Surfboards are 100% toxic, but not for long

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:59:55 +0000

Long haired, free spirited, health-conscious, nature-loving fan boys is what comes to mind when you hear the word “surfing”, isn’t it? Well guess what, “The dirtiest thing about surfing is under our feet — a conventional surfboard is 100 percent toxic,” said Frank Scura, a surfer and executive director of green retailing organization, the Action Sports Environmental Coalition, to the New York Tim

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Adrian Grenier Does Your Holiday Shopping, Al Gore Helps 30 Rock Go Green, and More (Video)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:24:42 +0000

Photo via TreeHugger Already thinking about your holiday shopping? Our gift guide is the perfect place to start, but if you're the kind of shopper who likes visiting a store rather than waiting for the UPS truck, check out Wired's fifth annual pop-up store in New York City--where a careful ...

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New York Finds Good Use for Tourists: Generating Electricity

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:03:08 +0000

Ah, Times Square: For native New Yorkers, it's simply a crowded place to be avoided at all costs, but marketers know it as a premium locale for launching a splashy campaign. Yesterday Duracell unveiled its Smart Power Lab there for the second year running. At the Lab, tourists can burn off ...

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Serving The Quantitative Finance Community | Home

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:36:00 +0000

Fischer Black's two books are being republished, Business Cycles and Equilibrium by Wiley this month and Exploring General Equilibrium by MIT Press in January. If you only know Fischer through Black-Scholes, the Black CAPM Black-Derman-Toy, Black-Litterman and Black Karasinsky, you missed his ...

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California Approves Energy Efficiency Rules for TVs

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:00:05 +0000

California regulators have passed the nation's first television energy efficiency standards that, by 2013, will cut electricity consumption by almost half, the New York Times reports. Manufacturers must produce new models that use 33 percent less electricity by 2011 and 49 percent less by ...

EcoTech Daily found this 3 days ago on goodcleantech.com

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Brooklyn Bowl: World’s First Green Bowling Alley

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:38:18 +0000

brooklyn bowl bowling lanes Picture a bowling alley, and you likely come up with images of tacky shoes, greasy food, and lots and lots of beer bottles. Energy efficiency, reuse and recycling, and local food probably don’t come to mind at all — we’re talking about The Big Lebowski , not Garbage ...

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Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:44:41 +0000

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Iron Chef America Visits Obama Family Garden For Special Episode

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 20:00:00 +0000

Iron Che f is playing in Michelle Obama’s garden and we think it’s just swell! The popular Food Network program has taped a special episode using produce from the White House garden to help promote local and organic food. The episode will also feature Mrs. Obama discussing her ...

Green Daily found this 13 days ago on ecorazzi.com

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Zoning the Sustainable City

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:00:11 +0000

About a week before Election Day, with little fanfare, the Bloomberg Administration announced its one hundredth zoning change since the mayor came into office in 2002. In New York City, zoning is one of the most important regulatory tools available to government in its efforts to enhance ...

Ramsay Home found this 10 days ago on observer.com

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On Trying Guantanamo Bay Detainees

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:40:24 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2009 Senator Russ Feingold “I’m pleased that after more than eight years, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks will finally be brought to justice. I commend the Obama administration for deciding to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in New York, which shows ...

Rover found this 9 days ago on commondreams.org

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Can the World Reach an Agreement on Climate Change?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:21:39 +0000

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Big Wardrobe Shopping in UK

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:08:59 +0000

Emma, who helps run the Internet’s numero uno fashion recycling website, contacted me to ask if I could imagine opening my wardrobe and choosing from over 10 million outfits? Of course I replied with enthusiasm and she said “welcome to the future of Bigwardrobe.com .” Emma explains that ...

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Why Solar Rebates Are Becoming Extinct

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:25:05 +0000

180px-Depuradora_de_Lluc Solar rebate programs are winding down. Austin Energy cut solar rebates for homeowners by a third. Xcel Energy will cut its rebate program by about 50 percent. The Long Island Power Authority made an immediate cut in its rebate program, and one scheduled for January. New ...

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Azure Dynamics gets FedEx order for 51 hybrid vans

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 23:56:00 +0000

Things are looking up for Azure Dynamics these days. After inking a deal to help Ford with the development and production of the Transit Connect BEV next year, the company has a new order for its hybrid delivery vans. FedEx has signed up to take on another 51 of the vans based on Ford's E450 ...

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Is New York’s Marcellus Shale Too Hot to Handle?

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:33:28 +0000

Is New York’s Marcellus Shale Too Hot to Handle?

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More companies want employees to stay in 'green' hotels

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 07:00:27 +0000

The results are twofold: Companies can tout environmentally conscious business practices, and hotel owners are spurred to adopt energy-saving standards to attract guests. "Corporations want to be able to say, 'This is what we're doing.' They can put it in their annual reports," says Linda ...

Ramsay Home found this 14 days ago on usatoday.com

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Economists Concur on Threat of Warming

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 07:14:10 +0000

More than 140 top economists agreed that global warming threatens the United States economy, and that a cap-and-trade system is needed.

Environmental Leader found this 14 days ago on greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com

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Surfboards are 100% toxic, but not for long

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New York Finds Good Use for Tourists: Generating Electricity

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California Approves Energy Efficiency Rules for TVs

Brooklyn Bowl: World’s First Green Bowling Alley

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Iron Chef America Visits Obama Family Garden For Special Episode

Zoning the Sustainable City

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Can the World Reach an Agreement on Climate Change?

Big Wardrobe Shopping in UK

Why Solar Rebates Are Becoming Extinct

Azure Dynamics gets FedEx order for 51 hybrid vans

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More companies want employees to stay in 'green' hotels

Economists Concur on Threat of Warming