EcoVerb | Voted

A federal rebate program like Cash for Clunkers will start soon for Cash for appliances. The rebate program encourages consumers to purchase energy efficient appliances. Varies by each state
Dealing with global warming ranks at the bottom of the public’s list of priorities; just 28% consider this a top priority, the lowest measure for any issue tested in the survey.
UPS has rolled out 245 new compressed natural gas trucks in Colorado and California, boosting the company's green fleet to more than 1,900 vehicles worldwide.


A lack of oxygen and nutrients below the surface of beaches in Alaska's Prince William Sound is slowing the dissipation of oil remaining from the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill.


Unless you live in a yurt in Alaska, you've probably had local kids show up at your front door to sell you candy and cookies, wrapping paper, and candles as part of fund-raising efforts for their schools. But compact fluorescent light bulbs?
TerraPass will be starting their first forestry project in the McCloud Forest on Mt. Shasta. It will be managed with carbon and habitat in mind.
Entergy Nuclear announced late Thursday one of its monitoring wells on the banks of the Connecticut River had detected radioactive tritium contamination, the first time such contamination has shown up at the plant. Tests show tritium levels have risen sharply since it was first discovered six weeks ago.
Green once again is being pushed at CES, but this year's offerings leave much to be desired. Greener mobile devices would be a welcome development, considering the rate at which people are tossing out old phones to adopt the newest models.
Tomorrow morning, General Motors will take a significant step in furthering the country's EV industry. It will start operations at the nation's first battery pack plant run by a U.S. automaker. The plant in Brownstown Township, MI will assemble the battery packs for the Chevy Volt.
Australia-based EnviroMission recently announced plans to build two solar updraft towers that span hundreds of acres in La Paz County, Arizona. Solar updraft technology sounds promising enough: generate hot air with a giant greenhouse, channel the air into a chimney-like device, and let the warm wind turn a wind turbine to produce energy. The scale of the devices would be staggering — each plant


The Rainforest Site

Environment Blogs TopOfBlogs