Eco-Beat, 9/16
Rossellini's Green Porno 3 Launches Online For those of you with an insatiable urge to learn about how other animals do it, you're in luck. Isabella Rossellini's "Green Porno: Season 3" is now available to copulate with your web browser on the Sundance Channel's website. |
The Muppets Take on Big OilWord on the street has it that the next Muppets movie will pit Kermit and the gang against an oil tycoon in a battle over the fate of a cherished old theater that sits on a large pocket of oil. What kind of dirty tricks will the tycoon pull? Haven't they ever heard of slant drilling? |
A LEED Certified White House?Small steps have been made to green the White House over the years (e.g. George W. Bush installed a photovoltaic system and solar powered water heaters). Now, the Obamas want to take it a step further -- LEED Certification. It's going to be a major undertaking. |
How to Break the Ice with Climate Change DeniersConsidering that certain regions of the US are calling 2009 "the year without a summer" (though not where I live),the cooler-than-average summer has invigorated climate change naysayers. Here's some info to help explain the difference between climate and weather. |
A Light Bulb That Lasts Two DecadesWould you pay more (a lot more) for an LED bulb that's not only super efficient, but you only have to change it every 20 years? Panasonic hopes so. Their new EverLed bulbs go on sale in Japan next month for $40 a pop. The do have 40x the lifespan of an incandescent, however. |
- Pamela Anderson's green fashion launch has been pushed back.
- The new CAFE standards have been unveiled: 35.5 mpg by 2016.
- Burger King treated customers to a drive-thru light show powered by their own gas-guzzlers.


















