- Competitive Advantage Driving Green Retail Efforts, Survey Says LOHAS Weekly, 8/29
- A Choice of Primary Energy - Renewable Electrons Wins the Gold Grist, 8/29
- Our Imperiled Oceans - Marine Reserve Brings Victory At Sea Smithsonian, 8/29
- Why Biden Is Such An Important Pick For Those Who Care About Climate Change Grist, 8/29
- Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies Would Help Climate & Economy, UN Says AP, 8/29
- Going Vegetarian Can Slash Your Carbon Footprint Terra Daily, 8/29
- Arctic Climate At Tipping Point, Scientists Say Treehugger, 8/29
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Sunday, August 31, 2008
Sustainability News Headlines - 8/29/2008
News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Sustainability News Headlines - 8/28/2008
News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
- Wind Energy Bumps Into Power Grid's Limits NY Times, 8/28
- Are Birds Best Hope for Pest-Ridden Coffee Crops? National Geographic, 8/28
- How Much For This Mountain (To Restore Its Environmental Services)? Ecosystem Marketplace, 8/28
- Green Building Standards Under Construction ENN, 8/28
- Simplifying Solar Shopping The Triple Pundit, 8/28
- The Long-Ignored Ocean Emergency and What Can Be Done to Address It Mongabay.com, 8/28
- When Glaciers Disappear, The Bugs Move In New Scientist, 8/28
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Sustainability News Headlines - 8/27/2008
News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
- McCain's Environmental Record - More Like Teddy Roosevelt Or George W. Bush? High Country News, 8/27
- Could $100 Oil Turn Dumps Into Plastic Mines? Reuters, 8/27
- Shareholders Vote For Climate Change Resolutions In Record Numbers The Triple Pundit, 8/27
- Texas Biofuel Company to Turn Garbage Into Gasoline The Triple Pundit, 8/27
- Energy Politics Proving Difficult to Master NY Times, 8/27
- Creating Landscapes That Balance Beauty and Sustainability NY Times, 8/27
- Climate Change Linked to Longer Pollen Seasons, More Allergies U.S. News & World Report, 8/27
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Sustainability News Headlines - 8/26/2008
News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
- Fracture in Massive Greenland Glacier Worries Scientists L.A. Times, 8/26
- Inform Your Vote - Obama's Energy and Climate Advisors (McCain's to be posted once we can find the info) Grist, 8/26
- Indigenous Community in Panama to Receive Carbon Payments Via Rainforest Conservation Mongabay.com, 8/26
- Solar Power Financing For Commercial and Public Sector Treehugger, 8/26
- Christians See Climate Change As a Moral Issue Reuters, 8/26
- Poor Border Fence Design Causing Flooding, Property Damage Along U.S.-Mexico Border AP, 8/26
- Global Warming Time Bomb Trapped in Arctic Soil AFP, 8/26
Monday, August 25, 2008
Sustainability News Headlines - 8/25/2008
News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
- Fifteen Solar Innovations You Must See Treehugger, 8/25
- The ROI of Sustainability GreenBiz, 8/25
- California Puts Green Chemistry Under the Microscope Two Steps Forward, 8/25
- Marketing Green: Getting Smart About Green Targeting GreenBiz, 8/25
- German Business Attacks Plan for Green Tax System Spiegel Online, 8/25
- Study Finds Half of All Food Produced Worldwide Is Wasted Treehugger, 8/25
- Is Chicken Little Right? Living On Earth, 8/25
Friday, August 22, 2008
Sustainability News Headlines - 8/22/2008
News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
- We Need Sustainable Standards So Consumers Know What to Buy ENN, 8/22
- Colorado Utility Voluntarily Shutting Down 2 Coal Plants, Going to Solar Rocky Mountain News, 8/22
- Industry Failing to Calculate Complete Carbon Footprints ClimateBiz, 8/22
- California Smart Growth Bill Aims to Curb Sprawl LA Times, 8/22
- A Guide For Greener Back to School Shopping Grist, 8/22
- Toxins Used In Oil and Gas Drilling Largely Unregulated, Highly Dangerous Newsweek, 8/22
- The End of Aviation - What Will Happen When We Can't Afford to Fly? Treehugger, 8/22
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Sustainability News Headlines - 8/21/2008
OK, so we have moved both our home and office this week (up into a more peaceful place - view of the Golden Gate from my office window, redwoods and deer in the creek greenway out back...), but can't miss a day of news - exciting times! We completed a ZERO BOX move - simply by dropping by the back of Safeway, grabbing a stack of milk crates, and using them instead of cardboard boxes. Much easier to carry, with handles and all...
