Archive for February, 2012

The wind power movement has been, no pun intended, picking up steam in America. Schools and universities across the United States are helping install turbines on the grounds of their facility, through programs like Wind Power America and others. Read the rest of this entry »

Here is a round up of some of the most interesting green & clean links we’ve come across to help you get through the Wednesday doldrums. Read the rest of this entry »

There are two classes of endangered animals in the world. (Three if you count honest politicians.) The first is the cute and fluffy or clever ones with limpid eyes who show up on World Wildlife Fund calendars, Discovery Channel documentaries and environmental greeting cards. As they have very good public relations machines behind them, they get the lion’s share of attention. The second class is just as endangered but far less likely to show up as plush children’s toys whose sales raise 10 percent for conservation: think insects, crustaceans, burrowing rodents and other creatures that make many people’s skin crawl. Read the rest of this entry »

For the last few months, I’ve been writing a series of articles about the “Damage Done” environmentally by the production and consumption of energy. The first 10 articles in the series focused on electricity generation and examined the environmental effects of electrical generation sources, both conventional (coal, gas, nuclear) and renewable (hydro, wind, solar, etc.). Read the rest of this entry »

Move over, algae! There’s a new slime in town that’s being mass produced as a cleaner burning fuel — the same pink, slimy filler that McDonald’s puts in its hamburgers. Read the rest of this entry »

A new report from  professional-services firm KPMG says that businesses are operating in an increasingly complex and interconnected environment. The report, titled Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World, identifies 10 “megaforces” at work in the world, forces that all center on crucial environmental and energy problems of our time. These megaforces present both challenges and opportunities, according to the report’s introduction by KPMG Chairman Michael Andrew and Yvo de Boer, adviser for climate change and sustainability. Read the rest of this entry »

The Honda Civic may not have that “new car smell” that you were looking for, but that’s a good thing. The Ecology Center’s fourth consumer guide to toxic chemicals in cars placed the Honda Civic at the top of this year’s list. Overall, Honda has been the top ranked automaker every year since 2007. Read the rest of this entry »

In March 2011, following a major earthquake and tsunami in Japan, a nuclear reactor called Fukushima Daiichi experienced a major meltdown. Equipment failures were rampant, and the release of radioactive materials resulted. Three of the plant’s six reactors melted down, causing hydrogen explosions and forcing thousands of residents of Tokyo to flee. Japan’s government graded the disaster a 7, the highest possible mark, on the International Nuclear Event Scale, and we may not know for decades how the leaked radiation will affect the workers at the plant, or the citizens of Tokyo who lived nearby.
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Will eco-fashion become a mainstream green solution? Though fashion trends come and go, a new type of air-cleansing approach to clothing could leave more of a lasting impression on the environment. Read the rest of this entry »