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DOE, Veco sign deal to distribute 2M energy-saving lamps in Metro ...

Source: Positive News Media

Moa :: Cuba | updated Tue Nov 24 13:58:01 -0800 2009 | green-news

The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Visayan Electric Co. (Veco) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the distribution of more than two million energy-saving compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) to Veco customers in Metro Cebu. DOE will provide...

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Icebergs heading for New Zealand

Source: United Press International

Dunedin :: New Zealand | updated Tue Nov 24 14:18:24 -0800 2009 | green-news

Icebergs drifting northward from Antarctica could become a tourist attraction as they near New Zealand. Graeme Gale, managing director of Helicopters Otago, said he might begin sightseeing flights during the coming weekend, the Otago Daily Times reported.

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Pesticides Are Everywhere! Now Your iPhone Can Help You Avoid Them

Posted by: BethBot

San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated Tue Nov 24 13:29:38 -0800 2009 | green-news

Pesticides. They are one of the most environmentally harmful aspects of industrialized agriculture, and they are the reason that so many people have started to add organic foods to their diet. Many people think that washing their conventional fruits and...

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Report: Indiana power plants 4th dirtiest in US

Source: Merced Sun-Star

Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | updated Tue Nov 24 13:25:09 -0800 2009 | green-news

Coal-hungry Indiana ranks fourth in the nation for carbon dioxide emissions from mostly aging power plants that contribute to global warming, an environmental group said Tuesday. The report released by Washington, D.C.-based Environment America ranked Indiana behind Texas, Ohio and...

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Ind. wine industry selects turkey-friendly Gewurztraminer hybrid as ...

Source: Star Tribune

Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | updated Tue Nov 24 13:59:58 -0800 2009 | green-news

Indiana has its first signature wine, just in time for Thanksgiving...Jeannette Merritt of the wine grape council says Traminette is produced by 23 of Indiana's 43 wineries. Five of those wineries won medals for their Traminettes at last year's Indy...

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Climate Couch Potatoes

Posted by: chrisg

Beijing :: China | updated Tue Nov 24 12:06:35 -0800 2009 | green-news

After a busy month or so at our regular jobs, and weekends working on media projects for non-profits, my wife and I were overdue for a little quality time. A movie, a bite to eat, and a beer or two....

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Salt power generator unveiled in Norway

Source: Chicago-Sun Times

Oslo :: Norway | updated Tue Nov 24 07:37:10 -0800 2009 | green-news

Norwegian energy company Statkraft on Tuesday unveiled what it called the world's first salt power generator, a system which harnesses the energy produced when fresh water and sea water mix. The prototype was built for testing and development purposes in...

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Quake strikes near Tonga

Source: Newstalk ZB

Nuku'alofa :: Tonga | updated Tue Nov 24 13:25:05 -0800 2009 | green-news

It came after an earthquake measuring eight on the Richter scale. In Samoa, 143 people were killed and 34 in American Samoa. Share this Article: Related Stories Quake near Pongaroa 22/11/2009 10:36:01 Earthquake recorded near Pongaroa in the Tararua district...

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GRAY: Montreal Protocol a climate change model

Source: The Washington Times

Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated Tue Nov 24 11:07:01 -0800 2009 | green-news

What international agreement produced 10 times the climate benefits of Kyoto and could produce several times more greenhouse-gas reductions than any post-2012 climate agreement?...Secretary-General Kofi Annan described as "perhaps the most successful international agreement to date."

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River death woman named

Source: The independent

Workington :: United Kingdom | updated Tue Nov 24 12:33:30 -0800 2009 | green-news

Her body was discovered this morning by a walker more than six miles downstream in Talybont-on-Usk. Fire brigades and mountain rescue teams, working on foot and in kayaks, were involved in the hunt for the missing woman. Dyfed-Powys Police are...

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