Green from the roots up, Sustainable from the top down
From the monthly archives:
France’s Nuclear Failures | Greenpeace International
Despite the French government’s global marketing of its flagship European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) as cheap and safe, nuclear energy is rapidly becoming the most expensive way to produce electricity, and its highly radioactive waste poses an ever-increasing problem.
Greenpeace has recently uncovered evidence that nuclear waste from the European Pressurised Reactor [...]
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One more (excellent) reason to conserve tropical forests « ConservationBytes.com
Another nail in the deforesters’ justification coffin – tropical forests are worth more intact than cut down. This one from Mongabay.com and one for the Potential section:
tags: rainforest, carbon sink, deforestation, co2, sequestration
VICTORY! Philips accepts recycling responsibility | Greenpeace International
Philips has announced a change in its [...]
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Costs and environmental impacts of electric cars
a guest post by Joost van den Bulk in which the costs and benefits of electric cars available by 2010 are compared with internal combustion cars powered by gasoline for the Netherlands. It is a summary of his Master thesis in environmental science at Wageningen University in the Netherlands [...]
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San Francisco Plugs In To the Future with Electric Vehicle Recharging Stations : Gas 2.0
a guest post by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom on the city’s important first step toward creating the electric vehicle infrastructure of the future.
tags: phev, plug in hybrid, coulomb
Oklahoma winds to power Dell’s city service center | NewsOK.com
Dell Inc. has struck [...]
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HP helps Africa with recycling standards – PC Magazine
HP is working with international development groups to improve computer recycling practices in four of its fastest-growing African markets.
tags: hp, recycling, africa
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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I have made no secret of the fact that I am a big fan of Smart Grids and Demand Response programs (properly rolled out, of course!). I have also spoken at various international conferences propounding the benefits of Smart Grids and Demand Response for quite a while now.
You can imagine my disappointment then when I [...]
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Technology Treading Lightly : The Rise of AV Power and Green TV
Detailed thought-provoking blog post on the power consumption of various in-home av setups
tags: tv, energy star, xbox, pvr, blu ray, vcr, lcd
NASA – NASA-Funded Carbon Dioxide Map of U.S. Released on Google Earth
Interactive maps that detail carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion are [...]
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I’m giving a talk at the O’Reilly ETech conference in San Jose next month (March 11th 2009). The title of my talk is “Electricity 2.0: Applying The Lessons Of The Web To Our Energy Networks“.
The talk will be about how to make the electrical distribution system more green and more resilient using demand response and [...]
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America’s future wind web? | csmonitor.com
Wind power could feed 20 percent of the US energy diet. But first, the country needs a new energy network.
tags: dakota, wind energy, hv, hvdc, transmission, smart grid
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