Reuters California Utility Regulators Not Quite Ready for Fuel Cells NY Times CAA 2010 Targets Mercury, SO2, and NOx Environmental Protection EPA Chief: Avatar’s Success Proves There’s Money in Going Green BNet U.S. Governors Urge Congress to Stop EPA Carbon Rules...
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No Comments A market for salvaged goods in Cairo, Egypt. Photograph by David Lazar . What does “sustainability” mean to you? That’s the question that JPG Magazine , a publication of reader-submitted photography, posed to members of its online community, who posted hundreds of images of peaceful landscapes , freshly grown
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No Comments Over the past year, Enova and Freightliner have been testing a 120 kilowatt all-electric drive system with several chassis platforms, but now they are ready to accelerate plans to serve corporate fleets. The Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) truck just made its official debut at the 2010 National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) Work Truck Show. The vehicle,
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