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Obama Pushes Green Energy Made in America

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renewable energy

Published Aug. 17, 2010 at 8:15 a.m.

On President Barack Obama’s tour yesterday of a Wisconsin renewable energy site, he discussed the importance of clean energy manufacturing and automobiles with a “Made in the United States” stamp, according to an Associated Press report.The President was in Menomonee Falls, Wisc. at ZBB Energy, which manufactures renewable energy batteries and fuel cells. He anticipates that [ ... ] ...

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Antarctic Sea Ice Growth Could Reverse

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global warming

Published Aug. 16, 2010 at 2:01 p.m.

Defying the global warming trend, Antarctic sea ice has been growing -- but that won't last long ...

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The Zero Emissions Race: Four Teams Compete To Go Around The Globe Using Renewable Energy

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renewable energy, solar

Published Aug. 15, 2010 at 10:32 p.m.

Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg, the main fictional character in the 1873 novel "Around the World in Eighty Days," was an ambitious man. His passion was to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days, but he had nothing on Louis Palmer, the Swiss teacher who built his own solar car and took it around the globe to demonstrate the power and potential of solar energy. Now Palmer has inspired others, and tomorrow five teams from four continents are starting a race around the globe with electric vehicles ...

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Consumers to Beverage Packagers: Recycling Is Still No. 1

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recycling

Published Aug. 12, 2010 at 2:09 p.m.

According to a recent BeveragePulse study on consumer attitude and purchasing behavior, environmental concerns have a major impact on consumer packaged beverage purchases and consumption.“Environmental Concerns: The Impact on Beverage and Package Decisions” surveyed 500 respondents in order to gauge these attitudes.When asked the most important environmental concerns when it comes to packaged beverages, [ ... ] ...

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Bicycle-Based Compost Collection Turns Town Toward Smarter Sanitation

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compost

Published Aug. 12, 2010 at 9:32 a.m.

Image via Star Tribune Composting is catching on nationwide as more cities provide services to residents for collecting food, landscape clippings and other compostable separate from recylables and landfill waste. But to test out if the St. Paul, Minn.'s Macalester-Groveland neighborhood is ready for such a program, Sonya Ewert is hopping on a 27-gear bike with a custom-made trailer and going door to door to collect compostables from residents. The bike-powered composting service is part of an

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Russian Heat, Asian Floods Share Common Cause

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global warming

Published Aug. 11, 2010 at 2:39 p.m.

Weather scientists see upper air links between Russian heat and Asian floods -- and signs of global warming ...

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Extreme Weather Fuels Debate Over Global Warming

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global warming

Published Aug. 10, 2010 at 8:22 a.m.

Record heat and floods in Europe and Asia match climatologists' predictions, but experts are cautious about interpreting events as signs of man-made warming ...

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EPA Admin Urges Tech Companies to Consider Recycling in Design

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recycling

Published Aug. 10, 2010 at 5:41 a.m.

At this year’s Fortune Brainstorm TECH, held in Aspen, Colo. July 22-24, guest speaker and EPA Administrator, Lisa Jackson, urged tech companies to consider the recycling of their products on the front end design, speaking to the growing problem of electronic products in the waste stream.The Fortune Brainstorm TECH conference, presented in association with The [ ... ] ...

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Giant Glacier Breaks on Anniversary of Global Warming

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global warming

Published Aug. 8, 2010 at 2:50 p.m.

Thirty-five years after the term "global warming" was coined, a stark reminder of its symptoms reared its head in the Arctic ...

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Meet Rouge Tomate: The Restaurant with Both a Michelin Star and a Composting Room

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compost

Published Aug. 6, 2010 at 4:14 p.m.

Image via Green Space Today Rouge Tomate is an upscale, Michelin Star-winning restaurant situated in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. But what sets it apart from the countless other restaurants that fit that exact description is a genuine dedication to achieving some bright green ideals -- there's a heavy emphasis on local foods featured on the menu items, the design standards sate the Green Restaurant Association's requirements, and, yes, they compost all biodegradable waste. Rouge Toma ...

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