HOME ABOUT US LEARN CLEAN ENERGY ALTERNATE FUEL GREEN BUILDING GO VEGETARIAN MORE NEWS FACTS ACTIONS PERSONAL POLITICAL LINKS PARTNERS ORGANIZATIONS RACE SITE   Leilani updates this page with stories she comes across on the web related to clean energy, alternative fuels, green building, vegetarianism, carbon sequestration, recycling, new eco technologies and anything else she finds that is relevant to the health of our Earth. If you know a story that should be listed here please email us. Please note that Leilani lists these stories under the month when she posts them on this site, which is not necessarity the same month when the story was first released.     August | 2008   Dyeing for More Solar so much excitement in solar tech right now! Energy Innovations Solar Concentrator Raising Money good stuff   July | 2008   Making Recycling Really Pay recyclebank in the news The Future is Clear: Solar Windows transparent solar cells, brilliant! Blogger Exposes Fake List of Global Warming Deniers heartland institute sucks! Make Your Own Ethanol interesting Stephen Colbert's Kernal of Truth stephen weighs in on ethanol As Bush Fights for Big Oil, Exxon Makes $1485 per Second party at my house jan 20 MIT Researchers Deliver Solar Breakthrough storing solar power to split hydrogen Johnny Depps Island will be Solar and Wind Powered way to go johnny LA Bans Plastic Bags sweet, socal joins nocal in plastic bag war Blufire to Make Ethanol from Trash this does not mean you can stop recycling kids Pickens Talks About Alternative Energy oilman wants renewables Anheuser-Busch Recycles 27 Billion Cans Annually dang we drink a lot of beer around here Duke Energy Carolinas, NC Green Power Start Carbon Offsetting good start Roasting Biofuels Like Coffee Beans - i'd like my biofuel well done please Micronutrient Boosts Alge Production cars to run on pond scum! Hydrogen Storage Goes from Gas to Solid State - one step closer to fuel cell cars Green Gasoline otherwise known as cellulosic ethanol baby Green Girl Turns the Tide on Laundry use detergents labeled free and clear   June | 2008   Hybrid Kit Could Cut Your Gas by 60% smart poms making gas guzzlers into hybrids Internal Combustion Here To Stay only with huge improvements in efficiency As NZ Goes Green Cows Targeted for Methane meat on your plate = global warming Hot New Hybrid Car introducing the fisker karma, nice Cleanest Cars on Earth - bye bye hummer Saving Whales Hits Red Tape bush chooses ships over whales - can't wait for jan 20! Harvesting Solar Power From Space space race going green Urban Eco Transport Hits the Streets germany renting electric scooters Banning the Climate Skeptics the debate is over, go back to your earth is flat groups Chicago Starts Green Alley Program new concrete will filter pollution from rainwater Bio Based Material Reduce Cost of PV Solar Cells plants to make sun cheaper Hydrogen Powered Scorpion Sports Car nice lookin car 11 Companies Racing to Build Cellulosic Ethanol Plants in US green biz is booming UAE Has Mixed Motivations for Building Eco City b/c they know oil is not our future Not Your Average 220mph Car hybrid technologies is right by my house Beverage Containers Rise to 67% Recycle Rate great work keep it up Triac Electric Car For Sale cute little thing Sustainable Lighting Doesn't Necessarilly Mean Lightbulbs very cool looking Cliffside Shipping Container Home in NZ that's called using your resources High Food Prices: Ethanol is Not the Problem too many people eating too much meat If You Have a BS Degree, You are a Climatologist wow that means i am one too!   May | 2008   The Little Fuel Cell that Could hydrogen baby, hydrogen Bio Batteries Being Worked on at MIT powered by viruses Kansas Town Rebuids Green story on discovery channel 120 MPG Car is a Reality meet the loremo The Eight Most Fuel Efficient Cars bye bye hummers Harvesting Wild Algae for Biofuel algae is very promising Watch this Population Video we need to stop the population explosion, the earth is finite Mazda Received Award for Research in Cleaner Deisel keep it up Students Cooking Up Their Own Fuel making biofuel from grease New Zealand's Largest Glacier Melting at Record Pace we have already lost 4 miles Laurie David's Veggie Blog a few reasons why i am vegetarian 1600 EPA Scientists Cite Political Interference why does this not surprise me? Italdesign Giugiaro Quaranta Oozes Speed and 38 MPG the sexiest green car on the market Toyota iQ to Roll Out This Year very cute World Leader in Recycled Cans Speaks equivalent of 11 million barrels of oil in one year Sign Up for Green Web Hosting support green hosts Top Ten Music Acts Going Green very good sign Beazer Homes Announces Green Building Initiative wish more were doing this GE Calls for Cheaper Cleaner Energy love the house hugger commercial 11 Great Green Ideas by Fortune cause going green can save you a fortune Bush Shifts on Climate Change what's that saying? too little, too late...   