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Eco Architecture: A-Cero Designs Sustainable Research Center For Spain – Ecofriend
“Madrid-based architecture firm A-Cero has won a competition to design a research center for renewable energy sources in Murcia, Spain with a plan that harnesses renewable energy to the maximum. The building designed by A-Cero will blur the gap between architecture and free space and incorporate several energy generating and saving systems.”
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Chinese Town’s Response to Poisonous Lead Factory: Move the Town : TreeHugger
“Increasingly, concern over environmental health in cities and towns across China has led to angry public protests that have halted construction on or closed a number of factories. But after outrage over lead poisoning in a town in central China, authorities aren’t turning off the smelters at fault. They’re moving the whole town. “
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Nearly Half of US Consumers Would Choose a “Green” Handset – At the Right Price
“Nearly half of US consumers would be willing to consider a “green” cell phone, but only if the price, features, and performance were equivalent to a conventionally constructed phone. Just 7% would be willing to pay a premium, reports a survey of 1,000 American adults carried out by ABI Research.”
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The Yes Men Punk the Chamber | Mother Jones
“The Chamber of Commerce stunned DC on Monday by calling a last-minute press conference to announce a dramatic about-face in its climate policy—it would not only stop opposing the Kerry-Boxer climate bill but would work with them to make it better. But the whole thing turned out to be a hoax mounted by the Yes Men, a notorious band of anti-corporate pranksters.”
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Soccer teams will leave record carbon footprint
“Emissions of greenhouse gases from next year’s FIFA World Cup in South Africa are expected to be 10 times those of the 2006 tournament in Germany”
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Technology Review: Next Stop: Ultracapacitor Buses
“Municipal transit agencies have tried to reduce the carbon footprint of their bus fleets using a range of options over the years, from biofuels and hydrogen to batteries and hybrid-electric diesel. Now a Chinese company and its U.S. partner say that ultracapacitors could offer the greenest and most economical way of powering inner-city buses.”
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