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Archive for November, 2008

More Provinces May Agree to Protect Boreal Forest

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Planet | Comments Off

Photo credit: International Boreal Conservation Campaign Original and remaining intact forests of the world - the Boreal Forest in Canada contains 25% of the world's last intact forests This summer, after receiving an insistent letter from ...

The Transformative 120: Text Messages Prove a South African HIV Lifeline

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Columns, Green News | Comments Off

Taken together, a handful of numbers are adding up to a powerful HIV/AIDS lifeline along South Africa's northeastern coast. Of the six million South Africans infected with the disease, just one in ten are currently in ...

Taking a Tesla for a spin

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

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Greenpeace rates electronics makers’ green claims

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Video: Detroit, watch out for this Karma

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Photos: Greenbuild Expo flashes through Boston

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Knowledge gaps hinder energy-efficient building transition

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Technology to deliver "dramatic" cuts in emissions already exists, but knowledge gaps and old habits mean progress in being made "at a snail's pace," argues the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) in a new report. Energy savings in buildings ...

Green efforts embrace poor; More areas are updating housing to cut energy use and utility bills

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Low-income people who live in old or flimsy housing are becoming prime targets for cities and groups intent on slashing energy use. Recent efforts to cut energy consumption in the home have focused on new construction, often in more affluent areas ...

‘Green’ gadgets need better labeling, report says

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

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Compostmodern 2009

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Events, Green News | Comments Off

Compostmodern is beginning to roll out its 2009 line-up, and it looks like a winner. Worldchangers Dawn Danby and Joel Makower, and allies Allan Chochinov and Emily Pilloton have already been announced. That alone would make ...

Sustainable Energy Fund Elects New Board and Officers

Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Sustainable Energy Fund Announces Solar Scholars™ Grant Awardees

Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Sustainable Energy Fund (SEF) announced the winners in the 2008 Solar Scholars PV grant competition. SEF in collaboration with PPL Electric Utilities provided $180,000 in matching grants to 12 Pennsylvania colleges. These grants will provide a portion of the funding ...

SunWize Technologies Expands and Reorganizes its Power Systems Division

Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

SunWize's Distributed Power Group has reorganized its rapidly growing Power Systems installation business into two separate divisions. The Residential Power Systems Division is headed by industry veteran Paul Garvison, while the Commercial Power Systems Division continues to be led by ...

SMA America’s Solar Power International Event Brings Professionals Together

Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

ROCKLIN, Calif., Nov. 25, 2008—SMA America, Inc., a subsidiary of SMA Solar Technology AG, held an exclusive networking event for Sunny PRO Club members during the recent Solar Power International conference and expo in San Diego. The Sunny PRO Club ...

Producing Cellulosic Ethanol Without Soil Damage

Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

In the Midwest, 100 to 150 millon tons of corn stover -- crop residue -- is now left on fields to prevent erosion and return nutrients to soil. Now corn stover is being eyed as a possible source of cellulose ...

The Market, Solar Stocks and the Future

Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

What do you think about the current situation in the stock market? Also what do you think about solar stocks currently and what is your outlook for them in the future? Thanks. -- B. Harris, Dallas Texas

JA Solar & BP To Form Long-Term Agreement

Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. and BP Alternative Energy Holdings Limited announced their intention to jointly develop and market part of their solar photovoltaic product portfolios over the next five years.

Connecticut Clean Tech Fund Launched

Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Connecticut Innovations (CI), the state's quasi-public authority responsible for technology investing and innovation development, announced that it will administer a new US $9 million "Connecticut Clean Tech Fund" which will make investments in seed- and early-stage companies focused on innovations ...

Solargy Systems Begins US $120M African Waste-to-Energy Project

Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Solargy Systems Inc. announced it has hired Cinergex Solutions Ltd, a Canadian provider of waste-to-energy (WTE) technology and equipment, to begin work on a US $120 million energy facility in West Africa that will be operated by Solargy Systems. The ...

Finavera’s British Columbia Wind Bids Backed by GE Energy Financial Services

Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Finavera Renewables Inc. announced its bid to develop four wind energy projects in British Columbia. To facilitate the bid into BC Hydro's 2008 Clean Power Call, Finavera Renewables signed a memorandum of understanding with GE Energy Financial Services, for proposed ...