New EPA MPG Stickers - May Be Simple as A, B, C
EPA Fuel Economy stickers are on all new cars and light trucks and ahve been for decades. They list the city and highway mpg as well expected annual feul costs and some information about emissions.
The EPA is now looking to modify (again) the labels ... to allow meaningful comparisons between newer type vehicles ... such as hybrids where MPG does not really apply. They might group cars by letters like A, B, and C.
" .. provide ... simple, straightforward energy and environmental comparisons across all vehicles types, including electric vehicles (EV), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV), and conventional gasoline/diesel vehicles. ... information, such as ratings on fuel economy, greenhouse gas emissions, and other air pollutants ..."
Check out the labels and GIVE YOUR comments ... View / Comment on Proposed LABELS.Via: EPA LINK
-#7 as well! This means #3 - Vinyl, #4 - LDPE, #5 - PP, #6 - PS and #7 - other / mixed. 
ing our dependency on oil. In addition to fibers and fabrics, Sorona® can be used in films, filaments, engineering resins and other applications." 
EcoMotors International has developed the OPOC engine - opposed-piston opposed-cylinder engine. This engine can run on a number of fuels and is lighter in weight and produces more power than a conventional engine.
" ... ground-breaking internal combustion engine ... eliminates the cylinder-head and valve-train components ... lighter, more efficient and economical, with lower exhaust emissions compared with conventional designs...."
Viva Terra's Mad Mats®are made from recycled plastics. 
For an additional $1 in shipping fees you can offset the carbon impact from shipping. Details on the Viva Terra web site under shipping.
San Diego is currently in a Level 2 - Drought Alert Condition. San Diego imports over 80% of its water so when water supplies get tight water conservation and reuse is critical. Two new plants provide for 45 million gallons / day of water from waste ... 
, manufacturing and other non-drinking, or non-potable purposes. ... Recycled water gives San Diego a dependable, year-round, locally controlled water resource."
GREENandSAVE has a Website and Blog with lots of good "green" information. In addition to tips to increase your "individual green-ness" there are links to many green items in the news including green job training.
My brother and his girlfriend sent photo's of her new Ford Fusion Hybrid. They and the car live in the Research Triangle Park area in NC ... 
Mayor Michael Nutter has been promoting Philadelphia's green activities and now the city is being recognized by others as well.
Springside School - Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia - continues it's green activities by snagging 5th place - in the US - in the Earth Day Challenge. 
Ecotech Institute offers a "green education" ... the first of its kind in the U.S. Ecotech is based in Aurora Colorado.
Brooklyn may not be the first place you thing of when ROOFTOP gardens come to mind ... BUT Roof Top Farms grows pumpkins, peas and other produce - organically.
With Google Earth you can "Tour 3D models of Green Buildings around the United States. ... includes campus buildings, parks, offices, homes, and schools that were designed and constructed using environmentally sensitive design techniques ... start the tour, double-click the "Start tour here" link in the Places panel and make sure the "3D Buildings" layer is checked. The models are also located in the Google 3D Warehouse at 
lly you should use a reusable cup rather than a disposable cup. I try to .... how about you?
A recent report from the Washington Times shows that a significant amount of printing by US Govt employees is never needed ... it is thrown out or recycled. Wow - 1/3 of all printed paper is wasted !!
Folks in Sonoma, California are working to design and refine a Passive House ... but what exactly is a passive home?
Whether you are a landlord, run a bar or hotel there are things YOU can do to celebrate Earth Hour. 
Which is less carbon intensive: electic heat or wood stovfe heat? 
Terracycle reuses / recycles sall sorts of stuff such as juice boxes and turns them into bags and totes.
Small changes can save energy and can really add up. Some changes are not hard to do at all ... just put your mind to it.
Chicago's ConEd is conducting an experiment to determine how consumers manage their energy use when they have metrics on use, cost and use patterns. Home will be outfitted with solar panels and some homes will be allowed to sell back to the grid and others will not.
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David de Rothschild has built a boat from recycled plastic bottles and plans to sail it from San Francisco in the US to Sydney, Australia. 
se Wave radios and noticed an interesting section about recycling batteries ... they have 3 easy ways for you to recycle the rechargeable batteries in their Wave radios ... 
I am always on the lookout for something GREEN to write about ... the advertising on some Chinet products caught my eye.
s important to us, and to our extended family, which includes you. So, start to finish, we pursue sustainable practices, from using recycled materials to produce our disposable tableware products to reducing the amount of energy we use and waste we create to make them. "
Cagoule, a small company from Portland, Oregon, sells a line of gloves, hats, blankets and scarves made from post consumer recycled plastic beverage bottles.
and see some of the technology he is using as well as ways to cut your carbon footprint.
The USPS has made great efforts to be green and help others be green. Through an arrangement with several electronics companies select USPS locations are offering prepaid mailers that can be used to recycle small electronics.
The University of Illinois has developed the Carbon Capture Report™ that brings together all web information Carbon related. If you are looking for something carbon related this would be a good place to search!
Samsung is well know for developing greener cell phones -- including the Reclaim ...
Along with Net ZERO energy houses folks are now talking about Net ZERO Water homes. The idea is to be self sufficient - self sustaining and off the "water grid".
at any standard socket in India, requiring no new infrastructure. That’s what’s limited sales of other alternative-energy cars in India so far...."
There is a new "movement" underway in the recycling space - call it extreme recycling ... "... a new movement afoot that is raising the bar on what’s good enough. ... story from the New York Times [Oct. 19, 20009 - Nudging Recycling From Less Waste to None] explains what’s being called the “zero waste” movement ... not only to dispose responsibly of the waste that commercial enterprises create BUT ALSO to drastically reduce the amount of waste... create less garbage, period."
San Francisco International (SFO) is committed to being green. They have efforts underway to reduce their environmental impact by reducing noise, reducing global warming and preserving natural resources like air and water.
ow offers the Climate Passport program; a way to help travelers reduce their travel carbon footprint by purchasing offsets. 
White roofs are the "hot" thing in roofing ... allowing for a lowed burden on a/c systems.
Oberlin College's Living Machine® is a waste water treatment system that teaches students how nature purified water for years ... but is unlike most modern systems.
The Dow Chemical company is active in the green energy space with several innovative products. They recently announced their entry into the solar cell market with the " ... POWERHOUSE™ Solar Shingle, ... panels in the form of solar shingles that can be integrated into rooftops with standard asphalt shingle materials. ... expected to be available in limited quantities by mid-2010 and ... more widely available in 2011, ..."
CDs are a great way to store lots of data in a small place ... and take up much less space when tossed in the trash then VHS cartridge. Now you can easily recycle CDs and DVDs along with lots of other media at GreenDisk.
bio-plastic materials, which are 100% biodegradable. ... comes with an Energy Star-approved charger. ... packaging is made with recycled materials. ... Bio-Plastic materials make up 40% of the phone’s casing. "
of people ... committed to addressing climate change."
(0 – 62.14 mph) in 4.8 seconds, ... The lithium-ion battery provides a truly useable energy content of 42.4 kilowatt hours to enable a range of approximately 248 kilometers, or 154 miles.
itment to turn their campuses green. ... this movement can be carried forward to graduation. "
It is amazing that there are so many energy using devices in our homes. What many fail to realize is that some devices, like TVs, and PCs may still be drawing power when "turned off".