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While I’m convinced that our current financial crisis is the product of both The Market and Mother Nature hitting the wall at once — telling us we need to grow in more sustainable ways — some might ask this: We … Continued

Reuters online Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:30am EDT By Laura MacInnis GENEVA (Reuters) – Airlines will reduce their carbon emissions by nearly 8 percent this year as they slash the number of flights they operate in line with a drop … Continued

Among the handful of people who might actually enjoy seeing gasoline return to $4 a gallon, let’s include marketing managers for the 2010 Honda Insight and 2010 Toyota Prius, a pair of all-new hybrids set to do battle this spring. … Continued

Scarcity Forces Electricity Companies to Rethink Power-Plant Plans, Providing an Opening for Renewable Sources Last month, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, a utility that provides power to mostly rural areas, agreed to conduct a major study to see if it … Continued

Smart move Mar 19th 2009 | CHICAGOFrom The Economist print edition The push for a more intelligent grid THE Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) has always exemplified efficient design. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, a master modernist, filled its Chicago … Continued

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama intends to nominate Cathy Zoi to be the Energy Department’s assistant secretary for energy efficiency and renewable energy, the White House said on Friday. Zoi has a long career in promoting renewable energy and … Continued

JR Raphael – PC World The World Wildlife Fund wants you to power down your electronic life for one full hour this weekend: no lights, no TVs, no computers — basically, nothing that actively uses electricity. Think you’re up for … Continued

Global warming is more than a third to blame for a major drop in rainfall that includes a decade-long drought in Australia and a lengthy dry spell in the United States, a scientist said on Wednesday. Peter Baines of Melbourne … Continued

Many green investors lost more than most in the stock market collapse, yet they are hanging on, knowing there’s a bright light at the end of the tunnel. The Powershares WilderHill Clean Energy ETF (PBW), the largest ETF in our … Continued

To mark Earth Day, The Globe and Mail asked people either working in or connected to environmental issues to answer this question: What one thing or factor gives you reason to be positive about the future of Earth’s environment? “We … Continued