I received an email from Gaiam saying “check out these green chicks.” That seems so un-Gaiam like. Green Chicks? Has Gaiam gone Cosmo? When I clicked, I saw the cutest picture you ever saw. Aren’t those chicks adorable? Have you received any ads lately with great pictures? Let me know. By the way, Gaiam does [...]
March 2010
Here we go again in the NJ legislature. Another cut, more businesses leave the state. This cut may be the biggest loss to New Jersey. Clean Energy, which would promote jobs not take away jobs. Think more tax revenues. I received the following email for Environment New Jersey. I urge all my Garden State readers to take [...]
http://youtu.be/gBxlEBkWT-Y
There has been an ongoing debate about the effects of high fructose corn syrup on the body. (Better known as HFCS.) On one hand you have opponents of HFCS say it leads to obesity and other problems . On the other hand, the corn industry says HCFS is “natural” giving it a higher appeal than [...]
Photo by Fernando de Sousa. Here are some green links I found interesting in my email box this week. Add your own favorite green news or articles in the comments below: GE and Umicore Complete Technology Transfer, Sign Agreement to Commercialize GE NOx Emissions Reduct NAHB to Phase Out Home Certification Under Model Green Home Building [...]
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Photo by Angel (a) Guest Post from Green Talk reader, Jim, a retired civil engineer who is fascinated by solar and wind technology: I am not usually paranoid. But I just can’t stop thinking about how one of the biggest oil companies in the world is now one of America’s largest solar power companies. Chevron. [...]
The following email was forwarded to me from Environment New Jersey: “Earlier this week hundreds of New Jerseyans told Gov. Chris Christie to say no to historically high transit fare hikes. Trains and buses are the greenest way to get around New Jersey — but not if we can’t afford the ticket. Gov. Christie’s proposed transit [...]
As the editor of Green Talk, I get the privilege every day of interviewing the most amazing companies and people who are making an environmental difference in our world. One such company, Biocor, stands out from the crowd with its concept of buying back post-consumer Polylactic acid (PLA) and converting it back to its original [...]
On March 15, 2010, the International Code Council announced the launch of the theInternational Green Construction Code (IGCC), which represents a merger of two national efforts to adopt and create standards for enforceable green building standards. The code combines the efforts of the ICC, ASHRAE, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), and the Illuminating Engineering Society [...]
Watch the above video about the mandatory MoveOver Law in effect in almost all 50 states except Hawaii, New York and Maryland. According to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, over 150 US law enforcement offices have been killed since 1999 after being struck by vehicles along America’s highways. Basically, if an emergency vehicle [...]
We are obsessed with our disposable plastic water bottles. In 2006, Americans purchased 31 billion disposable water bottles, according to the Beverage Marketing Corporation . In order to produce that many bottles, 17 million barrels of oil were consumed which does not take into account the energy used in transportation. In addition, 2.5 million [...]
