The Week in Pictures: Déjà Vu. Oil Rig Explodes in Gulf, Climate Change Blamed for Melting Himalayan Glaciers, and More (Slideshow)
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It's Déjà Vu all over again: An offshore oil platform exploded and caught fire yesterday in the Gulf of Mexico. It is located about 80 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site of BP's massive oil spill. In other green news this week, the US G...
Explosion on Gulf of Mexico oil platform contained, but damage unknown - grist.org
| BP says offshore oil limits could hurt payouts in spill (AFP) - news.yahoo.com
| Today's Climate: September 3, 2010 - solveclimate.com
| Latest Gulf oil well explosion was no disaster, but what does it say about offshore drilling? - grist.org
| The Media Consortium: Weekly Mulch: Vermilion 380 Explosion Reignites Drilling Fears - huffingtonpost.com
| Mariner Energy cited for two violations in past six months, totaling $55,000 - grist.org
| Oil spill will not impact Florida tourism: poll (Reuters) - news.yahoo.com
| BP oil spill costs surge to $8 bln (AFP) - news.yahoo.com
| Weekend Briefing - mnn.com
Green groups cautiously welcome Bjørn Lomborg's call for $250bn climate fund
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'Sceptical environmentalist' previously argued that countering climate change should be a low priority for governments • Bjørn Lomborg calls for global climate fund • Climate change voice who changed his tune Self-styled "sceptical environmentalist"...
Climate Change Skeptic Changes Stance and Calls for Action - e360.yale.edu
| Lomborg: Just Kidding. We Do Need Climate Action Now - treehugger.com
| Today's Climate: August 31, 2010 - solveclimate.com
| Bjorn Lomborg: Famous Climate Skeptic Changes His Tune - huffingtonpost.com
| Bjørn Lomborg: $100bn a year needed to fight climate change - guardian.co.uk
| Bjorn Lomborg, Former Skeptic, Now Believes In Climate Change - huffingtonpost.com
| Bjørn Lomborg: the dissenting climate change voice who changed his tune - guardian.co.uk
| ‘Skeptical environmentalist’ Bjørn Lomborg reverses his climate skepticism - grist.org
| The Skeptical Environmentalist Is... No Longer Skeptical? - tnr.com
Thermal Management System for the Ford Focus EV Battery Pack
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The all-new Ford Focus Electric, which debuts in the US late next year and in Europe in 2012, will be powered by a lithium-ion battery pack with cells from CPI/LG Chem ( earlier post ) that utilizes heated and cooled liquid to help maximize battery ...
Coda will sell electric sedan in Hawaii in late 2011 - green.autoblog.com
| 2012 Ford Focus Electric to use liquid-cooled lithium-polymer battery - green.autoblog.com
| Electric motorycle entrepeneur killed in car accident - green.autoblog.com
| CODA to Launch CODA EV in Hawaii in 2011 - greencarcongress.com
| GM on EVs - Official Story - electricalcontractor.com
| Sustainable Industries Daily Update - sustainableindustries.com
| Electric Cars get A+ from EPA - cleanfleetreport.com
| Tesla bites back at GM's trademark attempt: you can have "range anxitey" - green.autoblog.com
| Italian Electric Car to Go on Sale in U.K. - ecoworld.com
Report Calls for UN Climate Panel Reform
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The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and its chairman Rajendra Pachauri are under fire after the release of the InterAcademy Council’s investigation into IPCC. The report suggests several changes are needed including changes to ...
IPCC Procedures Get Tough Rebuke from Distinguished Panel - solveclimate.com
| U.N. climate panel needs to ‘fundamentally reform,’ review finds - grist.org
| InterAcademy Council Report Terms UN IPCC Process a Success Overall, Calls for Reform in Management Structure - greencarcongress.com
| UN climate panel ordered to make changes - smh.com.au
| ‘Fundamental’ IPCC Reforms Proposed by Independent Scientific Group - e360.yale.edu
| IPCC Did Good Work But Needs Fundamental Reforms, Review Concludes - treehugger.com
| WRI’s Jennifer Morgan Responds to InterAgency Council Review of the IPCC - wri.org
| UN climate panel ordered to make fundamental reforms (AFP) - news.yahoo.com
| Rajendra Pachauri, head of UN climate change body, under pressure to resign - guardian.co.uk
Renewable Energy Monitoring Systems - The Next Big Thing?
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By David Belden If micro-inverters are the current craze in the solar industry, then I predict that solar energy monitoring systems will be the next big thing. Micro-inverters (and other parallel technology) are given lots of attention because they ...
Friday Green Numbers round-up 09/03/2010 - greenmonk.net
| New Black Silicon Solar Cells are Cheap and Absorb More Sun - inhabitat.com
| Salt Lake Convention Center to get the largest rooftop solar array in the US - ecofriend.org
| MIT Develops Self-Assembling Solar Cells - inhabitat.com
| Solar FlexRack Chosen for 60kW Solar Array at Ohio Advanced Technology Center - renewableenergyworld.com
| White House offered free solar array - mnn.com
| Feds lease prime solar land, but narry a panel is in sight - grist.org
| A Solar Powered White House? Groups Call For Prez To Take Action - ecorazzi.com
| Miami’s Only LEED Gold Tower Can Withstand 300mph Winds! - inhabitat.com
X-Frame all-electric car folds up vertically for storage
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Eco Factor: Prototype vehicle powered by an electric motor. Till date we’ve only seen bikes and e-bikes that can be folded to easy carriage. Researchers at the Nagoya Institute of Technology in Japan have developed an all-electric vehicle that too l...
