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How to Give Greener Electronics for the Holidays
12:30PM 12/02/2011
By Alyce Lomax, The Motley Fool
Technology, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Nokia, Research In Motion, Apple, Green
If you want to give your loved ones environmental peace and joy, you might want to hold off on buying them the latest hot gadgets as gifts. E-waste is a dirty problem that lingers far beyond the time when Christmas present becomes Christmas past.
Chipkos hopes its latest pair of fashionable flip-flops could help save the Costa Rican rainforests. One purchase will protect 100,000 square feet of the eco-rich land. But it's had no takers so far. Did we mention the sandals cost $18,000?
SunPower Building North America's Biggest Solar Roof in New Jersey
9:30AM 7/13/2011
Energy, Company News, Stock Picks, Green, Stocks in the News, Market News, Investment
SunPower is on a roll: It just launch the most efficient mass-produced solar cell in the world and announced it will soon start construction of the biggest solar roof in North America. Is the market already too enthusiastic about the solar energy major, or is this a good time to buy?
SunPower boasts of being able to manufacture the most efficient large-scale solar modules in the industry, and shipments of its residential and commercial components have been growing rapidly. Trefis predicts they'll keep growing, especially if federal policy shifts further in favor of solar.
New York's Tallest Building Is Now One of Its Greenest
8:00AM 3/18/2011
The Empire State Building is perhaps best remembered as the site of King Kong's last stand, but in real life, the monkey on the building's back wasn't a giant gorilla -- it was a giant electricity bill. But that was before one of the most remarkable green renovations ever undertaken.
Savings Experiment: Which Lightbulbs Save the Most Money?
1:30PM 3/08/2011
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12 Anti-Environmental Groups with Green Names
1:00PM 3/08/2011
It's called waving a "false flag," using a green-sounding name on an anti-environmental organization. Most of these groups do (or did, many have fleeting existences) exactly the opposite of what their name implies.
If it's the "Land Conservation Coalition," it may have been born in the back room...
In a somewhat surprising report, The U.N. Environment Programme says one of the most promising green industries -- at least when it comes to creating economic growth, reducing poverty, fueling job creation and addressing major environmental challenges -- turns out to be tourism.
Flushable "green" kitty litter isn't green if you flush it down the toilet, as we recently noted, and ordinary clay litter requires mining land for the benefit of cats. So what is the best green kitty litter?
Let's first stipulate that the choice of litter depends on what the cat is willing to...
Five Green Products You Can Live Without
9:00AM 3/02/2011
I'm sure you could create your own similar list from products you've bought with high hopes but then experienced disappointment. These are five that make green claims they're unlikely to realize:
1. Designer waters. Regular bottled water is bad enough, but when it goes upscale -- that's when it...
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