BYErica Salamida Relevancy Score: 88 Wed Oct 28, 2009 at 10:31 AM
Consumer technology vendors notoriously use the “booth babe” to grab the attention of nerdy passers-by at conferences. After all, nothing says “Check out my new widget” like a hot, clueless chick dressed as a pirate. (Sarcasm, ...READ»
BYAriel Schwartz Relevancy Score: 88 Thu Oct 1, 2009 at 2:35 PM
Solar and wind power have made impressive strides recently, but coal plants show no signs of disappearing. That could be a problem for power companies, especially once the EPA's proposed greenhouse gas regulations go into effect. ...READ»
BYAriel Schwartz Relevancy Score: 73 Fri Aug 28, 2009 at 3:29 PM
Few people enjoy the eye-stinging sensation of a pool cleaned with chlorine. And really, it doesn't feel too good knowing that you're swimming in a giant chemical-filled tub, anyway. Enter Creative Water Solutions, a start-up that has ...READ»
BYAriel Schwartz Relevancy Score: 66 Tue Oct 27, 2009 at 3:26 PM
Leave it to the Dutch, denizens of a low-lying, flood-prone region, to concoct a scheme for floating cities that adapt to the rising sea levels caused by climate change. The floating city idea, proposed by Delft-based DeltaSync, ...READ»
BYAriel Schwartz Relevancy Score: 63 Wed Mar 18, 2009 at 1:40 PM
For those times when a tent or trailer just won't cut it, consider the Intershelter, a Buckminster Fuller-inspired geodesic dome made of a "a high-tech aerospace composite material" that has the strength of a permanent ...READ»
Nuclear power is one of the most controversial energy-generating methods, mainly because of safety and terrorism concerns. But that hasn't stopped the United Industrial Corporation, a Russian manufacturer, from pressing forward with ...READ»
BYAriel Schwartz Relevancy Score: 49 Tue Jun 9, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Like it or not, nuclear reactors will be part of our energy future. They're clean, reliable, and provide more consistent power than wind and solar sources. So it should come as no surprise to learn that Babcock & Wilcox, a ...READ»
By far the most dangerous part of the wind turbine installation process is transportation. Moving 50-yard turbine blade from factories to farms backs up traffic, cuts up roads, and makes accidents deadly. The solution might be a ...READ»
BYAriel Schwartz Relevancy Score: 44 Tue Aug 25, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Tesco, a popular British supermarket chain, earlier this month started printing milk pint labels with information about the product's carbon footprint. It seems uncontroversial enough--Tesco already puts carbon labels on orange ...READ»
BYAriel Schwartz Relevancy Score: 41 Tue Nov 3, 2009 at 2:54 PM
The idea behind the cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emissions is simple: Energy companies that rely mostly on oil and coal will have to pony up big bucks, while those who rely on more diversified forms of power will benefit. ...READ»
BYAriel Schwartz Relevancy Score: 41 Thu Mar 12, 2009 at 3:12 PM
Mixed-use buildings are becoming increasingly popular, and now famed architecture firm Foster + Partners is tossing its hat into the ring with the tallest mixed-use towers in Western Europe.
Hermitage Plaza will consist of ...READ»
BYAriel Schwartz Relevancy Score: 41 Thu May 28, 2009 at 4:29 PM
Most companies are cowering in fear at the thought of unpredictable global-warming-related weather events, but the dredging industry, at least, is set to benefit from rising seas. The Flemish newspaper Gazet van Antwerpen reports ...READ»
BYDanielle Sacks Relevancy Score: 36 Tue Oct 14, 2008 at 5:32 PM
Hot off the press Green Inc.: An Environmental Insider Reveals How a Good Cause Has Gone Bad (Lyons Press, $24.95), takes readers behind some of the not-so-kosher alliances environmental organizations have had with corporations over ...READ»
BYAnya Kamenetz Relevancy Score: 35 Tue Jul 7, 2009 at 11:53 AM
T. Boone Pickens has dropped his much-ballyhooed plan, chronicled in our pages, to build the world's largest wind farm, in favor of a handful of smaller wind farms scattered around the Midwest.
He cites many of the same factors that ...READ»
BYAriel Schwartz Relevancy Score: 30 Mon Aug 17, 2009 at 1:16 PM
It seems intuitive enough that downloading music would be less carbon-intensive than buying a CD that has been transported in a truck and wrapped in multiple layers of plastic. Now a study (PDF) funded by Intel and Microsoft and ...READ»
Disposing of the nearly 300 million car tires that are ditched every year in North America isn't easy. Burying them takes up way too much space, and recyclers are often hard to find. We've seen tires upcycled by enterprising ...READ»
BYAriel Schwartz Relevancy Score: 29 Mon Oct 12, 2009 at 3:49 PM
You know the green movement has hit the big time when flashy investors start getting involved. Earlier today we learned that George Soros is investing $1 billion in clean energy, and now comes word that the Carbon War Room, a ...READ»
BYAriel Schwartz Relevancy Score: 26 Tue Aug 4, 2009 at 2:04 PM
Sure, LEED and Energy Star-certified houses are great, but they can never make a difference on a large scale until low-income homes are included in the mix. Habitat for Humanity aims to bring green housing to all income levels with a ...READ»
BYAriel Schwartz Relevancy Score: 23 Thu Sep 3, 2009 at 11:30 AM
Water is like liquid gold in drought-stricken areas of Africa, so it's no surprise to learn water conflict and corruption is common. Safaricom's M-PESA system of cell phone cash transfer, originally released in 2007, could help quell ...READ»
BYAriel Schwartz Relevancy Score: 21 Mon Jun 22, 2009 at 1:44 PM
Another reason to move to Italy: Solar power is expected to be cost-competitive there by next year, according to a report from the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) and A.T. Kearney. The European solar industry does ...READ»
BYDanielle Sacks Relevancy Score: 21 Wed Nov 26, 2008 at 1:22 PM
We know the drill by now: every few months Apple rolls out some new iPod model, seducing us to trash our still-shiny-perfectly-brand-new one. We tend to think of this as progressive design. However, these days progressive design must ...READ»
