Mining E-Wastes Very interesting story from PlanetArk.org on e-waste recycler Noranda, a Canadian mining company that’s found it’s materials and profits don’t have to come straight out of the ground.
Oklahoma’s electric grid comes alive with wind power More good news on the renewable energy front. Oklahoma Gas and Electric “flipped the switch” on it’s new Oklahoma Wind Energy Center.
Howard Dean Presents Renewable Energy Plan OK, OK, I’m stumping for my guy again. At the same time, I’m not aware of any of the other presidential candidates presenting anything [ … ]
2003 summer ozone pollution in Europe hits a record More effects of global warming (or “climate change,” if you prefer)?
Green Bush? Burning Bush…? Thanks, Doug, for passing along this rather dumbfounding piece from TomPaine.com. The disconnect and pure hypocrisy of our friends in Washington on matters of energy and [ … ]
Arctic Ice Cap Melting at Worrying Rate OK, it’s turning into doom and gloom day here at Sustainablog. From NASA via AFP via the CommonDreams Newscenter, a report on the [ … ]
Road to Ruin From London’s Guardian, a detailed assessment of the American relationship with the environment. This is an important article; I fear, however, it will not see much play [ … ]
Battle over Greenhouse Gases Heating Up… with twelve states suing the federal government over the EPA’s punting on the matter. Looking at the list of states shows that this is [ … ]
Bucking a Toxic Trend From the LA Times via Greenbiz.com, an encouraging story on one businessman’s effort to remove toxic flame retardants from the foam his company produces for furniture. [ … ]
Chicago’s Green Techies Here’s to the Center for Neighborhood Technology and their green renovation of their own building.
New Items at GreenBiz.com While I’m always skeptical about GreenBiz, especially in light of Paul Hawken’s resignation from their board, they do tend to be one of the better clearinghouses [ … ]
The Ecology of College As a college professor, I probably shouldn’t give such hearty endorsements to essays like this one that challenge the sustainability of what we do in the [ … ]
Grist‘s Electoral Collage I’ve just started to read some of these pieces, but have no problem recommending this special issue of Grist in advance, as I’ve yet to come across [ … ]