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Hard Rocker Joins Fight for His Homeland’s Forests
Hard Rocker Joins Fight for His Homeland’s Forests
Cyclists assemble in Yerevan, Armenia, for a bike tour to Teghut Forest. Photo by Ruzanna Hovasapyan via ride-earth on Flickr. Armenian environmental activists fighting plans to build a copper mine in an endangered forest got a boost recently when former System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian , surely...
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Rwanda Turns to Trapped Methane For Electricity, Growth
Rwanda Turns to Trapped Methane For Electricity, Growth
A project that aims to harvest energy from a potentially disastrous situation in Rwanda’s Lake Kivu aims to turn risk into reward, and bring much-needed power to a developing economy. See more here:  Rwanda Turns to Trapped Methane For Electricity, Growth
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Amazing Gadgets for the Poor
Amazing Gadgets for the Poor
A nonprofit called Kopernik hopes to connect the creators of the low-cost, innovative and life-saving inventions with the people who need them most. Original post:  Amazing Gadgets for the Poor
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Roundup: AT&T, Luminant, IBM
Roundup: AT&T, Luminant, IBM
Fly the VOC-Friendly Skies? Triple Pundit China and India endorse Copenhagen climate deal Reuters Obama, Key Senators Make Their Pitch for Climate and Energy Bill NY Times AT&T agrees to buy at least two Ford Transit Connect Electric vans AutoBlog Green U.S. “cap and trade” rebranded...
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Railway Fined $4M for Chlorine Spill
Railway Fined $4M for Chlorine Spill
Norfolk Southern Railway will pay a $4 million penalty over a 2005 chlorine spill in Graniteville, S.C. The penalty, for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and hazardous materials laws, was reached March 8 by the railway, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according...
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Start Tracking GHG Emissions in 60 Days
Start Tracking GHG Emissions in 60 Days
With some companies crunched for time in trying to comply with the EPA’s new greenhouse gas reporting initiative, which took effect Jan. 1, a software maker has come up with a platfrom that can help a company begin tracking its emissions within 60 days. The GHG FastTrack program from Enviance...
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BP Still Ranked Greenest Oil Company by Greenopia - Citgo Brings Up the Rear
BP Still Ranked Greenest Oil Company by Greenopia - Citgo Brings Up the Rear
photo: BP Greenopia has updated their guide to the greenest oil companies –though it may seem like it, it’s not entirely an oxymoron–and BP is still on top. The other positions have shifted a bit, with Sunoco and Hess taking second and third place:… Read the full story on TreeHugger...
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Co-opportunity by John Grant - Join Up For a Sustainable, Resilient, Prosperous World (Book Review)
Co-opportunity by John Grant - Join Up For a Sustainable, Resilient, Prosperous World (Book Review)
We’re excited to welcome British author and green marketing guru John Grant back to the top of our reading list. His latest offering ‘Co-opportunity’ invites us all to “Join up for a sustainable, resilient, prosperous world.” In his recent Change Makers interview John said,...
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More Efficient Biomass Gasification Through Solar Concentrating Mirrors
More Efficient Biomass Gasification Through Solar Concentrating Mirrors
photo: Alex Lang via flickr. Here’s a new twist on biomass gasification , one which more or less merges it with solar thermal. Technology Review is highlighting the efforts of Colorado-based Sundrop Fuels to develop a system which uses the heat of the sun to vaporize biomass and turn it into syngas:…...
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Electric Assist Bike Fail - Iwatani Fuel-Cell Assisted Bicycle
Electric Assist Bike Fail - Iwatani Fuel-Cell Assisted Bicycle
Photo via Tech On When it comes to innovation in the greener electronics sector, there are ideas that are smart, but haven’t quite found their mojo when it comes to the finished design or prototype. And then there are just flat out bad ideas. This bike falls into that second category - unfortunate...
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