Daily Archives: January 17, 2009

This is NOT Obama’s Chrysler 300C
credit: WilVision Photography

First it was a half eaten waffle and now this

what’s next, a non-florescent light bulb found in the White House dumpster, or perhaps a previously chewed piece on non-dentist recommended bubble gum showing up on eBay’s doorstep.

Barack Obama must have thought he’d seen the last of his old Chrysler 300C. But just like a bad penny, it has turned up again on eBay. But we’re getting a little ahead of ourselves. Let’s start from the beginning, as the story is so much better that way

Photo via Sustainable Design Update

Veritable Vegetable, a San Francisco-based company that has distributed organic produce since 1974, has just gotten an upgrade that will promote its sustainable agenda even further: it’s had a 560-panel, 106 kilowatt solar electric system installed on top of its main warehouse in the city. And it’s poised to help make one of the first green voices in the American business community ev

Photo via edmunds

In the grand tradition of corporations making tiny green steps in the right direction, Coca Cola has announced it will be deploying 185 hybrid electric delivery trucks in 2009. While it’s certainly a far more substantial move than Coke’s mostly-lame unveiling of compostable cups at the University of Washington, it still has “

F-22 Raptors over Utah in their first official deployment, October 2005, simulating a dogfight.
Image credit:Wikipedia, Dogfight

With US climate policy deliberations about to become serious, energy intensive businesses and their lobbyists seem to be positioning around a strategy that includes playing the “middle class cost burden” card.

Wall Street Journal, via Dow Jones Newswire, hints at how energy-intensive businesses might aim to protect the status quo (see especially our bolded text), in the story <a href=”http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO

“Chatangora” – that’s what Simpsonville, South Carolina-based business Catty Shack Creations is calling “cat hair yarn” – used to create affordable, one-of-a-kind handbags from Persian and Angora cat hair. Professional groomer Danelle Ger

Image via Uncommon Goods

So you were the first one of your friends to get an Obama button, and you wore it proudly. But then your friend put up a yard sign. Naturally, you bought yourself a t-shirt, not to be outdone. Then your friend got an Obama tote bag and matching Obama scarf. So you bought an Obama hoodie and some Obama shirt-wrap that was later revealed to actually be a woman’s ga

Alarmed gray wolf pup. Photo via First People

The Bush Administration must have something against gray wolves. On a personal level. That might come off as a partisan, bleeding heart lefty sort of thing to say—the big bad government hates wolves!—but this time, it’s not. It simply may be the only explanation. Either that or Cheney just wants more stuff to shoot in the face. Seriously though—this is the fourth time they’ve tried

Photo: EMD International A/G via RenewableEnergyWorld.com

Though the dispute between Russia and Ukraine, in which the former cut off the latter’s gas supply, left Turkey relatively unaffected, the stories of people freezing in neighboring Bulgaria should not go unheeded. Turkey, dependent on Russia for 65 percent of its natural gas–a major source of powe

The long-awaited impact assessment by the US Department of Interior, Minerals Management Service has finally been published. If all goes well, a Record of Decision (ROD) could come as early as the end of February. On the basis of impacts described, prospects do seem favorable.

photo: Shiraleah

TreeHugger has seen railroad ties used before in a sleek set of dining room chairs. Now Shiraleah has introduced the same innovative green thinking in the form of some savvy earthy interior accessories.