April | 2008   Algae Could be a Major Hydrogen Fuel Source - pond scum, not just for biodiesel anymore! Boeing Flies Fuel Celled Powered Plane awesome. Window by Day, Light by Night - those crazy eco kids down under again! Nano Solar Power is Coming - dynamite comes in small packages baby! The Diesel Tree - grow your own oil! Bush Opens Up 3 Million Acres to Logging - there goes the forest, what a jerk! Oz & NZ Join Forces to Fight Climate Change - aussies and kiwis working together, what? Electric Mega City up to 600 mpg!!!!!!!!! Electric Mini Coopers one cute electric ride Hybrid Technologies 0 to 60 in 3.1 Seconds batteries included Corvette in ALMS on E85 Cellulostic Ethanol cellulostic is the way to go Road Racing Working on an Eco Friendly Ride nice job epa and alms Formula One drivers back Green Campaign nice Green movement in Formula One your turn NASCAR Video: First Commercial Power from the Tides more will follow Florida Testing Hydrogen Buses nice! c'mon carolinas! X Prize Offers $10M for 100 mpg Vehicle to the drawing boards! AETE Announces $1 Per Gallon Ethanol cellulostic, fantastic! Honda Answers Priusnow that's a sexy hybrid! Walmart Opening Green Supercenter keep it going Walmart Recycling Millions of Tires into Mulch well done Air New Zealand Starts Environmental Program earning greenie points Toronto Reports on Earth Hour reports a 8.7% drop in consumption Algae "The Ultimate Renewable Fuel" refer to my june '07 algae entry Australia Opens First Geosequestration Plant not the answer Big Oil Under Attack exxon earned $40.61 billion last year, $1300 per second Video: Congress Grills Oil Executives explain your profits buddy   Mar | 2008   Video: Pond Scum Fuel awesome! Huge Antartic Ice Chunk Collapses 7 times the size of manhattan The Story of Stuff great video, check it out GM to Make Lithium Ion Powered Hybrids the automakers are coming around Duel Fuel TSI Concept From VW keep it going vw $4.6 Billion Settlement in Power Plant Air Pollution Case excellent start Driver Münter Takes on Global Warming 2nd time I made it into my eco newsfeed! :) Race Car Driver Aims to Put Brakes on Global Warming my 1st story in my eco section! 83 MPG VW Golf Hybrid Will be Here Next Year nice i will have to trade my old one in Software Saves Trees, Cash, Headaches there's a free version for non business use! LA Ready to Enact Tighter Green Building Standards make it happen Is Tetrapak Sustainable? yes, but only if you can recycle it in your area Biofuel Variant Supercar Goes 254 mph on sale for only 1.5 million euros! Global Warming Solutions Plans Hybrid Solar Thermal Plant awesome Montana: Demo Cellulostic Ethanol Plant promising Georgia: First Cellulostic Ethanol Plant in US first of many i hope Please Turn Out Your Lights on March 29 for One Hour join me for earth hour! My Forbidden Fruits and Vegetables one organic farmer's story Local College Student Sends Awareness Message this is the town where i grew up! Making a New Lightbulb 2 billion people don't have light at night Coca Cola Orders 120 Hybrid Trucks go coke! Green Girls Global Blog intesting blog emailed to me   Feb | 2008   US Stance on Climate Change Shifting - you guys are on the cutting edge, really Canadian Scientists Shunned for Nobel Peace Prize unbelievable! Bio-fuel Jet Makes First Test Flight a step towards renewable flying US, New Zealand, Australia Sign to Reduce Airline Emissions sweet! Arizona the "Persian Gulf" of Solar Energy how to harness the energy of a star Some Environmental Solutions i wish this was addressed more in the debates! Clean Energy the answer is blowin in the wind!   