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• The Solar Laundry Project BCSEA (Today) - Subtitle:  Put a little sunshine in your shorts! Promote to chapter block No Win a free clothesline – an $85 value!   The Kamloops Chapter of the BC Sustainable Energy Association (BCSEA), in partnership with BC Hydro and the Kamloops Home Hardware Building Centre,...
• Tackling the problem of fuel poverty AboutMyPlanet (Yesterday) - Some 3.5 million households in the UK were in fuel poverty in 2010, according to the most recent figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change. A combination of low incomes, high energy prices and generally poor standards of heating and insulation across the country...
• Expert Links Dolphin Deaths to Sonar Testing NY Times (Yesterday) - A marine veterinarian challenges the Peruvian government's conclusion that a dolphin die-off probably resulted from a disease or other natural cause....
• Massive Aluminum Mountains in Japan Illustrate how Climate Change Works Inhabitat (Yesterday) - Read the rest of Massive Aluminum Mountains in Japan Illustrate how Climate Change Works Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Aluminum Landscape, Art, brilliant landscape, Climate Change, eco design, eco-art, green design, Japan, Landscape Architecture, Office of Kimihiko Okada, recyclable aluminum...
• Environmental Groups Sue Over BHP Mine Expansion in New Mexico Sustainablog (Yesterday) -   A total of five environmental groups are suing the federal government for allowing a coal mine to expand in northwestern New Mexico. The Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity, San Juan Citizens Alliance, Dine Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment (Dine CARE), and Amigos...
• Cities Collaborate in New EcoDistrict Institute Sustainablog (Yesterday) - A team of 10 cities came together in Portland, Oregon for a first ever “EcoDistricts Institute” educational gathering hosted by the Portland Sustainability Institute. The cities included in the first-of-a-kind meet up were San Francisco, Vancouver B.C., Austin, Philadelphia, Boston, Cleveland, Charlotte N.C., Bellingham...
• Is the Time Right for Green Energy? AboutMyPlanet (Yesterday) - The push for green energy has shed light on the complexities of moving from fossil fuels. It has raised a lot of questions and revealed some formidable obstacles. Adding to the mix is the instability of the global economy, with the threat of recession and...
• Ohio Ends Fracking Moratorium With New Regulations AboutMyPlanet (Yesterday) - Many experts believe that the process of hydraulic fracking will increase in use across the globe in the coming years. Fracking is done by injecting water, chemicals and sand into the ground with shale in order to obtain oil and natural gas. As the use...
• Zoos Raise Money for Faraway Animals NY Times (Yesterday) - A small city zoo raises its prices and sends all of the extra revenue to conservation projects for endangered animals in the wild....
• Can GMO Mosquitoes Save You From Dengue? Mother Jones (Yesterday) - In August 2009, a 34-year-old woman from Rochester, New York, went to her doctor complaining of flulike symptoms. The doc ordered some blood tests, which came back positive for dengue fever, a mosquito-borne virus that can cause serious illness and sometimes death­—a baffling diagnosis,...
• BBQ Econundrum: Charcoal or Gas? Mother Jones (Yesterday) - A few months ago I moved into a house with a great backyard and a charcoal grill. Almost immediately, a burger-loving crowd descended, and they sort of haven’t left since. Endless summer is great and all, but I’ve had this nagging feeling that our...
• UN Climate Summit Slowed By Differing Distinctions Between Rich And Poor Nations AboutMyPlanet (2 days ago) - In 2011 the UN climate summit which took place in Durban, South Africa ended with tentative agreements on a timeline for replacing the Kyoto Protocol. However, none of the fine details were ironed out and many nations could not come to agreement on major aspects...
• The Frog of War Mother Jones (2 days ago) - Annie Tritt photo. The frog depicted here isn't Xenopus laevis, but another species studied in Hayes' lab. Darnell lives deep in the basement of a life sciences building at the University of California-Berkeley, in a plastic tub on a row of stainless steel shelves....
• Government Kills Review of BC Hydro's Rate Increase BCSEA (3 days ago) - Promote to chapter block No In a move supposed to “keep electricity rates affordable” for “B.C.’s families,” the BC government has dictated to the BC Utilities Commission the rates it must set for BC Hydro in the next couple of years. On 22 May,...
• Amazon pig iron industry called to account for environmental and human rights abuses Greenpeace (3 days ago) - Image..We have stood down our blockade of the pig iron cargo ship Clipper Hope in the Amazon. And have an assurance from the Vice-Governor that the pig iron industry, senior police and legal reps will meet with us to address our evidence that the industry...
