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submitted by Miles Walker for team Green Living 73 weeks 5 days 12 hours 2 minutes ago
I don't get this -- there are millions of used bikes out there (in other words bikes that already have sunk resource investments) and these jokers in Australia are proposing this wacked-out backpack bike? And what about those wheels? First pothole you hit and you've planted...(more)
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submitted by Gretchen Wright for team Green Living 11 weeks 1 day 2 hours 37 minutes ago
Eyes rolled at the cabbies' layover lot next to Burbank's Bob Hope Airport when drivers learned about the hybrid taxi rollout.
A taxicab company applying for permission to work in Burbank was promising city officials that all new cabs added to its fleet would have low-emission hybrid...(more)
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submitted by Grace for team Green Living 52 weeks 4 days 9 hours 40 minutes ago
The organic red Russian kale from Blue Heron Farm was selling for $1 a bunch. Cherry tomatoes from Full Belly were going for $2 a pint. And Kaki's satsuma tangerines could be had for $2.50 a pound.
If the prices seemed surprisingly low, the venue was even...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 5 weeks 6 days 18 hours 41 minutes ago
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The need to build high-voltage power lines to link growing electric supply from renewable sources, such as wind and solar, to homes and businesses is the biggest challenge facing the power grid, the North American Reliability Corp (NERC) said in a report to...(more)
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submitted by Lisa for team Green Living 2 weeks 3 days 3 hours 53 minutes ago
Recession or not, shoppers still want to buy products that don't harm the environment. At least, that's what John Melecio has found since opening his Eco Boutique on 18th Street in San Francisco in September.
"I might be optimistic, but we did three times what we expected...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 8 weeks 3 days 4 hours 40 minutes ago
Businesses must change their attitude to green issues, the World Conservation Congress is told as it opens.
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 8 weeks 3 days 20 hours 40 minutes ago
In the past two weeks, the business world has endured bank failures, collapsing markets, congressional quagmires and multibillion-dollar bailouts. What better time to sit down with someone like Lenny Mendonca, a longtime business leader in the Bay Area...
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 9 weeks 6 days 10 hours 40 minutes ago
Building a better, greener building earns prizes and recognition for architectural companies.
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 4 days 17 hours 41 minutes ago
EU countries and the European Parliament are "tantalisingly close" to�a compromise agreeement on legislation to promote renewable energy, but the French EU Presidency is stalling�the negotiations, according to the European Parliament's rapporteur on the dossier, Green MEP Claude Turmes.
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 8 weeks 1 day 40 minutes ago
Solyndra, a California-based solar start up, says it's figured out a way to make solar panels cheaper to install and better at producing energy—rolling them up. The company's solar panels are comprised of rows of cylindrical solar cells deposited on glass tubes, a new type...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 5 days 18 hours 40 minutes ago
Schemes that hand out badges to businesses which make lily-livered climate 'pledges' are greenwash. If these initiatives are to have any value at all, they need to be badges of actual endeavour, writes Fred Pearce
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 3 weeks 1 day 17 hours 40 minutes ago
Congressional Democrats are drafting legislation to give the Detroit automakers quick access to $25 billion by adding them to the Treasury Department's $700 billion economic rescue program, as fears about General Motors' financial condition yesterday pushed its stock price to the lowest in about 60...(more)
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