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Pioneering Energy Saving Program in Seattle Puts Consumer in Control
Imagine being put in charge of the energy consumption in your household, using your computer as the main tool. Today, the New York Times reports on
Continue reading...State of California Wins Major Fight Against Auto Industry
Saturday, December 15, 2007
US environmental groups have reasons to cheer. In a ground-breaking ruling last Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Anthony Ishii, of Fresno, declared that, ‘California has the authority to limit cars’ emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases and that
Continue reading...Grandma Dreams Up Big Solar Plan in Kitchen
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
By new contributor Marguerite Manteau Rao. Check out her blog. If you feel like writing for us, drop us an email! Lisa Max is no ordinary 64 year-old grandma. Tired of paying too much for her electricity, and also wanting to help the environment, she started a grassroots
Continue reading...Robots, Cockroaches, and Collective Behavior
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
By new contributor Marguerite Manteau Rao. Check out her blog. If you feel like writing for us, drop us an email! A team of researchers from Free University in Brussels are using robots to trick crowds of cockroaches into new behaviors. The findings are explored at length in [...]
Continue reading...It’s Not Easy Being A Green Mayor
Monday, November 5, 2007
By new contributor Marguerite Manteau Rao. If you feel like writing for us, drop us an email! On November 1st and 2nd, a group of 100 mayors from all over the US gathered in Seattle. The occasion was the Climate Protection Summit, convened by
Continue reading...Science? What’s That?
Sunday, October 28, 2007
By new contributor Marguerite Manteau Rao. If you feel like writing for us, drop us an email! California children are clueless about science. What is it? What do they like best about it? They don’t
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Friday, January 11, 2008
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