• Global Carbon Emissions Rise Once Again AboutMyPlanet (3 days ago) - In 2010, global carbon dioxide emissions were the highest ever recorded after bouncing back from lowered figures in 2009. The struggling economy contributed greatly to reduced emissions in 2009, however, record levels in 2010 appear to have begun a more concerning trend of rising carbon...
• Sir Jonathan Ive on Design process in Apple World is Green (3 days ago) - From his interview: However, he remains in awe of the process. “If you step back and you think about it in a very objective way, it is a remarkable thing that as we sit here right now, there’s not an idea. It just does not...
• UK government props up new nuclear with billions in subsidies Greenpeace (3 days ago) - There were two big pieces of nuclear news coming out of the UK this week.First, the government published plans to reform the electricity market, promising to hand over billions in subsidies to the nuclear industry to encourage them to build new nuclear reactors. Secondly, the...
• On Aid, Obama Sells Out Poor Countries to Big Ag Mother Jones (4 days ago) - "More than one in four Africans—close to 218 million people—is undernourished," the UN Development Progam declared in a recent report. With food prices gyrating upward in recent years, the situation has reached a crisis. What's the answer? According to President Obama and his fellow...
• Rio+20: The Future We Want versus the Powerpoint they negotiate ... Greenpeace (4 days ago) - Over the last six months I have been away from home a lot watching our governments editing a powerpoint in windowless rooms. Sounds sad, I know, but the document is entitled "The Future We Want" and is not just any powerpoint. It´s supposed to be...
• It’s time to act before it’s too late Greenpeace (4 days ago) - Ever get that sinking feeling?That could literally be the case given data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) indicating the rate of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions hit a new record last year, raising the risk of dangerous increases in the earth’s temperature.At the current...
• EPA awards cash for contaminated sites Portland Tribune (4 days ago) - The Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $2.1 million in Brownfields Grants to Oregon efforts to clean up polluted sites. The cash helps defray costs of contaminated-site assessments and cleanups. Business Oregon, the state economic development agency, got $700,000 for a loan program. The ......
• Give that Veggie Burger a Second Look AboutMyPlanet (4 days ago) - Vegetarianism has gained popularity in the United States, where over 20 million Americans follow a vegetarian-inclined diet. The reasons for the switch range from health concerns to questions over animal cruelty to environmental awareness. A mixed diet with meat is ecologically expensive because of the...
• KFC executives have their heads in a bucket Greenpeace (4 days ago) - Image.. Earlier yesterday we released a report exposing KFC for driving rainforest destruction and pushing tigers toward extinction.Sadly, KFC executives have responded by putting a big bucket of denial on their heads. The company first said that 60% of their packaging in the US comes from...
• Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics: Can Conflicting Data Slow Down Green Living Efforts? Sustainablog (4 days ago) - So, what is the climate impact of livestock? Mark Twain, who never seemed to be at a loss for something droll to say, once remarked that; “there are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies and statistics.” It’s certainly true that an eye-catching set of...
• Our 10 day Amazon blockade is suspended as talks begin to fix pig iron industry Greenpeace (4 days ago) - Yesterday was a dramatic day here on board the Rainbow Warrior and in the capital of Brazil too. Our ten day blockade was suspended to give space for a meeting in the capital which we hoped would be an important step towards cleaning up the...
• On Our Radar: North Dakota's Oil Boom NY Times (4 days ago) - Western North Dakota has had serious growing pains since it became an oil mecca....
• NRDC Report Says US Heat-Related Deaths To Triple Due To Climate Change Inhabitat (4 days ago) - The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) reports that by the end of the century, heat-related deaths in the United States are expected to triple as a result of climate change. As summer approaches, Americans dust off the BBQ, slip on their swimming gear and...
• We need fewer boats, more fish to save our oceans Greenpeace (4 days ago) - I’m here in Bangkok at a gathering of hundreds of tuna business officials, policy-makers and even a few environmental advocates like myself. It’s been a long week of discussion about the future of the industry, including a lot about what we all call “sustainability”- fish...
• Calling Apple in a global iPhone relay Greenpeace (4 days ago) - On behalf of the 220,000 people who have asked Apple to choose clean energy for powering data centers, we decided to bring those messages directly to Apple, both at its headquarters in Cupertino, California and at Apple stores across the globe last Tuesday. To do...

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