After years of ignoring global warming, the U.S. Senate is finally considering legislation to cap greenhouse gas pollution. Unfortunately, the Lieberman-Warner bill being advanced by … FIX or DITCH the Lieberman-Warner Global Warming BillRead more
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Posted inElectric Vehicle
Van from Smith Electric Vehicles
Smith Electric Vehicles has announced that it will use the Transit Connect chassis to make its Ampere electric van, a vehicle that will be jointly … Van from Smith Electric VehiclesRead more
Posted inClimate Disaster / Indigenous people
Global warming and indigenous people
Large-scale solutions to help slow global warming often threaten the very indigenous peoples who are among those hardest hit by a changing climate, the U.N. … Global warming and indigenous peopleRead more
Posted inCartoon
Fossil Fool Award 2008
The Foolies are presented by the Energy Action Coalition, Co-op America and Rainforest Action Network, and go to “the individual who has made the most … Fossil Fool Award 2008Read more
Posted inLED / Lighting / Technology
Organic light emitting diodes (OLED)
Organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) are very promising. hey are more efficient than incandescents without the downsides of CFLs (fragility, mercury), and they have the … Organic light emitting diodes (OLED)Read more
Posted inEnergy / Water
Innovative way to pump water
Water scarcity is a major problem in Africa where people, especially women and girls, on an average spend six hours every day looking for clean … Innovative way to pump waterRead more
Posted inLighting / Technology
Light of the future
The new pill-sized plasma light bulbs by Luxim produce 140 lumens/watt They are almost 10 times more efficient than traditional incandescent light bulbs, twice as … Light of the futureRead more
Posted inClimate Disaster
Coral reefs and rising temperature
Call it the bacterial coup de grace: according to new research presented at the Society for General Microbiology’s 162nd meeting, coral reefs weakened by the … Coral reefs and rising temperatureRead more
Posted inEnergy / Renewable / Solar
California will use 20% of its electricity from renewable sources
Because of California law, PG&E needs to get 20% of its electricity from renewable sources (not including big hydro) by 2010, so it has contracted … California will use 20% of its electricity from renewable sourcesRead more
Posted inEconomics / Kerala / Social
Liquor and Kerala
Malayalis drank liquor worth for Rs 3669.14 crore in the last financial year. In the previous financial year it was 3143.43. We increased our consumption … Liquor and KeralaRead more