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India may still maintain it will not accept binding emissions targets, but it's sure stepping up on solar power, and now on carbon storage through forest preservation. Reuters...Read the full story on TreeHuggerPosts Tagged ‘Emissions’
India to Spend $200 Million on Forest Conservation & Preservation – All For Carbon Storage
Friday, July 31st, 2009
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India may still maintain it will not accept binding emissions targets, but it's sure stepping up on solar power, and now on carbon storage through forest preservation. Reuters...Read the full story on TreeHuggerShaquille O’Neal Helps to Debut the World’s First E-Fuel MicroFueler
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
Who needs a gas station to fill your tank with ethanol? Not you. GreenHouse has just announced the E-Fuel MicroFueler, a portable in-home micro-refinery system that turns organic waste into ethanol. The first installation of the E-Fuel MicroFueler was in the home of none other than basketball great Shaquille O’Neal, who lives in Pacific Palisades a subdivision in LA.
The E-Fuel MicroFueler coverts the organic waste into ethanol for about two-thirds the cost of gasoline. The final product is E100 (100 percent ethanol) which burns cleaner emitting significantly less emissions into the air. The only vehicles designed to run on E100 are the IndyCars which in 2007 became the first motorsports league to sanction a renewable fuel.
US can easily meet 2020 emissions target while lowering the nation’s energy bill $700 billion
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009If this country get serious about energy efficiency - for instance, by passing a climate and clean energy bill like Waxman-Markey - then we can sharply reduce existing emissions at a large net savings to the public and U.S. businesses.
Ask Toyota: Online Debate About the 3rd Gen. Prius
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
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Are hybrids really greener?
I don't usually get excited about cars, and haven't since I was about 14. But I must admit a fondness for the Prius - and not just for environmental reasons. I actually find it fun to drive, yet every time we post on the Toyota Prius we get commenters complaining that it is boring, or ugly, or that the environmental impact of the batteries outweighs any emissions savings. And posts about Read the full story on TreeHugger