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E.U. Countries Compete to Meet Renewable Energy Goals

Katherine J. Chen, March 1st, 2010

In the spirit of friendly competition for a good cause, the European Union reported that it will meet its goal of instituting 20 percent renewable energy by the year 2020. While some countries like Denmark, Bulgaria and Belgium will fall short of their production goals, other nations like Estonia have exceeded their targets considerably. A report conducted by the European Wind Energy ... read more

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Tagged climatechange, denmark, energy, reduce

Published in General


What To Do in an Eco Emergency

Lori Brown, March 1st, 2010

Responsible homeowners, workers and weekend garage warriors we may be, but we've admittedly spilled a bit of paint, had some motor oil leak in the garage or dropped a CFL bulb. Though not the catastrophic event that would be caused by spills of this kind in high volume, there is still good reason to take proper precautions for human and environmental ... read more

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Tagged basics, cfl, motoroil, paint, paintthinners, pesticidecontainer, pesticides

Published in Hazardous


Debunked Plastic Myths

Trey Granger, March 1st, 2010

What's your impression of plastic? Is it better or worse than other forms of packaging (such as glass, metal and paper), and how did you form this opinion? There is a lot of information distributed throughout the green world about plastic, and not much of it is positive. Before you write this material out of your life, let's evaluate a few ... read more

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Tagged aluminumcan, brownglass, cardboard, clearglass, composting, greenglass, number1plasticPETE, number2plasticHDPE, number3plastic, number4plasticLDPE, number5plasticPolypropylene, number6plasticpolystyrene, number7plastic, plasticbags, plasticbottles, recycle, styrofoam

Published in Plastic


Greener Gadgets You’ll Love

Amanda Wills, March 1st, 2010

The Greener Gadgets event in New York City was a stark contrast to its Las Vegas counterpart, the Consumer Electronics Show. The venue was vastly smaller, the visual appeal was significantly absent, and the huge techie crowd was lacking (but we’ll blame that on the snowstorm). But there was one compelling dissimilarity about Greener Gadgets, and it was perhaps the reason ... read more

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Tagged airquality, cellphone, composting, dirt, gas, leaves, packaging, reduce

Published in Electronics


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