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• Five Friday Facts: CAFE Standards

  

  This week the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards have popped up in a few posts. One dealt with the increase in fuel economy for passenger cars and... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• New UCLA Technology Brings Solar Power Charging to Your iPhone

  

  You’re enjoying a summer day on the beach when you notice your phone’s battery is dying. You forgot to charge it last night. Now how will you spy on your... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Obama Administration Sets Truck Fuel Economy Standards

  

  On the heels of the recent increase in Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for automobiles, the Obama Administration has announced the inaugural fue... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Can Auto Manufacturers Reach 54.5 MPG by 2025?

  

  On July 29, the Obama administration proposed a plan that would require automakers to reach a fleet-wide average of 54.5 miles per gallon (MPG) by 2025 under th... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Encyclopedia of Life Brings You All the World’s Organisms

  

  “Imagine an electronic page for each species of organism on Earth…” - Edward O. Wilson Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) has no simple task. Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Biophilia: Humankind’s Innate Love of Nature Shines Brightly

  

  While some people live in fear of “the wild” many harbor what Harvard professor E.O. Wilson termed biophilia, or the innate love of nature that humans have. Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• China Solar Gets a Boost

  

  It looks like China is not leaving much to chance when it comes to renewable energy. With their low (yet admittedly increasing) cost of labor, focus on moving u... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Department of Energy Relaunches Energy.gov

  

  Go to doe.gov and you will end up at the government’s website for the Department of Energy. The Energy Department also runs Energy.gov, which relaunched their... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• New Lightbulb by Phillips “Greenest Ever”

  

  A 10 watt light-emitting diode, or LED, bulb has been named the greenest replacement for the time-worn 60 watt bulb. The Philips made bulb won $10 million from... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Solar Powered Gasoline and the Transition to Electric Vehicles

  

  This may sound counter intuitive, but there’s a great opportunity for solar power to work with gasoline stations. Several months ago I wrote a piece titled “An... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Slowly, but Surely Electric Vehicles Hit the Roads

  

  Last fall I saw three electric cars in one week. It turned out to be quite the cluster (and aberration), because it had been nearly a year until I saw the next... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Five Friday Facts: Cars in European Life

  

  Many American cities are taking a car-centric approach to improving traffic flow and accommodate drivers. Across the pond, Europe is using a different tactic:... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Elderly Lady (in Front Of) the Counter in a Small Town

  

  Back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, email forwards proliferated email inboxes like rats in the New York City subway. Fortunately though, it had been awhile... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Communing with Nature, In a Kimono?

  

  Regardless of country or nationality, nature is of course a big part of all of our lives. We are impacted and influenced every day by the weather. Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2011 DESTINATIONS, ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Fresh Food on the Go: French Meadow Cafe and Bakery at MSP

  

  Finding fresh food while traveling can be hard enough. Fast food joints proliferate along the interstate. Airports aren’t much better. Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2011 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• NASA Conducts Pollution Research

  

  NASA is at a turning point with the retiring of the space shuttle, and there is some pondering about what direction the organization should pursue. One... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2011 CURRENT, ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• BMW’s i3 Concept Car: A Major Step Toward Sustainable Vehicles

  

  The talk of electric cars that seems to be proliferating in the media represents a nice advancement toward sustainable transportation, but they have a long way... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Interactive Map to Explore the Clean Economy

  

  The clean economy was responsible for over 2.6 million jobs in 2010. That statistic comes from “Sizing the Clean Economy,” a report based on the... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• August 2011 Clean Energy and Sustainability Events

  

  2nd Green Revolution is sponsoring the Urban Wildland Race which takes place this coming Saturday in Richfield, MN, a suburb just south of Minneapolis. The... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Electric Car Prototype Avoids Rare Earth Materials

  

  With China producing 97% of all rare earths that are used globally, prices for these materials have sky-rocketed in recent years. This is partly due to China’s... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT