Alternative Energy: Toyota Goes All Hybrid For The Frankfurt Motor Show

Jay OwenGreentech

Alternative Energy   Toyota Goes All Hybrid For The Frankfurt Motor Show Posted: 20 Aug 2013 03:00 AM PDT Filed under: Energy News Germany Shatters Monthly Solar Generation Record With 5.1 Terawatt Hours of Clean Energy Posted: 19 Aug 2013 10:00 PM PDT Filed under: Energy News Copenhagen Bike-Sharing Program To Be …

Energy Efficiency: Home Internet Devices Use Enough to Power Silicon Valley | The Energy Collective Daily

Jay OwenResource Efficiency

Energy Efficiency: Home Internet Devices Use Enough to Power Silicon Valley | The Energy Collective Daily

The 14 worst fossil-fuel projects for the climate

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

The 14 worst fossil-fuel projects for the climate By David Roberts | Grist, Jan 22, 2013 In a justly famous Rolling Stone piece, Bill McKibben popularized the notion of “Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math.” We have a “carbon budget,” between now and 2050, of roughly 565 gigatons of carbon dioxide. If we emit …

Air Pollution Linked to Autism

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There’s more evidence that autism in children is linked to toxic exposures by pregnant mothers and developing infants—most recently exposure to air pollutants from traffic. A study published last month by the Archives of General Psychiatry found that children with: Continue Reading » BP Is Banned Citing a “lack of …

Water Shortages Threaten Food Future in the Arab Middle East

kristyTrendspotting, Earth Systems Science

Water Shortages Threaten Food Future in the Arab Middle East* www.earth-policy.org/plan_b_updates/2011/update95 By Lester R. Brown Earth Policy Release Plan B Update May 3, 2011 Long after the political uprisings in the Middle East have subsided, many underlying challenges that are not now in the news will remain. Prominent among these …