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  • Apple to use only green power for main data center

    Apple to use only green power for main data center
    (Reuters) - Apple Inc plans to power its main U.S. data center entirely with renewable energy by the end of this year, taking steps to address longstanding environmental concerns about the rapid expansion of high-consuming computer server farms.
  • Analysis: Germany's Merkel losing green battle to cheap coal

    Analysis: Germany's Merkel losing green battle to cheap coal
    LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - To reach its strict climate targets and fulfill Chancellor Angela Merkel's nuclear exit plans, Germany needs to avoid coal and build a stack of gas power plants to secure clean energy supplies beyond 2020.
  • China cries foul after U.S. sets tariffs on solar imports

    China cries foul after U.S. sets tariffs on solar imports
    (Reuters) - The United States imposed punitive tariffs on solar panel imports from China, the latest in a series of trade disputes between the world's two biggest economies and sparking accusations by Beijing of protectionism.
  • Denmark aims low with green energy policy

    Denmark aims low with green energy policy
    SAMSO, Denmark (Reuters) - Over a beer or two, Danes like to tell a story that goes like this: One night the energy ministers of the countries around the North Sea got together to divide up its oil and gas wealth. The Danish minister got very drunk, but the Norwegian managed to stay sober. As a result, Norway carved out a jagged shape that included Ekofisk, which has proved to be a major field, and Denmark was left with the dregs.
  • Oklahoma park accused of letting kids play with tigers

    Oklahoma park accused of letting kids play with tigers
    OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - The Humane Society of the United States is accusing an Oklahoma exotic animal park of allowing children to handle and pose for photographs with juvenile tigers in what they called "a petting zoo for carnivores."
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  • Supermarkets taking steps to rid shelves of Redlist fish

    Supermarkets taking steps to rid shelves of Redlist fish
    Greenpeace?s campaign to convince Canada?s supermarket chains to remove Redlist fish from their shelves is having results.
  • Greenpeace challenges closed-door meeting of Arctic ?petroleum club?

    Greenpeace challenges closed-door meeting of Arctic ?petroleum club?
    As five foreign ministers hole up in the Gatineau Hills today to divide the resources beneath the Arctic Ocean, Greenpeace calls on them to provide a much more transparent process for discussing the need for greater protection for the fragile Arctic region. Greenpeace activists are on the road leading to the meeting venue with a banner reading ?Arctic Future: Not Behind Closed Doors?.
  • Sobeys : Betraying Its Coastal Roots

    Sobeys : Betraying Its Coastal Roots
    Last year, Greenpeace ran ?There?s probably no cod? ads to sound the alarm bell that the consequences of overfishing are severe, often irreversible, and happening in Canadian waters.
  • Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

    Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
    Last year, Greenpeace ran ?There?s probably no cod? ads to sound the alarm bell that the consequences of overfishing are severe, often irreversible, and happening in Canadian waters.
  • Greenpeace cod funeral highlights Sobeys? failure to protect overfished species

    Greenpeace cod funeral highlights Sobeys? failure to protect overfished species
    Cod funeral
 
 
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  • Court Hears Oral Argument on Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

    Court Hears Oral Argument on Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
    Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. heard oral arguments on legal challenges to EPA?s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule.  As I wrote yesterday, the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule reduces emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from power plants in 28 eastern states. EPA issued the rule to implement the ?Good Neighbor? provision [...]
  • Cross-State Goes to Court: Oral Arguments Start Tomorrow in Lawsuits about Clean Air Rule

    Cross-State Goes to Court: Oral Arguments Start Tomorrow in Lawsuits about Clean Air Rule
    Another big day in court looms for EPA?s clean air protections. This time it?s the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule that?s under fire. Tomorrow, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear oral arguments in lawsuits over the rule ? a rule that provides vitally important clean air protections for families [...]
  • EPA's Historic Proposal to Limit Carbon Pollution from Power Plants

    EPA's Historic Proposal to Limit Carbon Pollution from Power Plants
    Today we are making history.  Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the first-ever nationwide emission standards to limit dangerous carbon pollution from new coal- and gas-burning power plants.  Today we take the first critically important step towards addressing the climate-destabilizing pollution emitted by power plants.  Today we take a vital step towards protecting Americans? health [...]
  • Day Two of Landmark Clean Air Cases: Courtroom Arguments Wrap Up

    Day Two of Landmark Clean Air Cases: Courtroom Arguments Wrap Up
    The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. heard its second and final day of oral arguments, today, in a landmark group of cases about EPA?s critical climate protections. Today?s arguments focused on EPA?s actions to require cost-effective greenhouse gas emission reductions from the largest sources, like power plants — while shielding smaller sources. I was at the [...]
  • Day One of Landmark Clean Air Cases: A Report from the Courtroom

    Day One of Landmark Clean Air Cases: A Report from the Courtroom
    Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. heard oral arguments in two of EPA?s critical climate protections: EPA?s finding that six greenhouse gases endanger the human health and welfare of current and future generations; and EPA?s greenhouse gas emission standards for cars and light trucks.  I had the chance to sit in the [...]
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  • A work of Arc: Bike rack-inspired prefab 'unpacks' for Sunset Celebration Weekend

    A work of Arc: Bike rack-inspired prefab 'unpacks' for Sunset Celebration Weekend
    The inhabitable cousin of Bellomo Architecture's innovative public bike storage system, House Arc is an easy-to-assemble prefab shelter with a bent recycled steel tube frame that can be shipped in a single box.
  • Behold, your Finnish micro-cabin fantasies come true

    Behold, your Finnish micro-cabin fantasies come true
    Built from recycled materials for around $10,000, Nido is a lakeside cabin in Finland deliberately ?and smartly ? designed with a teeny-tiny footprint as to avoid building permits and bureaucratic red tape.
  • Facebook IPO shares set at $38

    Facebook IPO shares set at $38
    The financial world is in a twitter about the Facebook IPO.
  • Recycled packaging gets the outdoor ottoman treatment

    Recycled packaging gets the outdoor ottoman treatment
    Germany's Dedon teams up with Stephen Burks to release the prettiest collection of patio furniture made from recycled food packaging that you ever did see. (Seen prettier? Then I don't know what to tell you.)
  • Happy Endangered Species Day

    Happy Endangered Species Day
    In honor of Earth's less fortunate flora and fauna, this collection of awe-inspiring photos illustrates endangered wildlife from all over the planet.