When finished it'll provide three times the power of the current largest US wind facility and, if all goes according to plan, there could be more mega wind farms to come. Community concerns with altered views, nearby airport worries about flight paths and even project ownership changes necessitated by ... keep reading
Written by David Bois - Tonic this week, about Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Design, Energy Saving, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government (1 comment)
Already one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world, Copenhagen is used as the setting for an interesting conceptual bike sharing system. Termed “Bicyclus” by Italian designer Stefano Marchetto, the new eco-friendly plan would reuse some 8,000 bikes that are abandoned every year and further facilitate easier commutes ... keep reading
Written by Elyse Lipman - PSFK this week, about Children and Families, Emissions, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Solar, Transport, Travel
The proposal – to use coal ash to bolster Mississippi River levees – started with a May 4 proposal by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson to regulate coal ash, which has never in the history of the nation faced oversight, even though coal-fired power generation was once the primary ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts this week, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Coal & Oil, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Politics & Government, Pollution, Weather
Last spring, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved a field test for planting and growing genetically engineered (GE) eucalyptus trees on several sites in the southern US, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas. The tests will be conducted by ArborGen LLC, a biotech firm ... keep reading
Written by Julie Mitchell this week, about Consumerism, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Genetic Modification, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Logging, Politics & Government
Greenpeace activists in the United Kingdom have managed to shut down more than 40 BP gas stations across London. Working in teams (each one named after a species threatened by the Gulf oil spill), the lobbyists went from station to station dismantling the pumps. Activists chose yesterday to take a ... keep reading
Written by Kate R. this week, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Coal & Oil, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government
The owners of the Empire State Building have unveiled plans to improve it's energy efficiency by turning it into a green building. Malkin Holdings have invested $13 million this year into the structure with the aim of putting it 'back on the map'. According to the Guardian, the makeover ... keep reading
Written by Kate R. this week, about Architecture, Art & Culture, Clean Technologies, Design, Emissions, Energy Saving, Lifestyle & Behavior
The results of our competition to name England’s threatened species are stunning. It’s the most successful exercise in crowd-sourcing I’ve ever seen. We asked our readers to solve a problem, and they’ve done far more than that: they have created something beautiful. The problem is this ... keep reading
Written by George Monbiot this week, about Children and Families, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Lifestyle & Behavior
“If we look at the Indian scene and look at the actions being taken by state and central governments, it’s a little bit difficult to understand why it is so difficult to get strong legislation passed domestically in the United States,” said Arabinda Misrah, director of the Climate Change ... keep reading
Written by Joe Romm this week, about Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Design, Education, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government
Empty rhetoric. That’s the verdict on the recently established New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) from Geoff Bertram and Simon Terry in their searching book The Carbon Challenge: New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme. It is something of a cautionary tale for others contemplating such schemes. They present a ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker this week, about Agriculture & Food, Carbon Trading, Children and Families, Design, Education, Emissions, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government
The Fresh & Easy chain of grocery stores have launched their “Farm to Store in 24″ program in California, under which they have teamed up with local farmers to bring their fresh seasonal produce into the stores. These items are labeled in-store to let customers know what farm they are from ... keep reading
Written by Naresh Kumar - PSFK this month, about Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Consumerism, Food, Health, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior
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