G-Bike City pedal-assist electric bike makes you ride clean - ecofriend.org
| Eco-Friendly, Stress Busting, Cost Effective G-Bike – Out Now! - greenpacks.org
| Tazzari Zero electric car comes to the UK - guardian.co.uk
| back to school idea: G-Bike City electric bike - alternativeconsumer.com
| Motivational speaker likes the Nissan Leaf so much he's now a car salesman - mnn.com
| Quick Charge, Electric Public Transport in South California - greenpacks.org
| Schletter unveils P.CHARGE EV charging stations at ENTECH 2010 - ecofriend.org
| Electric vehicle advocate Paul Scott "intends to be the number one Leaf salesman in the world" - green.autoblog.com
| The zero-emissions Nissan Leaf test drive - greenmonk.net
Hurricane Earl Prompts Evacuations Along the Atlantic Coast
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September 1 – As Hurricane Earl spins about 700 miles southeast off the coast of South Carolina, some residents and tourists along the eastern seaboard have begun fleeing the on-coming storm. Officials have ordered the first mandatory evacuation ord...
Daily Briefing: Thurs. - mnn.com
| Hurricane Earl 2010: Parts Of New York, Massachusetts Put On Notice - huffingtonpost.com
| Daily Briefing: Wed. - mnn.com
| Hurricane Earl: Keep yourself and your food safe - blogs.consumerreports.org
| Hurricane Earl 2010: National Guard Deployed - huffingtonpost.com
| Nicolas Cage Speaks Out In Support Of Gulf Coast Hurricane Survivors - ecorazzi.com
| Hurricane Earl Evacuations: North Carolina Vacation Island In Hurricane Earl Path - huffingtonpost.com
| eco news roundup - alternativeconsumer.com
| Hurricane Earl Path: Outer Banks & Cape Cod May be Hit - ecoworld.com
Study: Marine Life at Risk in CO2 Rise
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PLYMOUTH, England, Aug. 31 (UPI) — A “natural laboratory” in the Mediterranean revealing effects of carbon dioxide levels in oceans paints a bleak picture for future marine life, researchers say. Scientists from the University of Plymouth in England...
Heart Drug May Prevent Cocaine Relapse - ecoworld.com
| Spouses Don’t Grow Alike, They Start Alike - ecoworld.com
| College Students Intervene on Risky Action - ecoworld.com
| Human Impact on a Food Source Unexpected - ecoworld.com
| Canadian Student Finds 19 New Bee Species - ecoworld.com
| Ground Features Affect Bird Flight Paths - ecoworld.com
| Camera ‘traps’ Track World Biodiversity - ecoworld.com
| Silicone Oil May Help Treat Eye Cancer - ecoworld.com
| Vitamin D Aids Cystic Fibrosis Patients - ecoworld.com
Oil Spill-Cleaning Bots - The MIT Seaswarm Robots Can Clean the BP Oil Spill in a Month (VIDEO)
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The newest project out of MIT: Seaswarm robots that are designed to act like a "legion of seagoing Roombas" that skim the ocean surface to pick up oil. The robots are each outfitted with a GPS and Wi-Fi…
Gulf Coast Disaster - Monday, August 30 - switchboard.nrdc.org
| Gulf Coast Disaster - Tuesday, August 31 - switchboard.nrdc.org
| Waves hamper raising key equipment in oil spill (AP) - news.yahoo.com
| Official: La. oil command center to shut over rent (AP) - news.yahoo.com
| Indonesia demands payout over oil spill (AFP) - news.yahoo.com
| Questions asked over Edinburgh Climate Camp 'oil slick - guardian.co.uk
| BP's Deepwater Oil Spill - Another Weather Pause - and Open Thread - theoildrum.com
| Learning Leadership Tony Hayward’s Way - rs.resalliance.org
| Actors and Activism in the Wake of the Gulf Oil Spill (+ Video) - celsias.com
American Samoa approves plastic-bags ban
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American Samoa will make it illegal for stores to hand out plastic bags once a new law takes effect early next year. American Samoa - Plastic bag - Oceania - Law - Government
Calif. lawmakers to anti-plastic advocates: That's not my bag, baby! - blogs.consumerreports.org
| American Samoa approves plastic-bags ban - msnbc.msn.com
| Eco Friendly Produce Bags - thegreengirls.com
| California Plastic Bag Ban Rejected By State Lawmakers - huffingtonpost.com
| Calif. rejects ban on plastic shopping bags - msnbc.msn.com
| California prepares to say farewell to single-use plastic bags - csmonitor.com
| A fun way to rage against plastic waste - mnn.com
| Plastic Bags in the Crosshairs - tonic.com
| California Plastic Bag Ban To Get Vote - huffingtonpost.com









