Green news and more V3.13

Bringing you your weekly positive Green related articles. Happy Easter to all who celebrate!


Honda unveils Japan's first hydrogen station powered by the sun

Furukawa Battery plans for fuel cells powered by salt water

Kyocera unveils solar power unit with Li-Ion battery system for storage

What's Next: Eco friendly fibers for the eco conscious fashion world

Meet the RE:VOLT, Chevy's Next-Generation Green Vehicle | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Capitol Building To Generate Clean Energy Via Hot Air Turbines In House Chamber | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

U.S. News - End of coal power plants? EPA proposes new rules

Boost Nutrition With These Food Pairings - Natural Health - MOTHER EARTH NEWS

Organic Baby Foods Could End Child Obesity, Diabetes and Junk Food Cravings : TreeHugger

'80s TV Icons Paint Picture of Coal's Dirty Deeds : TreeHugger

Planning A Single-Issue Vote For This Fall May Be The Best Thing You Can Do For Earth Day : TreeHugger

iZen's Bamboo Keyboard for iPad Takes the Plastic Out of Electronics : TreeHugger

 

Part 2

Steampunk Video Chair is made from everything recycled

Zero Rally 2012: Emission free cars race on exclusive green corridor

Geothermal energy could generate 3 million megawatts power in US alone

Scientists use CO2 and electricity to produce alternative fuel

NYC Will Replace Taxis With New Driverless Google Cabs | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

SAVortex Brings Digital Brushless Technology to the Washroom | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

LED Handlebars Illuminate Bike Safety : Discovery News

US Sets New Carbon Standard for Power Plants : Discovery News

Indian Man Single-Handedly Plants a 1,360 Acre Forest : TreeHugger

Cleveland Indians Score Another Green Hit With Innovative Helix Turbine, A Baseball First : TreeHugger

Scotland Now Gets 1/3 of Its Power from Renewable Sources : TreeHugger

Living Planter Chandelier Combines Lighting with Cacti : TreeHugger

 

Part 3

Nokero N220 Solar Bulb: Illuminating the dark corners of the globe with green energy

Cooking up Energy: Waste gases from fried chicken offer clean power

The world

'Muckbusters' help in converting food waste to usable, clean electricity

ICC Unveils 2012 International Green Construction Code | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Solar Impulse Sun-Powered Plane Will Attempt to Fly from Switzerland to Morocco | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Solar Panels Go 3D : Discovery News

Nuclear Plants Could Fuel Hydrogen Future : Discovery News

General Motors to Stop Funding Climate Change-Denying Think Tank Heartland Institute : TreeHugger

Organic Family Farmers Appeal District Court's Dismissal of Monsanto Lawsuit : TreeHugger

Home Lighting Concept Powered by Plumbing : TreeHugger

Beautiful Interactive Animated Wind Map of the U.S. : TreeHugger

 

Part 4

50 megawatt tranche, soon to start for Baja solar power plant

E+ Green Home as a solution to South Korea's polluting structures

New wastewater treatment system could generate electricity too

Scientists aim to create insect cyborgs that can power themselves perpetually

Obama to Expedite Approval for Great Lakes Wind Farms | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Ford to Use "Build-to-Order" Sales Model for the 2012 Focus Electric | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Microbe helps convert solar power to liquid fuel | Cutting Edge - CNET News

Fantastic gadgets that make fitness fun | Mobile - CNET News

42 Flowers You Can Eat : TreeHugger

Canada Kills The Penny : TreeHugger

Be a Good Little Bunny and Watch Out for Excessive Easter Egg Packaging : TreeHugger

Young Americans Do Care About the Environment : TreeHugger

 

Part 5

IKEA unveils solar energy system for its Portland store

Abu Dhabi's $600m solar power plant to generate 100MW of electricity

Vo Trong Nghia demonstrates versatility of eco friendly bamboo

California beet farmers to construct a massive bio refinery for producing ethanol

Illuminating Eco-Lamps Made From Quirky Recycled Trash by Luis Teixeira | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

EPA Introduces Carbon Limits on New Power Plants | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Altaeros balloon boosts wind turbine power | Cutting Edge - CNET News

Lightweight wing harvests offshore wind | Cutting Edge - CNET News

Farming the Wind Teaches Us About the Future of Energy : TreeHugger

Safer Biking With Glow-in-the-Dark LED Handlebars : TreeHugger

Inflatable High Altitude Wind Turbine May Produce Double the Power at Half the Cost : TreeHugger

Wind Energy Today: A Look at Wind Energy Projects Around The World : TreeHugger

 

