Daily Archives: January 24, 2009

Photo via of Plasma Boy Racing

The White Zombie is a 1972 Datsun 1200 that’s been modified to be 100 percent electric. It’s boxy, it’s small, and aside from a couple slogans, it’s got a bland white paint job. It’s entirely street legal. And it’s one of the fastest cars in the world

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Image via:OilDrum

So says the US Minerals Management Service (MMS) regarding the Environmental Impact Statement recently published on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) drilling program proposed during the closing days of the Bush Administration. “The MMS is seeking comment on all aspects of the new program including energy development and economic and environmental issues in the OCS areas.”

Even those who voted for, you know, the guy that screamed “Drill Baby Drill,” can weigh in through this portal. Read on for details

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Images via Little People

Keep your eyes peeled if you happen to be wandering the streets of London. You might come across some little people. Some really little people. Doing things like hunting bumble bees, skateboarding inside orange peels, and riding on the backs of garden snails. So what are all these tiny people doing littered around the city, so small you could step on them without noticing? They’re helping raise city dwellers’ awareness of all things great and small, in a sense.

Photo via Zimbio

The prospect of a Green New Deal that would simultaneously stimulate our economy and promote alternative energy development is perhaps the only remotely exciting aspect of the recession. And we may soon have the opportunity to see how it might work on the city level: in LA, where the unemployment rate has risen from 8.9 to 9.9 percent in the last year, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is spearheading a plan to expand <a href

Green Stimulus Chair For Climate Deniers, Design By Dr. Oilystein
Image credit: Jaeys.com

A new year, a new Federal administration, and a new outlook on the green scene. In honor of hope, we huddled, putting our heads together to come up with 10 headlines we’d like to see hit the news wires in ‘09. Some reach for the stars; a few are silly (but culturally relevant). Go ahead and call us dreamers; we’ll be over here feasting on the optimism while it’s still in the air.

Photo via News Blaze

In Iraq, where rolling blackouts and severe electricity restrictions plague the nation, a reliable power supply can mean the difference between life and death. Without it, important medical centers can’t provide the necessary treatment to the wounded. So it was a stunning achievement for the American-Iraqi Multinational Force—and a great moment for solar power te

Antarctica is getting warmer rather than cooling as widely believed, according to a study of satellite and weather records for Antarctica published in Thursday’s edition of the journal Nature (subscription or payment required to read full text). Antarctica, which contains 90 percent of the world’s ice and

Program Director Emily Hopkins in a refurbished 1953 Spartan trailer – headquarters for arts non-profit Side Street Projects (Photo: Side Street Projects on Flickr)

Over a year ago, Pasadena’s arts education non-profit Side Street Projects was facing a critical crossroads. After 15 years of having to shift between borrowed office spaces, they finally went mobile, but without further funding, they could not afford to power their operations. As an organization completely on wheels, they could not qualify for gover

photo by Mica Photographs

Coca-Cola, the maker of VitaminWater, is being sued by the Center for Science in the Public Interest over alleged deceptive marketing practices. Those practices include using buzzwords like “definitely au naturel” and “triple antioxidants” on the product’s packaging. VitaminWater’s incredibly obnoxious and hard-to-navigate website even claims that these miracle beve

“The Pioneers,” by James Fenimore Cooper, Pub.1823. Image credit:Wikipedia.

By: Alan Fortescue (NOTE: The opinions expressed here are those of the author’s, and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Earthwatch.)

Flying to Switzerland on election night last November, I remember the cheers that erupted halfway across the Atlantic when the captain announced that Obama had won the presidency. People of all ages and nationalities clapped, whooped and hollered with joy. Everywhere pe