Articles tagged “Energy”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Eat with Purpose! Drink SuperFruits By Laurel House IN Food & Health Sep 1 2010 The struggle to be fit is something that everyone can relate to- the SocialWife to the Single Working Mom, to the Recent College Grad. Even if we have the means to hire a personal trainer, it takes motivation, dedication, consistency, and fit daily decisions to be fit- long term. It takes a mindset. And that mindset is more than merely working out for an hour a day; it's often the little things that derail a fit life. + READ MORE

Help the Sierra Club Support EPA in the Fight Against Big Coal By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Aug 24 2010 Help support stronger regulations from the EPA for the disposal of coal ash. + READ MORE

Is Shell Buying the Oil Spill Investigation in Nigeria? By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Aug 24 2010 Eyes are on a UN investigation of oil spills in the Niger Delta that will assess who is responsible for how much oil spilled. + READ MORE

Pittsburgh Takes a Stance Against Fracking; Who's Next? By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Aug 19 2010 A Pittsburgh City Councilman is working to ban fracking within the city. + READ MORE

Coal Plants to Close in Colorado, But Expand Around the Nation By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Aug 17 2010 Construction of old-style coal plants continues despite all the talk about clean energy and green jobs. + READ MORE

EPA Issues New Rules for Mercury Emissions from the Country's Third-Largest Source By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Aug 16 2010 The agency is setting national limits for mercury and other emissions from cement plants—the first such limits of their kind. + READ MORE

Which Senators Refuse to Let Coal Ash Be Regulated as Hazardous Waste? By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Aug 16 2010 Senators calling on the EPA to not regulate coal ash as hazardous waste. + READ MORE

Is Your City a Smart City? By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Aug 13 2010 NRDC has just named 22 "smarter cities" around the U.S. with the strongest environmental record on everything from energy use to food security. + READ MORE

Have Oil & Gas Companies Been "Fracking" Illegally? By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Aug 6 2010 A coalition of environmental groups is pressing for investigations into whether fracking operations have violated the already-weak Safe Water Drinking Act by injecting diesel fuel into the ground. + READ MORE

Good News in Energy Efficiency: Appliance Manufacturers Agree to It By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Aug 5 2010 Exciting news from the usually-unexciting appliance industry. An ambitious and collaborative agreement between appliance manufacturers and environmental groups was signed this week. + READ MORE

Coal Mines Clashing with Wine Production in Australia By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Aug 3 2010 Australia's three largest power plants are located in Hunter Valley and burn up to 20 million tons of coal a year. Rumor has it that the region will double its coal production in the next two years. + READ MORE

eTown, Lyle Lovett, and Taj Mahal Turn the Red Rocks Stage Green By Rachel Cernansky IN Features Aug 2 2010 eTown, a show we already love for combining music with activism, brought music legends Lyle Lovett and Taj Mahal to the stage. + READ MORE

Food Waste in the U.S.: More Energy Lost Than Offshore Drilling Can Replace By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Jul 30 2010 An interesting twist to the food waste discussion: more energy is wasted in the form of food than is stored in all of the nation's offshore oil and gas reserves. + READ MORE

Debate Over Fracking Rages Across the U.S.: Gas Drilling Deal Cancelled in Upstate New York, Drinking Water Undrinkable in Wyoming By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Jul 28 2010 For years now, fracking has been a touchy subject here in Colorado, the #1 global spot for oil and gas exploration and development, but it's on the rise from the Rocky Mountains to Pennsylvania and upstate New York, where legislators are in the middle of a heated debate over the issue. + READ MORE

Indigenous Groups in Brazil Protest Construction of Power Plant By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Jul 27 2010 The latest in a string of protests against the construction of power plants in Brazil. + READ MORE

Pilates- The Green Way to Lose Weight on Your Vaca By Laurel House IN Food & Health Jul 25 2010 Just because you're on vacation doesn't mean you have to get fat. Sure, taking photos and doing touristy things is great! But let your vacation do double duty as a mode to get healthy too, by incorporating a green exercise that you can do anywhere- Pilates. + READ MORE

Plumbing Device Brings New Meaning to Waste-to-Energy By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Jul 23 2010 A UK industrial design student had a rather simple but brilliant idea: capture the energy produced by falling wastewater and turn it into electricity. + READ MORE

How Will We Power Our Future? By Team Planet Green IN Jul 20 2010 Powering the Future is a program that closely examines the serious challenges posed by our current energy practices. With rising concerns about our current energy practices as seen in the recent events of the Gulf of Mexico, this program hopes... + READ MORE

MIT Researchers Create Fibers That Can Hear and Produce Sound By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Tech & Transport Jul 20 2010 Researchers from MIT have developed the next generation of fabric that offers practically limitless possibilities for taking in acoustic data from the surrounding environment. Woven fibers that can "hear" and "sing" could change the way we use fabrics to interact with our environment. + READ MORE

"The Coal War" Shows Alternatives to Mountaintop Removal - But Needs Help on Kickstarter By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Jul 16 2010 One Appalachian woman's fight shows how viable alternatives exist to the environmental destruction caused by mountaintop removal coal mining. + READ MORE