Enjoy the news. Lots more to come...
- J
News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
Enjoy the news. Lots more to come...
- J
News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
- Shai Agassi's Audacious Plan to Put Electric Cars On the Road Wired, 8/21
- Eco-Cabs: Emissions and Fare-Free Transportation The Triple Pundit, 8/21
- 10 Steps Bill Clinton Believes We Should Take For a Clean Energy Future Treehugger, 8/21
- Contra Manzi: The Argument For Action On Climate Change Grist, 8/21
- How to Start Composting Grist, 8/21
- Either We'll Be Green Or We'll Be Poor Grist, 8/21
- Already Parched U.S. Southwest Drying Up Even More, Threatening Biodiversity, Water Supply Scientific American, 8/21
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Sustainability News Headlines - 8/20/2008
News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
- It's Working Better Than Expected! Renewable Power's Growth in Colorado Presages National Debate Washington Post, 8/20
- Stanford Biologist Sees Money in Preservation SF Chronicle, 8/20
- Retailer Creates Jobs With Green Practices IPS, 8/20
- Trees Eat Pollution Products Nature, 8/20
- UN Experts Publish Global Standards on Biofuel Sustainability New Energy Focus, 8/20
- Electric Bikes (We Own One and Love It) Sell Briskly As Gas Prices Climb MSNBC, 8/20
- Russia and the Limits of Oil Wealth Grist, 8/20
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Sustainability News Headlines - 8/19/2008
News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
- Thirty Reasons Why Organizations Must Get Off Petroleum Now LOHAS Weekly, 8/19
- Democrats Feeling the Unintended Consequences of Foreign Oil Rhetoric The Washington Note, 8/19
- Bring on the Efficiency Competition - Honda to Price Hybrid Lower Than Prius AOL Money, 8/19
- With Energy In Focus, Ground-Source Heat Pump Wins Fans NY Times, 8/19
- 75 Green Businesses You Can Start to Make Money and a Difference GreenBiz, 8/19
- Los Angeles Doubles Fines for Water Wasters Treehugger, 8/19
- Losing Control, by Richard Heinberg Post Carbon Institute, 8/19
Monday, August 18, 2008
Sustainability News Headlines - 8/18/2008
News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
- Reduce Carbon Footprint or Find More Energy Sources? Americans Want Both, Study Finds ENN, 8/18
- Five New Jobs In the Growing Green Economy Treehugger, 8/18
- Lake Tahoe's Moment of Clarity: Ecosystem Woes Can Be Eased Wall Street Journal, 8/18
- Compost Bug Offers Hope for Biofuel Industry The Guardian, 8/18
- The Hybrid Solar Home - How Even Seattle Homes Can Be Solar Grist, 8/18
- 'Clean' Coal Produces More Acid Rain Pollution, Finds New Study Grist, 8/18
- Five Growing Nations With Growing Emissions Treehugger, 8/18
Friday, August 15, 2008
Sustainability News Headlines - 8/15/2008
News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
- GM and the New Plug-In Infrastructure Two Steps Forward, 8/15
- New Poll Shows That Americans Prefer Clean Energy Sustainable Business, 8/15
- Big U.S. Retailers Look to Solar Energy ENN, 8/15
- Fashion Meets Earth ENN, 8/15
- Psychologists Determine What It Means to Think 'Green' USA Today, 8/15
- Deforestation, Not Climate Change, Predominant Driver of Loss of Famed Snows of Kilimanjaro IPP, 8/15
- Peak Population? The Utne Reader, 8/15
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Sustainability News Headlines - 8/14/2008
News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
- Risks Posed by Climate Change and Subprime Crisis Are Similar GreenBiz, 8/14
- Can Sustainability Save the Midwest? WorldChanging, 8/14
- Energy's Silver Lining L.A. Times, 8/14
- Investment Banker Brings Market Finesse to Conservation Ecosystem Marketplace, 8/14
- Toward a Biofuel Standard to Sort the Green From the Ungreen WWF, 8/14
- Jewish Groups Add Voices to Green Concerns Reuters, 8/14
- The Russia / Georgia Conflict: Fossil Fuels' Risk Premium On the Rise BusinessWeek, 8/14
