Hybridcore Homes May Be the Best of Both Worlds Between Prefab and Site Built
TreeHugger has waxed ecstatic over the benefits of prefabricated housing as a way of delivering better quality with less waste and energy, and we hoped at a lower price, yet somehow the industry never delivered what it promised. There were a couple of problems that were never resolved:…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Senate Climate Bill Will Price Carbon But No Cap-and-Trade, Has ‘Huge Assistance’ for Coal Industry: John Kerry (Video)
By this point you’ve probably heard that a new Senate climate bill will be revealed at the start of ne…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Dell Ships Netbooks in Bamboo Packaging
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Competition to be and look green in the personal computing industry is reaching a fever pitch. Debates rage over which companies are raising the bar and which are baiting and switching. Packaging, to be sure, is a big piece of the puzzle. This week, Dell announced that it will ship two of its hot netbooks in packaging made from processed bamboo, raising some tough questions….Read the full story on TreeHugger
Beautiful Bamboo Keyboards Warm Up Your Typing Experience
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A few more bamboo bits and pieces for your computer have hit our radar. Add them to the list of lovely wooden PC components we like. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
What Will It Take to Get EVs on the Road (Really)
Solving the chicken or egg dilemma for electric vehicles. Image credit:Photobucket,Goodstuff1852
Electric cars have the potential to improve our energy system, resuscitate the automobile industry, and dramatically reduce America’s oil use.
At least, that’s the goal.
President Obama has called for one million plug-in vehicles on the road by 2015. One million! Sounds huge, right? Well, not exactly. That’s less than one-half of one percent of the entire U.S. fleet–a prett…Read the full story on TreeHugger
75 Chipotle Restaurants Get Solar Panels – Chain Becomes Largest Solar Power Producer in Industry
Here’s one more reason to feel good about heading out to Chipotle for a burrito: The Denver-based Mexican restaurant chain has just announced that is making a big solar power push, partnering with Standard Renewable Energy to install solar panels at approximately 75 of its restaurants over the next year:…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Levi Strauss & Co Adds “Donate to Goodwill” to Clothing Care Tags
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Approximately 23.8 billion pounds of clothing and textiles end up in landfill each year. In order to make a dent in that waste pile, Levi Strauss & Co is partnering with Goodwill to create special care tags that not only tell consumers how to wash the garments, but also where to take them when they’re done with them. It’s a fashion industry first. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Sierra Club Calls Out JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon
Environmentalists like to blast “Big Coal” or “Big Oil” but they too rarely call out polluters by name. Sierra Club bucked the trend today with a new video that fingers JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon as a man who promised to “walk the talk” on energy and the environmental, but who actually heads a bank that bankrolls the dirtiest industry in the world–coal….Read the full story on TreeHugger