Image credit: tibchris /Flickr Coral reefs in the Caribbean and Bahamas are already struggling to cope with nitrate pollution, sediment deposits, coral bleaching , ocean acidification , and overfishing. Now, they have one more challenge to contend with: Invasive lionfish. The highly aggressive, poisonous, fish are spreading rapidly through the region and conservations have been u… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Eating Lionfish May Be the Only Way to Stop their Caribbean Invasion

Photo copyright Sergio Carratalá One of our favourite places at this year’s Milan furniture fair was definitely the Gallery Rossana Orland i, a truly magical place. It is there, alongside FormaFantsama , that we discovered the Bike Lamp by Gionata Gatto, an Italian designer who based his studio Atuppertu in the Netherlands. The Lamps are so fresh from the production line, we are not even sure the big one is called the Bike Lamp, and not even the designer… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Milan Furniture Fair 2010: Bike-Powered Lamp by Gionata Gatto

Photo via BabyCare Daily Dung may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of high concept design, but enterprising designers all over the world see it differently: With a little ingenuity (and some careful construction) waste from horses, cows, elephants, reindeer, and even dinosaurs turns into watches, jewelry, shoes, and more which–if you can look past their origins–might just earn a place in your home.

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Holy $h!t: Beautiful (and Useful) Objects Made from Dung (Slideshow)

The 2010 Goldman Prize recipients / Credit: Goldman Environmental Prize Last night, the Goldman Environmental Prize announced the 2010 winners during an evening celebration. Six activists from across the globe were honored, and each has an incredible story. From battling CAFOs in rural Michigan to battling shark finning in Costa Rica, from protecting elephants from farmers in Cambodia to restoring seed diversity among farmers in Cuba, from changing the definition of conservation in Swaziland to changing the route of a freeway in Poland, each of the winners put their lives on the line – sometimes quite literally – to improve the lives of… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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From Saving Seeds to Battling Shark Finning, Goldman Environmental Prize Honors 2010′s Top Activists (Video)

We’re widely aware of Curitiba’s great public transit system , pedestrian streets , and … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The City of Curitiba Cashes Your Waste For Surplus Food

There is nothing we love more than awesome technology that makes going green or getting eco info just a little easier. As self-proclaimed techies ourselves, we have seen a lot of green iPhone apps floating around the office on our staffers’…

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The Best Free iPhone Apps for Earth Day

World Bank says East Asia can stabilize CO2 by 2025 Reuters U.S. Chamber of Commerce Continues to Trivialize Renewables Triple Pundit UK relies on ‘virtual’ water from drought-prone countries, says report Guardian UK LG Electronics, Hyundai Heavy join U.S. solar power deal Reuters Boulder regulations would require energy efficiency upgrades for rental properties FOX31 CSR Reporting: When is Enough, Enough? Views from Intel and Merck Triple Pundit Wells Fargo Joins BAN’s E-Stewards Initiative Recycling Today Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions fell in 2008: official AFP 10 Companies With Social Responsibility at the Core Ad Age For Oil Sands Project, a Step Forward NY Times

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Roundup: Intel, LG, Oil Sands

About 48 percent of corporate respondents to a survey on government cleantech stimulus funding report that government communications and instructions were inadequate, according to the Deloitte/Cleantech Group survey. About 59 percent of the 70 respondents said they do not intend to apply for stimulus funding in the foreseeable future. Still, 70 percent of survey respondents said they believe the stimulus will be successful in fostering technology and innovation, while a majority of participants also believe it will help stimulate economic growth (55 percent) and create jobs (51 percent). Among clean tech executives who said their company applied for stimulus funding, most (67 percent) applied for a grant, 21 percent applied for tax credits/incentives and 13 percent applied for loan guarantees. Yet, about 73 percent of respondents said they were “somewhat to very concerned” that the government was influencing the competitive landscape of the marketplace. More and more companies are looking to federal, state and local incentive programs to help push forward their renewable energy investments. At the state level, Pennsylvania has awarded $5.7 million in grant s which should help recipients save about a cumulative $500,000 a year on energy costs.

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Government Cleantech Stimulus Instructions Unclear to Half of Applicants

Nine Pennsylvania companies will receive financial assistance toward installation of solar arrays at their businesses, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The state’s overall investment of $5.7 million should help recipients save about a cumulative $500,000 a year on energy costs, according to the Pennsylvania governor’s office. In all, the new solar arrays should generate about 3.6 megawatts of electricity , according to PV-tech.org. GlaxoSmithKline is getting $500,000 toward the purchase and installation of a 406 KW rooftop array at a data center in Upper Providence Township. The $1.9 million project will help save $64,000 a year in utility bills. The largest of the grants is going to SEC Bellefonte SD Solar One, which sill use its $1.8 million grant to install a rooftop solar array on the Bellefonte High School. That 1.01 MW system, which comes at a cost of $5.9 million, should provide nearly 40 percent of the school’s electricity, helping cut utility bills about $153,000 a year. Another grant is going to WJ Beitler Co., a trucking and warehouse firm. The company is getting $347,200 toward a $1.06 million, 217.14-kilowatt system on the roof of a warehouse. The system should generate more than 235,000 kilowatt hours of electricity each year, shaving nearly $30,000 a year off its $80,000 electrical bill. Together with a federal subsidy, about half of the system should be paid for. A retirement community is getting a $1 million grant to install an 800 KW ground-mounted array. The project, which costs $4.5 million, should help the Masonic Village retirement community save $120,000 on its utility bill each year , according to LancasterOnline.

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9 PA Firms Share $5.7M Solar Incentive

Photo via koalazymonkey The debate on whether or not going green means going paperless is still a hot one. While digitizing much of our once-printed media saves on tree pulp, it doesn’t necessarily save trees. A new article from GreenBiz calls into question just how much more environmentally friendly – if at all – our digital world is over our printed one and if it actually leads towards more deforestation. Highlighting how the talk about digital being an eco-friendly alternative for paper is all too often just empty chatter, digital media is shown to be just as guil… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Being Pushed Towards a Paperless Existence? Not As Green As We Might Think