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Ground is Broken for Largest U.S. Wind Farm

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)

A Solar Powered Bike Sharing System

  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

Plan to Fix Mississippi River Levees with Coal Ash Earns Environmentalist's Ire

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

USDA Approves Field Testing of Genetically Engineered Trees - Environmental Groups Sue

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

BP Stations Shut Down Across London, Thanks to Greenpeace

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

Empire State Building to Get a 'Green' Retrofit

  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

Naming the Nameless

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

The World (futilely) Waits For U.S. Leadership on Climate

“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

The Carbon Challenge

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

Farm to Store in 24

  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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