A New Push For Cellphone Recycling When consumers upgrade to the latest model of cellphone, they rarely recycle their old handsets. If they did, we could reduce hazardous waste in landfills and save enough manufacturing energy to power more than … Continued
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Having driven the equivalent of six smoke-belching laps of the planet, Tony Metzler figured his aging Chevrolet Blazer SUV would not make a good trade for a new car. Until now that is. With a $1 billion … Continued
Consumers know less about the water they pay dearly for in bottles than what they can drink almost for free from the tap because the two are regulated differently, congressional investigators and nonprofit researchers say in new reports. Both the … Continued
BOSTON (Reuters) – Oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens’s step back from his plan to build the world’s largest wind farm in Texas shows how a brutal recession could change the way the United States invests in renewable energy. The economy … Continued
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The 2010 Toyota Prius has a bigger engine, better fuel economy and solar-powered cabin cooling. What it doesn’t have is the innovative “fuel bladder” that has served as the Prius’ gas tank since the Japanese-built hybrid landed on these shores … Continued
Conserv-A-Store says thank goodnessYard maintenance and beautification is a part of each homeowners right of real property ownership but just because a person does not have a totally grass filled front space does not make it any less palatable to … Continued
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Solar panel makers from California to China are gearing up to capture a slice of the growing U.S. market for utility-scale solar power plants, but just a handful of players are expected to snap up most … Continued
America is not perfect but it’s a pretty great place as most places go. Thanks to those in the 1770’s that had the guts to try something different. Generally it seems to have worked quite well. We want and need … Continued
Wow–you gotta admire the Californian’s independent streak. In the midst of approaching bankruptcy as a state here is the largest city in the USA looking years ahead in an effort to improve their lives. Coal is quite plentiful in the … Continued
