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    The Thin Green Line

    It was a big week for environmentalists, particularly in California: The state got its EPA waiver; the same agency offered to look into the effects pesticides in use in the Bay Area have on endangered species; and Bush-era deregulation of national forests was nixed . But, wait! There's more!...[...]
    Posted: July 03, 2009, 11:46am EDT
  • Good So Far

    sphere

    Water quality in Long Island Sound as measured by dissolved oxygen concentrations is surprisingly good. The Connecticut DEP's first water quality survey of the season, on June 23, showed that dissolved oxygen was above 5 milligrams per liter everywhere, which is unusual, although not unprecedented. Here's what the report said:[...]
    Posted: July 03, 2009, 11:10am EDT
    by Tom Andersen + Gina Federico
  • LED Lighting, Smart Grid Tech Takes Root in California

    Triple Pundit

    With some $4.5 billion in Federal grants spurring project development and investment, LED streetlights and smart grid technology are being combined and systems rolled out in a growing number of California cities. Creator of the LonWorks open platform standard for smart grid and building/facilities energy management systems and products, San [...]
    Posted: July 03, 2009, 9:30am EDT
  • FEDERAL ENERGY TAX CREDITS AGAIN

    Green Tallahassee

    Federal income tax credits for specific home improvements are available now through 2010 as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), which extended energy efficiency tax credits available in 2006 and 2007 but not 2008.

    U.S. homeowners can make energy efficiency home improvements that qualify [...]
    Posted: July 03, 2009, 8:14am EDT
  • Organic Twinkies?

    James Bruggers


    Do you buy certified organic food and pay a premium for it? I do. Not all the time, but often. I do as much because I have believed that the organic label means the Earth has been treated better during food production for that product [...]
    Posted: July 03, 2009, 8:00am EDT
  • I'm an idiot

    Environmental Economics

    Find out just how BIG an idiot I really am:

    The U.S. House of Representatives voted on June 26, 2009 to pass the American Clean Energy and Security Act, commonly known as the Waxman-Markey Bill. While, as of this posting, it has yet to pass the Senate, the bill promises an [...]

    Posted: July 03, 2009, 7:25am EDT
    by John Whitehead
  • Incentives and Mosquitos

    Globalisation and the Environment

    I have always wondered whether anti-virus software detection companies employ hundreds of people to write virus' so that customers then have to buy and renew ant-virus software. If not, why not (apart from the moral issue).

    News from Sri Lanka at least shows such perverse incentives exist this time' [...]
    Posted: July 03, 2009, 3:04am EDT

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