Green News for 6.27.2010: Urine, Carbon Nanotubes, and LCD Waste Uses

Photo by Fernando de Sousa.

Here are the green links for this week!  I have to say, the news get more interesting every week.  In the links are articles ranging from the environmental impact of nuclear, introduction of new electric/hybrid cars to how LCD waste could prevent bacterial infections.  What is this world going to think of next?

• Solar Panels Luring Insects to Their Deaths via Discovery News.  Before, you scoff and throw up your hands up on me thinking I went too far off the green deep end, insects are important and not just pests.  (Couldn’t help myself.)  As a gardener, the insect food chain is really important to keeping my garden healthy.

• Hands On: Smart Fortwo’s Electric Car via PC Mag

• NORTHEAST COLLABORATIVE FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS.  Great article about how all schools can be high performance schools. Facility managers, this is a must read article.

• Panasonic Exceeds 2009 Green Targets

• 2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid is the most fuel-efficient luxury sedan in America

10 Innovations Changing the Way Products Are Packaged and Shipped

• Cheaper gallium arsenide thin-film solar cells in the works

• LCD Television Waste Could Help Prevent Bacterial Infections.  I found this article to be extremely interesting since LCD television waste is horrendous and ends up in many third world countries’ backyards.

• Debunking the myth of the internet as energy hog, again: How information technology is good for climate

• A $100 Million Pool for Solar Financing.  Making solar affordable is the key to harnessing the sun.  There are now lease options available.  Enjoy the benefits of a cheaper kilowatt price without the upfront cost of the system.

• Carbon Nanotube Electrodes Boost Power in Lithium Batteries, Study Says

• Researchers harness pee for hydrogen and battery power.  yes another invention for urine.  Now the poor man’s hydrogen and battery power rather than the poor man’s fertilizer!

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Readers, which one of the above articles is your favorite news story and why?

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