All Entries in the "Go Green News" Category
Energy Efficient Homes: Cheaper To Own, More Expenive To Buy. Why?
Krista and Micah Fuerst were looking near here to buy their first place together, and had narrowed it down to two houses: One built 25 years ago, the other brand new and built to strict energy efficiency standards. The couple’s choice was easy: They picked the Energy Star home, which the U.S. had certified because [...]
Going Green In Portland And Growing Vertical In A Bid For Energy Savings
Urban gardening used to seem subversive. People planted tomatoes in public parks, strung their hops to rooftops to make homebrew and reclaimed empty lots as community farms, never mind the property owner.
Yet here in one of the more thoroughly tilled cities in America, subversive has come full circle: the federal government plans to plant its [...]
Parasitic Wasps May Hold Pesticide, Genetic Secrets
They are almost too small to see, but parasitic wasps possess a powerful poison and unusual genetic makeup that could give them outsized scientific importance, according to US researchers.
A group of scientists who sequenced the genomes of three parasitic wasp species say their work has revealed that the tiny insects have features useful for both [...]
Audi Scores Some BIG Green Points
Audi showed up at this year’s North American International Auto Show with some impressive hardware. Not just the cars that they are showing, but also the award for the 2010 Green Car of the Year, which was awarded to the Audi A3 TDI at the LA Auto Show. And today, Audi unveiled their E-tron [...]
California Learns Importance Of Going Green
After three years of drought, Southern California is learning to go green by going brown.
Across the semi-arid region that is home to more than 20 million people, restrictions on water use in homes and businesses imposed this year have produced a 15% savings, regional water officials say.
Leading the way has been Los Angeles itself, where [...]
Go Green, Hoard Green, Steal Green
As the Copenhagen climate conference continues, what better time to revisit an old favorite here at Neuroworld: The Al Gore’s Giant Fraggin’ Mansion Effect. You may remember, from the study recounted in that post, the concept of “moral self-regulation.” Basically, the idea is that if we are in a state of mind where we think [...]
Going Greener By Going Bigger: Does It Work?
Buses are greener than cars, and apartment buildings are greener than houses. But is a 747 greener than a Cessna? Is an interstate greener than Route 66? Is a 55 inch flat screen greener than a 20 inch tube television? Is a cruise ship greener than a pontoon boat?
There’s been some focus on going green [...]
Going Green Now More Important Than Ever
Co-author of the best-selling book Green to Gold, Winston’s bringing some cool points to our attention just before the UN conference in Denmark essentially determines the fate of the planet (gulp).
I’m not going to lie: it’s a little confusing to get your head around. First, Winston discusses smaller companies’ decision to put green issues to [...]
Which is greener, a real or fake Christmas tree?
For many families, the centerpiece of Christmas celebrations is the luminous, awe-inspiring tree set up with care in the living room. But with all the options now available, how do you know which Christmas tree is the greenest choice for the environment?
Should you go for a real, fresh tree, as nearly 29 million households do, [...]
Oil Spill ‘MASSIVE’ Risk To Australian Animals
A massive oil and gas leak off Australia’s northwest coast was killing seabirds and threatening thousands of marine animals, conservationists warned Friday.
Oil company PTTEP Australasia is preparing to make a fourth attempt at plugging the leaking Montara wellhead, which has been spewing oil, gas and condensate into the Timor Sea since August 21.
The spill is [...]
