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A new study done by the University of Reading and the Met Office looked at the likely changes in solar activity over the next 90 years and whether a decrease would offset global warming by any significant measure. The answer: no.
We love seeing the world’s architectural icons retrofitted to become more energy efficient, especially when they’re major energy hogs like skyscrapers and huge bridges. Now we have another icon to add to that list.
Landfills are a necessary component of contemporary life. According to the US EPA, the average person in the U.S. produces nearly 1,130 pounds (513 kilograms) of waste per year, and the vast majority of that ends up in landfills. Much of that trash decomposes, and releases methane and CO2, both of which are greenhouse gasses. However, methane is also a gas which can be used as a fuel, and increasingly, landfills are beginning to realize this is an energy resource and are making use of it.
Although the overall tone of this year’s North American International Auto Show had a far lower emphasis on “green vehicles” than we’ve seen in recent years, we were nonetheless surprised to see three different niche companies with electric vehicles present on the main floor. Two of these compaines, Tesla and Coda, had all-battery EVs; the third, VIA Motors, has pickups and vans with electric drive and onboard generator for extended range driving, much like the Chevy Volt.
Last week, Apple officially unveiled its iBooks 2 textbook platform where iPad users can download electronic versions of textbooks that are not only interactive, but cheaper too. Apparently, it was just what educators and students were waiting for because early reports are saying that in just its first three days the iBooks store saw 350,000 downloads of e-textbooks.
Starting in January 2012, Madison Wisconsin will begin to collect certain plastic bags (#2 and #4) curbside along with other residential recycled materials.
“ … will start accepting plastic bags in the curbside recycling program. Plastic bags must be put inside a
plastic bag and that bag should be tied shut.”
In 2008 California passed legislation that requires “packing peanuts” to contain recycled material – starting with 80% by 2014 and going to 100% by 2017.
The law, AB 3025, was passed as traditional “packing peanuts“ are “ … difficult to recycle and piling up in the landfills, California environmentalists point to its impact on their coastline.”
In 2008 California passed legislation that requires “packing peanuts” to contain recycled material – starting with 80% by 2014 and going to 100% by 2017.
The law, AB 3025, was passed as traditional “packing peanuts“ are “ … difficult to recycle and piling up in the landfills, California environmentalists point to its impact on their coastline.”
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