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Videos
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Nissan Leaf Zero Emission Tour Stop 2
This video was taken at the 3rd. St. Promenade, Stop 2 of the Nissan Leaf Zero Emission Tour
Articles
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Gas Emissions Soar As The Economy Drops
Scientists knew that we were creating more and more gas emissions but this week they were shocked to see such a large increase. Scientists thought that with ... -
India says no to emissions cuts as its largest carmaker says yes to alt-energy models
While many countries in the United Nations are trying to cut emissions India has said they won't.
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Krugman: Carbon Tariffs the Answer to Chinese Emissions Problem
Paul Krugman’s trip through China scared the free trade right out of him.
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2008 U.S. Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions See Biggest Drop in Nearly 30 Years
Sky-high fuel prices, declining energy use and a slumping economy gave the U.S. its largest annual decline in fuel-based carbon dioxide emissions since 1982.
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U.S. Cuts Carbon Emissions Nine Percent In Two Years
Environmental expert, Lester Brown, explains the successful green initiatives that have lowered carbon emissions in the U.S. by nine percent in two years.
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U.S. Senate Looks At First Bill To Cut Carbon Emissions
Congress looks at the first-ever bill that would limit carbon emissions in the United States, based on a European cap and trade model. Are Americans ready?
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Round-the-World Zero Emissions Race Puts Electric Cars to the Test
80 days, 20 countries, three continents. This race will not become a burden to the climate crisis - get ready for the zero-emissions race around the world!
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Livestock Responsible For Over 50 Percent Of Emissions, According To New Report
New report by the Worldwatch Institute shows that livestock is responsible for a much larger amount of greenhouse gas emissions than previously estimated.
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Swedish Food Labels Now Include Carbon Emissions
All food packaging in Sweden now shows amounts of carbon emissions required to make the food, in hopes of encouraging consumers to choose more wisely.
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Universal Cell Phone Charger Can Save Millions Of Tons Of Carbon Emissions
The 2010 launch of a universal cell phone charger has the potential to reduce the 13.6 million tons of greenhouse emissions being produced by excess chargers.
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Toyota Engineering Emissions Absorbing Flowers
Car company Toyota is sick of getting flack for the damaging emissions produced each time one of their popular Prius hybrids is made. So they're making emissions-eating flowers!
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Lumps of Coal Aren't Only For Scrooge
While a lot of people look to new forms of energy, they tend to forget about the ones we have now. NASA climate scientist James Hansen says, “If we were to h...
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Blog posts
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Incubus rocks many worlds with its charity
MSNBC interviewed Brandon Boyd of Incubus about Make Yourself Foundation. Question: When and why did you decide to found the Make Yourself Foundation? Answer: I think it was 2003. … All of u...
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Incubus Rocks Many Worlds with its Charity
MSNBC interviewed Brandon Boyd of Incubus about Make Yourself Foundation. Question: When and why did you decide to found the Make Yourself Foundation? Answer: I think it was 2003. … All of u...
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Incubus Rocks Many Worlds with its Charity
MSNBC interviewed Brandon Boyd of Incubus about Make Yourself Foundation. Question: When and why did you decide to found the Make Yourself Foundation? Answer: I think it was 2003. … All of u...
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I really hate leaf blowers. But since Compete to Conserve is non-partisan, I would be remiss not to provide some objective background information. “A leaf blower is an engine-powered, hand-held m...
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Karl Popper and Climate Science
(Thanks to Greenfyre's - I borrowed an idea or two) Karl Popper’s thinking was that scientists should work hard to disprove theories. If they don't succeed then it is a working theory until disp...
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Hospitals use a lot of energy, and not surprisingly the healthcare sector ranks second in energy intensity. Hospitals use 836 trillion BTUs of energy annually (over 2.5 times the energy intensity ...
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Smile For The Really Big Camera
In the world of medical imaging, picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) are computers or networks dedicated to the storage, retrieval, distribution and presentation of images. Typicall...
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California Hospitals Battle To Stay "On The Grid"
California hospitals will spend about $100 billion before 2013 in order to meet state seismic safety standards. On top of that, the nation-wide mortgage and credit crisis more or less doubles that...
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The developing world is so far down on the economic food chain that, as I've said before, they just can't care about anything other than survival. Because of this, their contributions to global car...
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10 random things/facts/habits/goals of yours that bring positive change to our world
As an avid Facebooker... Facebookee...? ... I've noticed that many of my friends have been swept up by the "16 / 25 / 124,543 things about me" note and tag epidemic. Maybe you've noticed this w/ yo...
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Eco Maniac: The Greenies Are Coming!
Enviros are pretty psyched about the stimulus bill that will soon be law. Of the $789 billion, somewhere between $60 and $80 billion of that is tagged for clean energy, research and other environme...
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Eco Maniac: Carbon, Carbon Everywhere
There's a lot of debate lately about the best method of reducing carbon by monetizing emissions. Basically, there are two camps: carbon tax versus cap and trade. Both plans have their merits; both ...
