if this doesn’t work, maybe they’ll get a grammy
the senators of louisiana passed a resolution proclaiming sunday, june 20 as a day of “divine intervention” to stop the oil spill in the gulf. about the resolution, stephen adley said “Thus far efforts made by mortals to try to solve the crisis have been to no avail…it is clearly time for a miracle for [...]
slush
iron eyes cody would be balling his eyes out right now if he were around to see that mess that is the gulf of mexico. more bad news came today that the 98 ton box with the dome on top that was lowered over one of the cracks gushing oil and polluting the gulf has [...]
maybe it uses the energy produced by a star
which is a LOT.
a secret federal investigation revealed that many products labeled with the energy star logo aren’t in fact energy efficient., “In a nine-month study, four fictitious companies invented by the accountability office also sought EnergyStar status for some conventional devices like dehumidifiers and heat pump models that existed only on [...]
greenlit
tonight’s 60 minutes finally blew some air on the fire surrounding bloom energy– a clean energy company that for years has been rumored to hold the key to our clean energy future. bloom energy’s fuel cell has caught the eye and captured the investment dollars (in the neighborhood of $400M) of silicon valley venture [...]
it’s in the bag
cvs is launching a green program that pays off big when compared with other programs. if you enroll in the program for $.99 you’ll get $1 on every fourth trip you don’t use one of their plastic bags. the program will roll out at all 7,000 of their stores (they’re almost as ubiquitous as starbucks [...]
no longer just a classic song by radiohead*
a forest of 100K artificial trees may flourish in the united kingdom according to this story**. the united kingdom’s institution of mechanical engineers think that the faux trees could be an answer to the global warming problem. the trees “operate a form of carbon sequestration that catches co2 from the air in a filter and [...]
earth hour 2009
what are you going to be doing tomorrow night at 8:30pm? hopefully, it’s not something that requires electricity. march 28th is the third annual earth hour where people all across the globe are asked to turn off their power for an hour starting at 8:30pm local time. the earth hour website goes so far as [...]