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Sustainability News Headlines - 8/12/2008
News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
- Flush With Energy NY Times, 8/12
- The Renewable Electron Economy, Part 3 Grist, 8/12
- Countdown to $200 Oil? Oil Down to $115 The Oil Drum, 8/12
- Industry Report Challenges Organic's Nutritional Benefits LOHAS Weekly, 8/12
- A New Green No-Till Agriculture Label May Take On Organic The Economist, 8/12
- Energy Efficiency Saves Dell $3 Million, Slashes Carbon Footprint GreenBiz, 8/12
- The Feed - Can Israel (and Other Arid Countries and Regions) Find the Water It Needs? NY Times, 8/12
Monday, August 11, 2008
Sustainability News Headlines - 8/11/2008
News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
- Pope Says the Environment Has Been Undervalued By Catholics Mongabay.com, 8/11
- China Renewables Living On Earth, 8/11
- The Wonders of Biodiversity - New Cheaper Rubber Could Come From...Dandelions Treehugger, 8/11
- Western States Climate Initiative: Why Limiting Offsets Is the Way to Go Sightline, 8/11
- Report Examines Effectiveness of Green Building Incentives LOHAS Weekly, 8/11
- Back to School, Green Living On Earth, 8/11
- Corporations Become Prime Driver of Deforestation, Providing Clear Target for Environmentalists Mongabay.com, 8/11
Friday, August 08, 2008
Sustainability News Headlines - 8/8/2008
News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
- Carbon Free Energy + Cutting Poverty In Half: Mr. Gore Meet Mr. Edwards Two Steps Forward, 8/8
- Drink and Be...Green! The World's 5 Greenest Wineries Treehugger, 8/8
- Making Energy Both Sustainable and Affordable: California's New Efficiency Loan Program a Model Worth Copying Grist, 8/8
- Shift From Poverty-Driven to Industry-Driven Deforestation May Help Conservation Mongabay.com, 8/8
- Are We Stuck With 'Blah, blah, blah, ... BANG?" NY Times, 8/8
- Counting & Reducing Your Footprint: Carbon Calculators Yield Spectrum of Results ClimateBiz, 8/8
- Learning to Speak Climate NY Times, 8/8
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Sustainability News Headlines - 8/7/2008
News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
- A Real Energy Plan For America Grist, 8/7
- Congo Basin Surpasses 1 Million ha Milestone in Swing to Sustainable Forestry ENN, 8/7
- Japanese Village Strives to Become a Zero-Waste Community The Guardian, 8/7
- Urban Farming Gets Its Day in the Sun Grist, 8/7
- Employers Scramble to Make Commutes Less Costly (With Solutions That Benefit Both Profits and Environment) NY Times, 8/7
- Auto Makers Push Back From Fuel Economy Drive Wall Street Journal, 8/7
- Globalization Death Watch, Part II Grist, 8/7
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Sustainability News Headlines - 8/5/2008
News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
- When Trash Becomes Gold: Soaring Commodity Prices Result in Boom for U.S. Recycling Industry The Independent, 8/5
- The Real Question: Should Oil Be Cheap? BusinessWeek, 8/5
- The Global Leadership Vacuum ENN, 8/5
- New Algae Biofuel 'Chemically Identical' To Gasoline Treehugger, 8/5
- Going Green: Outstanding Green Business Practices GreenBiz, 8/5
- Forest Ecosystem Services Update - Untouched Forests Store 60% More CO2 Than Plantation Forests ENN, 8/5
- Group Questions New Pesticides' Health Impacts Minnesota Public Radio, 8/5
Monday, August 04, 2008
Sustainability News Headlines - 8/4/2008
News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
- Living the (Renewable Energy) Dream LA Times, 8/4
- We're Driving Less Sightline, 8/4
- China's Rapid Renewables Surge BBC, 8/4
- More On 'Lazy Locavorism' Grist, 8/4
- A Dance of Environment and Economics in the Everglades NY Times, 8/4
- Climate Change Leadership is Finding Religion Grist, 8/4
- Paul Krugman - Can This Planet Be Saved? NY Times, 8/4
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