Part 6

Honda's fuel cell car can supply household electricity for up to six days

Solar Impulse to attempt a 48 hour journey to Morocco

Microbes and genetic engineering team up to offer a green hope

Solar skins for a greener and aesthetic architecture

Zipcar Adds the Chevy Volt to its Chicago Fleet | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Blind Man Test-Drives Google's Amazing Self-Driving Car | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Accordion-shaped solar tower captures more light | Cutting Edge - CNET News

BMW and Toyota come together, right now, over batteries -- Engadget

Oil & Gas Industry Could Cut US Methane Emissions One-Third Though Efficiency Improvements : TreeHugger

Congress, Please Don't Cut Funding for Bike and Pedestrian Programs : TreeHugger

7 Ways Technology Will Provide Water for the World : TreeHugger

10 Standing Desks To Help You get Thinner, Live Longer : TreeHugger

 

Part 7

Synthetic accelerator speeds up biofuel production

Human memory based solution to enhance power from wind turbines

Electricity genration and water heating simultaneously by 'Virtu', a hybrid solar panel

Swatch to create a hydrogen and oxygen fueled automobile

Chevy Volt's Twin, the Opel Ampera, Racks Up 7,000 Orders | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Cambridge Engineers Use LEGO Bricks to Grow Synthetic Bone | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Bacteria converts carbon dioxide into liquid fuel | ExtremeTech

MIT stacks solar panels like pancakes, increases their power output by up to 20x | ExtremeTech

10 Fairtrade, Organic, and Vegan Sources For Easter Chocolate : TreeHugger

Winter Coat Turns into a Sleeping Bag for the Homeless : TreeHugger

5 Easy Flowers to Start from Seed in Your Garden : TreeHugger

From Shoe Shining to Skin Smoothing: 7 Uses for Overripe Bananas : TreeHugger

 

Part 8

This is how green one can be with cardboard

Opel's hybrid Ampera wins International Monte Carlo Rally by defeating Roadster

Volvo's Mean Green to attempt world speed record

Qantas to fly first biofuel-assisted trip down under

Researchers devise a new process to mass produce graphene nanosheets

Scientists Create Artificial Plastic Skin That Bleeds And Heals Itself | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Denmark Announces Plans to Produce 100% of its Energy From Renewable Sources By 2050 | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Waste-burning Fuel Cell Could Power a Hydrogen Future

Activists Defend Germany's Massive Renewable Energy Growth : TreeHugger

Annual Sales of Electric Bicycles to Surpass 47 Million by 2018 : TreeHugger]

Recycled Wind Turbine Blades Make This Dutch Playground Fun : TreeHugger

Does it Make Sense To Use Photovoltaics To Heat Water? : TreeHugger

 

Part 9

Solar Cooker is a solution for emergency

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Economic hydrogen production is possible using nuclear plants

Bizzarrini Veleno biohydrogen powered supercar for the year 2030

Green Wings: Pine tree wood chip-based biofuel passes test as jet fuel

First Offshore Wind Energy Turbine Project Approved in Virginia | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

9 Fun Things You Can Do During Earth Hour 2012! | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Ortner + Ortner Pavilion in Germany is Wrapped in Thin-Film Solar Panels | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

New App Lets Smartphone Users Spy on Penguins Anytime, Anywhere : TreeHugger

Switching From an SUV to a Prius Saves 430 Gallons of Gas a Year : TreeHugger

$4.7 Million to Advance Solar in Tanzania : TreeHugger

Home Energy Management Systems: Great for Busting Teenage Parties : TreeHugger

 

Part 10

Fungus from Amazon could eat away toxic plastic problem with ease

Ford Fiesta ECOnetic: The most fuel efficient car goes into production

Low emission Vito Euro 5 taxi will cost less to London cabbies

Biomimetics: A strong light organic material that promises a ton of eco features

The Big Question: Will cold fusion really end world

$14.2 million to be invested in developing lightweight material for advanced vehicles

James Cameron Completes Historic Dive Into Deepest Point on the Planet, Mariana Trench | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Smile Squared Launches a One-for-One Eco-Friendly Bamboo Toothbrush | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Yale Students Discover Rare Plastic-Eating Fungus in the Ecuadorian Rainforest | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

New Botanical Research Institute of Texas Campus is a LEED Platinum Green Think Tank | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Gooey Brown Liquor Could Replace Expensive Rare Metals in Batteries : TreeHugger

Make Food for Struggling Monarch Butterflies With 3 Recipes Using Your Leftovers : TreeHugger

 

Part 11

Africa

Terrestrial ecosystems could absorb greater carbon dioxide emissions in future

California to get 200 EV charging stations

Ferrari's V12 driven vehicles to combine green technology

Alain Gilles' Nomad Solar-Powered Portable Lamp is Much Safer Than Kerosene | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

California to Get New Network of EV Charging Stations | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

 

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