The Green Technocrat

They N.Y. Times recently put together an interesting map of the U.S. (using flash media), which shows emissions for all states under the following categories:

Electric Power
Transportation
Industrial
Residential
Commercial

The top five emitters in each category are highlighted.  If you are interested in seeing how the states stack up click here.

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The RGGI kicked off its first auction last week-and thus the nation’s first greenhouse gas cap-and-trade auction-with power plants and speculators purchasing 12.5 million carbon allowances, i.e., the rights to emit carbon.   The average selling price for the 12.5 million allowances (one per ton of CO2) was $3.07 (far less than the $37 a [...]

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This is absolutely gorgeous.  I wonder how I get one…
From GreenPacks.org:
2008 Green Roof Award of Excellence in Downtown Chicago
Posted by Alex Ion
And the winners are … Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects.
It looks like there’s a trend these days to redesign rooftops into spectacular eco-friendly retreats no matter what the costs are. Do these guys [...]

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I had to laugh, and then cry, when I saw this news today.  Reading the inscription on the plaque is pretty heartbreaking, and the news release from the Center for Biological Diversity, who gives out the annual Rubber Dodo Award, was equally heartbreaking.  The following is part of the press release explaining why Palin recieved [...]

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Last week the Global Carbon Project (GCP), whose mission is to track greenhouse gas emissions, released an updated report stating that their data showed that carbon emissions are accelerating quicker than previously expected, and that the levels were reaching the highest scenarios considered last year by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This report came [...]

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The E.P.A. that wonderful government organization whose mission is to “protect human health and the environment.” recently announced that they may be giving factory farms a free pass on emissions. For those of you wondering what a factory farm is, the following definition is from Wikipedia. “Factory farming is the practice of [...]

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From the UNFCCC:

The Poznań Climate Change Conference provides the opportunity to draw together the advances made in 2008 and move from [...]

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Scientific American’s September feature called Earth 3.0: Solutions for Sustainable Progress discusses everything from sustainable urban planning to environmental policy to sustainable energy technology.  So what is earth 3.0?  Scientific American Editor in Chief John Rennie describes the evolution of earth as this:
“Earth 1.0 was the world that persisted and evolved for billions of years, [...]

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From the National Post:
“Sustainable Energy Technologies (STG:TSX V) has been named by Deloitte as Canada’s top GreenTech company for the second year running.
The Calgary-based company, which designs and produces power inverters for solar power systems, won the Deloitte Technology Green 15 Award for of its contribution to technological advancement. The award showcases Canadian companies that [...]

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An article posted today on the Scientific American website caught my eye a few minutes ago.  The article, titled The Tide Is Turning: Turbine Rides Underwater Currents Like a Kite discusses a new type of turbine being developed by  University of Strathclyde’s Energy Systems Research Unit (ESRU) in Scotland, which floats on the surface of [...]

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