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Seaweed farmsOne seaweed farm may produce enough biofuel to supply 30% of Japan's fuel consumption. More on Seaweed farms.
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Heat PumpsAn incredibly efficient and technically elegant solution to heating and cooling. More on Heat Pumps.
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Arctic Ice Photos Arctic ice and
glacier photos were released last week by the Obama Administration.
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Cities across the globe have started installing charging stations
for electric cars as these stations will be a necessity on
American roads. However, one university, Western Michigan
University, found out that not all environmentalists are
enthusiastic about this, as the university cleared trees for the
stations. More...
All around the world, efforts are accelerating in the race to stop
global warming. Here are some recently announced plans. Read
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"It’s encouraging to see that in a dire economic situation, one of the few places we’re seeing job creation is in the clean-tech industry."
Ron Pernick, Clean Edge
by Deb Powers
Green Inc. at the NYTimes is nearly always a good read, and this morning is no exception. The thought-provoking question posed: are green jobs good jobs? Jennifer Kho points out, for instance, that a report from a U.S. Senate subcommittee found that many green labor jobs pay as little as $8.25 to $11 an hour. Green engineering jobs pay more, and I suspect we'll see wages in the green industry sector rise as competition for skilled green workers increases.
Read more: Are green jobs good jobs?
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