New UN Climate Financing Group Is Another All-Boys Club
photo: Quinn Dombrowski via flickr.
We just passed two milemarkers which make this next one all the more poignant: First, two days ago was International Women’s Day and, second, we’ve just been told that in many places women are going to be hit harder than men by climate change. Now, via our friends over at <a href="http://www.grist.org/article/2010-03-08-why-are-women-being-left-out-of-climate-decision-making-…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Colorado Legislature Approves 30% by 2020 Renewable Energy Standard – Only California’s is Higher
Distributed generation for utilities is part of the mandate. Photo: Solar Dave via flickr.
Now this is getting somewhere… Climate Progress reports that the Colorado House of Representatives has passed an increase in the state’s <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/02/higher-national-renewable-…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Being a Cyclist in Iceland: Interview with Morten Lange, head of the Icelandic Cyclists’ Federation
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World Streets has a great interview with Morten Lange, the head of the Icelandic Cyclists’ Federation. Part of the interview is about Iceland-specific things, but most of it applies to cyclists everywhere. It’s a good read, check out some highlights below or read the whole thing here….Read the full story on TreeHugger
T. Boone Pickens Planning a New Wind Farm (500 MW), But Not in Texas Panhandle
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Official Announcement in 30 Days, Construction Begins this Year
After the unraveling of his plans for a huge wind farm in Texas, T. Boone Pickens could have just given up and decided to instead focus more of his energies in trying to convince the politicians in Washington that the U.S. should move to <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/07/pickens-pla…Read the full story on TreeHugger
10 Things You Can Do On A Kindle That’ll Make You Forget The iPad
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If you have a Kindle, and you’re enviously eyeing the iPad as an improvement upon the e-reader you’re holding in your hands, you have at least 10 reasons to feel content with what you have. Your Kindle may be more versatile than you think, and do the same things that you’re likely to do with your iPad anyway – all at a lower energy consumption and smaller footprint. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Uncontacted Amazon Tribes Get Internet Connection
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For the first time, indigenous Amazonian tribesmen, long isolated by their location deep within the rainforest, will have access to the internet and telephone. The system, which includes a VSAT satellite dish, was installed by the <a href="http://www.sipam…Read the full story on TreeHugger
5,000 Amazing New Undersea Species Discovered in Marine Census (Pics)
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The decade-long project of completing an exhaustive census of marine life is finally drawing to a close. And from the early reports, it’s been quite a success: the Census of Marine life has been reported to have uncovered no less than 5,000 new species,…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Newly Discovered Wasp Species Enslaves Spiders
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Spiders spend a lot of time <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/02/spider-webs-offer-biomimietic-inspiration-for-de…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Sanaa, Yemen to Become World’s First Capital City to Run Out of Water
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An Entire Capitol City Drying Up
A Yemeni water trader profiled in a recent Reuters investigation explains that even though his well is 1,300 ft deep, he’s hardly extracting any water at all. The same goes for wells that ar…Read the full story on TreeHugger
HP Opens World’s First 100% Air-Cooled Data Center
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Data centers are, thankfully, getting a lot of attention when it comes to making them more efficient. Considering that roughly 60% of the electricity used at a data center goes to keeping the servers cool, focusing on smart cooling tactics is essential. HP has taken this to heart and has opened the world’s first wind-cooled data center, and it’s the company’s most efficient data center to date. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