Dec | 2007   Africa Wages War on Plastic Bags repeat after me, plastic is bad Private College Nation's First Carbon Neutral Campus well done! The End of the Lightbulb As We Know It we need more of this Time: The Secret Life of Trees trees are a big part of the answer Bali Update: Two Days Later Bush Folds! finally!!! a very good start. Bush on Climate: Europe Moving Too Fast maybe you are just very SLOW Gore: The Next President Must Address Climate jan 20 '09 i hope it happens NZ Bill Proposes to Ban Power Plants Burning Fossil Fuels yes!!! Google Pushing Green Power Initiative leilani hearts google A Fight Over Valuable Jungle rainforest - logs, farms, or carbon credits? Climate Talks Get Australian Boost usa needs to sign up too   Nov | 2007   Coral Reefs Disappearing Faster than Expected climate change likely cause Loss of Andes Glaciers Threaten Water Supply gone by mid century 29 Million Christmas Trees Cut instead buy & plant tree when xmas is over UN: Poor Hit Hardest by Climate Change the rich raise CO2, the poor suffer No Climate Coverage? cheers to edwards, clinton & kucinich for showing up Climate Change Getting Worse just like we knew it would Electronic Recycling Not What You Think very disappointing Duvall Shines Light on Cause small loans help one woman at a time Incandescent Lightbulb's Future is Dim good move! The Bay Bridge Oil Spill disaster in san francisco Dolphins Rescue Surfer from Sharks amazing story Australia's Ocean Power Project waves - not just for surfing anymore Scientists Discover Oldest Animal - 405 Year Old Clam they killed it. nice.   Oct | 2007   Continent Size Toxic Stew of Plastic in the Pacific yuk The Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch the sea - a human garbage can   Sept | 2007   Greenland Ice Sheet Melting Threatens Coastal Cities scientists warn us Al Gore, UN Climate Change Panel Win Noble Peace Prize right on New Zealand Commits to 90% Renewable Electricity by 2025 love kiwis 21.7 Million Lbs of Meat Recalled yuk, another reason to be vegetarian Bush on Climate: "We acknowlege there is a problem" what a genius Man Discovers Saltwater Can Burn as Fuel wow Iceland Phasing Out Fossil Fuels for Clean Energy let's follow their lead BMW's Hydrogen 7 Produces Water Instead of CO2 well done bmw Green Cars from Frankfurt Auto Show why are so many only concepts? Google's $10 Million Green Car Challenge you gotta love google Breakthrough Technology for Electric Cars? 500 miles instead of 50!   Aug | 2007   Agreement at U.N. Climate Talks bush blocks firm targets at G8 Scorching US Heat in 2006 Blamed on Humans it's not rocket science Clinton Climate Initiative Offers $5B to Green Cities' Buildings thank you! Where Have All the Honeybees Gone? a mystery that needs solving Missing Bees Could Cause $9.3B in Crops money is the smallest problem   July | 2007   Solar Power Makes Tiny Town Beam great story This Zippy Web Enabled Carbon Free Electric Car Could Rewrite History Hybrid vs. Diesel vs. Flex Fuel sorting through alternative fuel facts The Current Top Ten Greenest Cars the best available, so far... Top 500 Money Makers in the World: 6 of Top 10 are Oil or Gas 'nuff said.   June | 2007   Why plastic bags are BAD because they don't decompose Biodiesel from Algae the solution is in your fish tank! San Francisco Says No to Bottled Water northern cali leads the way... New Fuel Cell Battery Runs on Any Sugar Source imagine fuel from soda! Bonnaroo Goes Green my brother in law is playing here Google Pushes 100 mpg Car google rocks. G8 Oks Cuts in Carbon but US Blocks Firm Targets what are we doing? Using the Sun to Keep the Lights on in Vegas unplug some of those lights! US and Brazil Likely to Discuss Ethanol in Meetings it's a start   May | 2007   Oakland Poised to Join San Francisco in Banning Plastic Bags go cali! Bush Climate Plan Rejects Carbon Caps why am i not surprised? GM First Automaker to Join Group Urging US Carbon Caps keep it up gm.   April | 2007   Why Hydrogen Will Fuel Future Cars our future is with hydrogen San Francisco Bans Plastic Bags let's follow their lead   Feb | 2007   AP: Warmest Winter on Record Worldwide i am shocked. [/sarcasm] NY Times: Honeybees Vanish, Leaving Keepers in Peril scary   Jan | 2007   TIME Magazine: The Climate Project's Foot Soldiers climate warriors US Scientists Pressured on Climate Change not surprised, how sad. Special Report: Climate Change this page is updated often CEOS Call for Action Against Climate Change ceos leading the charge   Archives | 2006   Ice Sheet the Size of Manhattan Breaks Off Ayles Ice Shelf scary European Ski Resorts Face Warmest Winter in 1300 Years Harnessing the Power of the Ocean a smart surfer from down under Branson Commits $3 Billion to Stop Global Warming nice work! Gore: I Speak For the Freeze! calling for a carbon emissions freeze NASA Scientist says, "We have a very brief window of opportunity" Pacific Looks to Coconut Power alternative energy growing on trees! How Many Light Bulbs Does it Take to Change the World? just one WalMart Goes Organic, Cotton, that is. go walmart, keep it up. 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