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M O N D A Y - A U G U S T 3 , 2 0 0 9
Are Netbooks Green? 6 Pros and Cons
Netbooks are those wonderfully tiny, ultra-portable computers that are all the rage right now, beating out notebook sales in 2008 and beating their own sales in the first quarter of 2009. They're stripped down versions of notebooks, giving users just what they need to surf the web and email, run a few programs like photo editing and word processing, upload images and watch videos online - you know, the basic things the majority of us use our computers for. The ability to do essentially everything we do on larger computers all on this shrunken down device sounds wonderful, but begs the question - are netbooks greener than notebooks? Yes! And no.
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T U E S D A Y - J U L Y 2 8 , 2 0 0 9
A Quest for Batteries to Alter the Energy Equation
ALLENTOWN, Pa. In a gleaming white factory here, Bob Peters was gently feeding sheets of chemical-coated foil one afternoon recently into a whirring machine that cut them into precise rectangles. It was an early step in building a new kind of battery, one smaller than a cereal box but with almost as much energy as the kind in a conventional automobile.
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F R I D A Y - J U L Y 2 4 , 2 0 0 9
Electric cars poised to give auto industry a jolt
In the next year or so, after only a century or so of trying, the electric car may break free of the lunatic fringe and become a mainstream transportation option for everyday drivers.
The next step forward for electric cars will come on Aug. 2, when Nissan is expected to unveil the first of three electric models in three vehicle segments that the automaker will reportedly sell en masse by 2013 in the United States, Japan and Europe.
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T U E S D A Y - J U L Y 2 1 , 2 0 0 9
We've Got a Drinking Problem b
Its always disconcerting when the local news tells you to boil your tap water before drinking it, especially if you consider that weve been experimenting with water filtration since 1627. But what if you found outand youre about tothat there could be industrial pollutants, pesticides, and hormones floating in your tap water right now? There are federal laws that limit certain contaminants, but many toxins dont make those blacklists at all. While your water probably isnt making you sick, here is a guide to some potential offenders and how to keep them out of your cup.
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W E D N E S D A Y - J U L Y 1 5 , 2 0 0 9
White roofs to fight global warming
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- America should attack global warming by ... painting rooftops and road surfaces white.
Seriously. No kidding.
Among those promoting the idea is Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a big-thinking physicist who has a bully pulpit and influence over billions in research and stimulus funds.
Chu spoke about the idea at a London conference last month while Congress was busy hashing out a complex, 1,400-page bill to cut greenhouse gases.
Whitening the world's roofs and roads would have the same effect on global warming as removing all the world's cars for 11 years, he said.
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F R I D A Y - J U L Y 1 0 , 2 0 0 9
G-8 leaders agree on temperature cap
L'AQUILA, Italy - Targeting global warming, leaders of the world's richest industrial countries pledged Wednesday to seek dramatic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 to slow dangerous climate change. They agreed for the first time that worldwide temperatures must not rise more than a few degrees.
However, their goals are nonbinding, and it's far from clear they will be met. The wealthy nations failed to persuade the leaders of big developing countries to promise to cut their own fast-spreading pollution, unable to overcome arguments that the well-established industrial giants aren't doing enough in the short term.
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S U N D A Y - J U N E 7 , 2 0 0 9
Surprising Green Energy Investment Trends Found Worldwide
Some $155 billion was invested in 2008 in clean energy companies and projects worldwide, not including large hydro, a new report says.
Of this $13.5 billion of new private investment went into companies developing and scaling-up new technologies alongside $117 billion of investment in renewable energy projects from geothermal and wind to solar and biofuels.
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F R I D A Y - J U N E 5 , 2 0 0 9
U.S. tells California to cut water use to save fish
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Californians' thirst for water has pushed salmon and other fish to the brink of extinction, a federal agency ruled on Thursday as it directed officials to cut water supplies to cities and farms to save several species.
California's rivers used to brim with trout, salmon, sturgeon and more, but the federal, state and local governments built a monumental system of dams and pipelines in the most populous that turned a desert into productive farmland and left some rivers dry.
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T H U R S D A Y - J U N E 4 , 2 0 0 9
Mystery Ingredient Cleaning Earth's Atmosphere
Mother Nature has a previously unknown cleaning agent that scrubs away toxic air pollution, scientists have discovered.
What's more, the existence of the still mysterious substance has shaken up decades-long assumptions about our atmosphere's self-cleaning process.
But the breakdown spews out ozone, itself a toxic pollutant and a greenhouse gas.
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W E D N E S D A Y - J U N E 3 , 2 0 0 9
In India, Bucking The 'Revolution' By Going Organic
Indian farmer Amarjit Sharma grows wheat and other crops on five acres in the heart of the region known as "the breadbasket of India," the fertile fields of Punjab.
Until four years ago, he was the kind of farmer whom government leaders and agricultural scientists hailed as a model in the developing world.
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