]> http://www.greenedia.com/latest Cleantech Sector - Latest Blog Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/190203?rsstype=latest&cid=49 As you may have gathered, the idea of city-wide carbon neutrality by 2030 has gained a lot of steam here in Worldchanging's home base of Seattle. Our City Council has embraced it as a goal (though it's wrestling with the timeline) and some of our... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:54:21 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/190203?rsstype=latest&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/joel-makower-two-steps-forward/189873?rsstype=latest&cid=49 I've had the good fortune to view the world through a Japanese lens over the past 10 days specifically, the worlds of green business and clean technology, about which I've come to Japan to speak.My host is the U.S. State Department, whose Office ... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:09:33 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/joel-makower-two-steps-forward/189873?rsstype=latest&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/190053?rsstype=latest&cid=49 Jessica Biel, Kenna, and Emile Hirsch attend Summit on the Summit premier at the Tribeca Grand Hotel in NYC. Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/WireimageWe have been covering the Summit on the Summit expedition, to raise awareness of the global clean water... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:08:26 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/190053?rsstype=latest&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/190111?rsstype=latest&cid=49 We're going to float / Through the criss cross of the mountains / Watch them fade to nothing / When the world ends / You know that's what's happening now - Dave Matthews, When the World Ends I remember Dave Matthews... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:10:52 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/190111?rsstype=latest&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/189769?rsstype=latest&cid=49 Most high-profile cleantech VCs will tell you they're looking for breakthrough technology. The black swan . The grid parity . The unicorns . (Okay, I made that last one up, but it wouldn't surprise you to see some VCs talking like that, woul... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:31:12 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/189769?rsstype=latest&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-411/190194?rsstype=latest&cid=49 China's growing economic power is a growing concern for many Americans. Can the U.S. continue to compete with China in the global marketplace?In a new piece for Reuters, EDF President Fred Krupp says yes through the power of comprehensive cli... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:59:19 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-411/190194?rsstype=latest&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/metaefficient/190098?rsstype=latest&cid=49 These polymer-based chairs can be used both indoors and outdoors. The Bubble Club Chair by Kartell (shown above), has all its plastic parts printed with an identification mark to determine the correct recycling classification. It sells for $680. The ... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:18:03 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/metaefficient/190098?rsstype=latest&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/190092?rsstype=latest&cid=49 Karim Rashid has done it again. Here at Inhabitat we're pretty much glued to our reusable water bottles, so we got a little giddy when we saw the Bobble, a water filtering bottle that sells for just $9.95. On top of being reusable and affordable the ... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:15:15 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/190092?rsstype=latest&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/domestic-fuel/189975?rsstype=latest&cid=49 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that Fiscal Year 2009 funding is once again available again for three USDA Farm Bill programs to promote increased production of biomass and bioenergy. Applications for the Biorefinery Assistance Pro... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:38:35 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/domestic-fuel/189975?rsstype=latest&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/190096?rsstype=latest&cid=49 We've heard a lot lately about the relationship between global warming and the ocean. An article in Thursday's Journal of Science describes how aquatic dead zones or hypoxic waters create trouble for more than the organisms that live in the ... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:48:57 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/190096?rsstype=latest&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/190115?rsstype=latest&cid=49 Since the first Earth Day 40 years ago -- and despite incredible progress on myriad environmental problems -- America is now faced with a failing energy policy that continues to reward polluters, undermines the health of the American people, thr... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:10:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/190115?rsstype=latest&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/worldwatch-institute/190180?rsstype=latest&cid=49 For the past five years, Worldwatch has explored the history, production method, and environmental and social impacts of everyday products - from chopsticks to pencils - in the Life-Cycle Studies section of its bi-monthly magazine, WorldWatch. This p... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/worldwatch-institute/190180?rsstype=latest&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/190116?rsstype=latest&cid=49 NRDC has been working in China for over twelve years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental governance and public participation, and green supply chain issues. This China Environmental News A... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:05:19 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/190116?rsstype=latest&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/189988?rsstype=latest&cid=49 The competition between Method and Clorox for the title as the top green household cleaning products company is heating up. Packaging its household cleaners in eye-catching and often clear bottles, Method saw its sales top US $200 million in 20... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:55:27 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/189988?rsstype=latest&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/189937?rsstype=latest&cid=49 The Alternative Investment Market (AIM), the junior market of London Stock Exchange, saw the lowest level of fund-raising last year in its 15-year history. This was pretty much in line with the state of IPO markets all over the world. Marcus Stuttard... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:28:30 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/189937?rsstype=latest&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/190117?rsstype=latest&cid=49 Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) said today that she is putting on hold her effort to block EPA's determination that carbon pollution is a danger to public health and the environment. This is a strong indication that she doesn't think a majority of the ... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:20:49 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/190117?rsstype=latest&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/190119?rsstype=latest&cid=49 When I began the year with the resolution to reduce my global warming pollution, I was hit with the glaring reality that it was going to be a lot more work than I thought. The produce in my fridge is grown all over the U.S. and transported to me by f... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:30:38 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/190119?rsstype=latest&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/190120?rsstype=latest&cid=49 Forty years ago this spring, we were a nation divided by war in Vietnam. The Chevrolet Monte Carlo got 11 miles to the gallon. Simon and Garfunkel were making their way up the charts with Bridge Over Troubled Water. And the NRDC was just a hand... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:43:37 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/190120?rsstype=latest&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/190124?rsstype=latest&cid=49 In a reprise of the debate between NRDC's Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Massey Coal CEO Don Blankenship over mountaintop removal coal mining, the Washington newspaper The Hill published dueling pieces by both adversaries in today's edition. Back in J... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:15:49 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/190124?rsstype=latest&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/189995?rsstype=latest&cid=49 In recent years, after the initial honeymoon of broader consumer interest in all things green, it's now settled squarely in the space of prove it to me. Yet proving something's greenness, sustainability, fair trade status, organic certification... 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