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GoodGuide scanner makes healthy food shopping point and click 1
Posted 21 hours, 43 minutes ago By Todd Woody Thanks to a new barcode scanner app, grocery shoppers can aim their iPhones at 63,000 different food products for details on the health, environmental, and social "performance" of the products and their makers.
The U.S. Chamber needs to get its story straight 0
Posted 1 week, 3 days ago By Peter Altman The U.S. Chamber seems to be going to great lengths these days persuade Congress that it really wants to help pass climate legislation. But a very different message is coming through its blogs, tweets, and unscripted comments.
Up on the roof

Solar’s rapid evolution makes energy planners rethink the grid 44
Posted 1 week, 4 days ago By Todd Woody California's goal to generate a third of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020 has spawned a green energy boom. Connecting all those hinterland geothermal plants and solar and wind farms to the state's coastal metropolises means a massive new transmission system. But the fast-moving photovoltaic market may moot the need for some of those expensive and contentious transmission lines. Will energy planners have to rethink their long-term strategy?
You might need a drink after you read this

Winemakers face climate change with dread 4
Posted 1 week, 4 days ago By Agence France-Presse With the Copenhagen climate change summit looming, the world of wine convened on Spain's Rioja region for a conference in which global warming emerged as the industry's top concern.
Peru slum goes cutting edge as ‘fog catcher’ 4
Posted 2 weeks, 2 days ago By Agence France-Presse Many of Peru's grittiest slums can only dream of access to water. But thanks to a German NGO, simple technology, and hard work, some humble homes are the first to use plastic netting to harvest water from the fog cloaking the night sky.
Outdoor Industry CEOs Weigh in on Climate

The North Face, Aspen, and climate policy 0
Posted 2 weeks, 2 days ago By Auden Schendler When North Faces start melting, and Aspens start dying, it gets the attention of two CEOs from namesake companies. The CEOs of The North Face and Aspen Skiing Company weigh in on the urgency of climate policy action.
Listen and learn

How carbon markets work in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative 0
Posted 2 weeks, 2 days ago By Eric de Place With all the hand-wringing over the alleged risk of market manipulation in cap-and-trade, you'd almost forget that the United States already has a carbon cap-and-trade program up and running. But it does.
‘Subprime carbon’: Risk or hype? 1
Posted 2 weeks, 4 days ago By Eric de Place Friends of the Earth argues that carbon trading could bring down the economy, putting climate policy into the hands of Bernie Madoff-style Wall Street bankers. Of course, this isn’t true. It’s not even sort of true. It’s just an attempt to torpedo the Kerry-Boxer clean-energy bill by sowing confusion about an important and sensitive issue.
Take it with a grain of salt

SolarReserve’s 24/7 solar power plant 98
Posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago By Todd Woody A Santa Monica startup called SolarReserve has licensed the solar power tower technology, turning the Silicon Valley model on its head: Take a proven yet obscure technology developed years ago by an old-line tech company and marry it the entrepreneurial culture of a startup.
Media stunner

Newsweek partners with oil lobby to raise ad cash 0
Posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago By Joseph Romm Newsweek to host energy and climate events with lawmakers -- while publishing the uber-greenwashing story, “Big Oil Goes Green for Real.”