Jul 11
Can You Run a Car on Tim Hortons Coffee?
Credit: TorontoCityLife
So coffee helps wake people up in the morning. And java from the Tim Hortons chain isn’t too bad. But can Canadian coffee make your car go? Not exactly. Professors at the University of Manitoba are turning discarded T Ho’s coffee cups into biofuel…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Jul 11
Obama Administration Opens Up 1.8 million Acres Of Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve
photo via flickr
Fridays in Washington D.C. are often days in which bad news is dumped. The idea is that the news will get lost over the weekend while Americans are recharging for the week ahead. So maybe that’s why the Interior Department announced Friday that they will offer oil and gas leases on 1.8 million acres of Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve, a ecologically sensitive area important for bird migration. …
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Jul 11
Firms urged to tackle customer indifference to green gadgets
Jessica Shankleman, BusinessGreen, Sunday 11 July 2010 at 00:15:00
WRAP study shows consumers are largely unaware of new products’ eco features
Manufacturers of green electrical goods will today be urged to boost efforts to communicate the environmental benefits of their products, after a new study suggested many customers do not fully…
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Jul 11
Firms urged to tackle customer indifference to green gadgets
Jessica Shankleman, BusinessGreen, Sunday 11 July 2010 at 00:15:00
WRAP study shows consumers are largely unaware of new products’ eco features
Manufacturers of green electrical goods will today be urged to boost efforts to communicate the environmental benefits of their products, after a new study suggested many customers do not fully…
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Jul 11
Bury Cardboard Boxes to Grow Trees
“This is what can happen when you order 8 plates, 4 large, 4 small.” Photos by Rev Dan Cat
Recycling that does double duty. Ship a package and the recipient could plant 100 native trees from seeds embedded in The Life Box for a little woods of Hemlock, Sycamores and Birch trees. Created by mycologist Paul Stamets (one of Treehugger’s Top 5 TEDsters), the boxes are infused with seeds and spores. Instead of breaking… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Jul 11
Unwelcome mats rolled out to kill Tahoe clams
Scuba-diving scientists are unrolling long rubber mats across the bottom of Lake Tahoe coves in an attempt to quell a clam invasion that could cloud the cobalt waters.
Lake Tahoe – Scuba diving – United States – California – Travel and Tourism
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