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• Top Fuel Efficient Electric Vehicle on EPA’s List? i-MieEV

  

  The what? Mitsubishi might have chosen a name that is a little easier to remember; that aside, I guess they are hoping the efficiency of the car makes it... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Book Review: Cod by Mark Kurlansky

  

  Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky (1997) tells the entire tale of cod, including the “tragic tale of environmental failure,... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Department of Defense Reduces Energy Use, Saves $6.8 Million

  

  In yet another sign that saving energy makes economic sense, and arguably aides national security, the Department of Defense (DoD) cut emissions and energy... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Global Wind Capacity Increased 21% in 2011

  

  According to a press release from the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) in Belgium, “the wind industry installed just over 41,000 MW [megawatts] of new clean,... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Environmental Groups Back Away from Natural Gas Companies’ Donations

  

  If at any point it seemed like natural gas companies and environmental groups would team up against the coal industry, it doesn’t anymore. As the Washington Pos... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Five Friday Facts: Washington, D.C. Bikeshare Success

  

  Now a standard sight around the nation’s capital, the sturdy, bright red bikes first appeared in 2010. After two years, the popular Capital Bikeshare program ha... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• HUD Proposes $100 Million for Sustainable Communities

  

  Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced $100 million in Regional Planning and Community Challenge Grants as par... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Apple’s “Project Dolphin” To Include One of Nation’s Largest Green Energy...

  

  Near Maiden, North Carolina Apple is building a huge data center that will, of course, require huge amounts of energy to power the facility. Apple, in its lates... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Japan Shifting to LED Lighting

  

  Coca-cola and train networks. Two seemingly disparate items, one a U.S. invention and the other a technology whose management has been perfected by the Japanese... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Inside the 2013 Department of Energy Budget

  

  As part of the massive $3.8 trillion dollar federal budget proposed recently by President Barack Obama, $27.2 billion was geared toward the Department of... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Update on Tesla: Still Losing Money But Ramping Up

  

  Now that the Big Three automakers are back on their feet and turning a profit after imploding during the financial crisis (only Ford didn’t take government... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Water Reclamation Given Thumbs Up

  

  NEWater, Singapore’s treated wastewater that is used to provide drinking water to the residents of this island nation, has been around for more than a decade.... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Resourcefulness: A Lost Art

  

  One could argue that I’ve overused the phrase “key to sustainability” by this point. An accurate accounting yields the following keys to sustainability:... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• China Bans Airlines from Paying European Union Carbon Tax

  

  At its outset in 2005, the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) was designed to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions produced by factories,... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Five Friday Facts: NEWater

  

  A recent New York Times article on a wastewater treatment plant in San Diego, California led to this week’s Five Friday Facts. Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Book Review: Michael Pollan’s Food Rules

  

  Compared to The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food (reviewed here), Michael Pollan’s Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual is less revolutionary. Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• SunShot Initiative Aims to Make Solar Affordable

  

  The United States’ Department of Energy (DOE) is working to bring down solar energy costs. The program, known as the SunShot Initiative, “is a collaborative... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Building Energy Efficient Homes on the Crow Reservation

  

  As a follow up to last month’s post about BOULD, a Colorado-based social venture that is working to “end substandard housing through green building education,”... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• New Exhibit at MoMA Highlights Reimagined Suburbs

  

  On Wednesday February 15th, a new exhibit will open at the Modern Museum of Art (MoMA) in Manhattan. Running through the end of July, this installation looks... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Intel (Again) Leads 2011 Green Power Purchasers List

  

  The EPA announced its annual list of top green power purchasers last month (here is the list from 2010, also with Intel on top). This includes categories for... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT