Global Warming

Obama Administration Charts Best Zones for Large-Scale Solar Development Projects

October 31, 2011

The Obama Administration recently announced its new ‘roadmap’ for large-scale solar projects, opening 285,000 acres of desert in the western United States and 20 million acres of the Mojave for solar development. The solar ‘map’ will distinguish the inadequate areas unfit for large projects and establish the better spots which have already passed environmental specifications and thus…

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World Population Reaches 7 Billion

October 30, 2011

October 31, 2011 sees the population of people on Earth reaching the figure of seven billion people…

Map Shows Who Gets Screwed by Climate Change, Who Doesn’t

October 28, 2011

In a new map illustrating climate vulnerability, it’s obvious which countries take the biggest hits, and are most susceptible to the effects of climate change. Developed by risk analysts Maplecroft, the map combines measures of the risk of certain global warming impacts, including storms, flooding, and droughts, with the social and financial ability of both [...]

5 Amazing Structures Made from Plastic Bottles

October 28, 2011

1. EcoARK: The innovative and very impressive EcoARK in Taiwan is a monument to recycling. The three-story tall building, complete with an amphitheater and exhibition hall, was constructed using 1.5 million plastic bottles. Embedded solar power helps to run the building’s magnificent LED light displays at night. The Far Eastern Group, which commissioned the building, wanted to highlight the…

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Google Funds $75 Million for Residential Solar Installations

October 27, 2011

Google recently put up $75 million in funding for roughly 3,000 residential solar installations in Arizona, California and Colorado. Clean Power Finance will oversee the fund and will work with solar power installers to provide homeowners with financing options. The initiative will give consumers an option to enter into lease agreements or power purchase agreements with the installers, which is…

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7 Sustainable Office Buildings for the Future

October 25, 2011

Ecofriendly buildings are required in present scenario to deal with the increase in global warming and other natural disasters. To deal with it, sustainable technology is developed which offers a complete ecofriendly surrounding and doesn’t pollutes the surrounding and the environment. This has been taken as a step toward a greener tomorrow and people are supporting it in every possible way. These buildings are not…

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Save Trees by Signing Documents Electronically

October 21, 2011

Almost 4 billion trees are cut down each year to make paper. The average American uses more than 748 pounds of paper per year. Many times paper is used, unnecessarily, to sign documents.
What do you do when you get a request to sign a document in your email inbox? Chances are you print the document, sign it…

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How Trucks Are Going Green

October 20, 2011

Some twenty years ago, mogul Ted Turner sought to create an animated series that would capture the imagination of the youth of the early 1990s by appealing to what he hoped would be their growing sense of responsibility to clean up a world that increasingly needed cleaning up. Turner’s target audience, a group of kids already primed by highly promoted events like…

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Environmental Fails of the ‘Green’ and Famous

October 19, 2011

We perhaps shouldn’t be too cynical about celebrities who are making an effort to save the planet, but sometimes their inability to successfully live up to the environmental ideals they promote is truly embarrassing. It’s all very well projecting an image of yourself as an eco-saviour, but if you fail to live up to it in the limelight you’re only setting yourself up for ridicule. Here are some classic…

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15 Ways to Go Green without Spending a Penny

October 18, 2011

1. Put those car keys down and give walking a go. Whether it is to work, the school run or simply to the shops, walking has a host of health benefits as well as being good for the environment. 2. Make sure you recycle tin cans, bottles and paper by using the containers the government provides. This means materials can be used again and again rather than taking up space in a landfill. 3. Save the…

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