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Tweets for April 2009:- Wow! 6+% efficiency with organic (plastic) cells! Solarmer Energy presents data at Organic PV conference 11:13 PM Apr 30th from web
- NPR 10-part series examining the costs, the politics & challenges of upgrading the country's electricity 10:46 PM Apr 30th from web
- The (electric) heat is on! San Fransisco vs Portland (or @ vs. Sam Adams) - Who Will Win the Grid Race? 10:43 PM Apr 30th from web
- NYT: Smart Infrastructure Brings to Roads, Rail, Water, and Food Distribution very very highly pertinent? ;)9:55 PM Apr 30th from web
- Reading: Interview by Gabrielle Reilly of @ with T. Boone Pickens 1:20 PM Apr 30th
Click here for all tweets from April 2009.
- @ magazine's list of 100 important people is out Interesting picks like Nocera, T. Boone Pickens, Ted Turner, etc.12:24 PM Apr 30th from web
- More about the technology (for data storage) from 2006 & . Related news this week: 9:49 AM Apr 30th from web
- ..the interesting (admittedly futuristic) technology (new to me) I heard yday was for bio-solar cells & data storage9:46 AM Apr 30th from web
- Plastic Cells with "near-perfect internal efficiency" (I heard a talk by the Konarka yday at NEU but ..9:42 AM Apr 30th from web
- Freakanomics Blog asks: Are Carbon Offsets Too Good to Be True? 9:30 AM Apr 30th from web
- A cheaper way to increase fuel efficiency in cars - Running on air: Pneumatic hybrids (What tag to use? its not really )5:24 AM Apr 30th from web
- Earth Day pictures are here, via Boston.com's wonderful Big Picture site 3:12 PM Apr 23rd from web
- RT @ SocialMedia & web guide to Going Green Also: Inside the minds of Twitter users 5:33 PM Apr 22nd from web
- Celebrate with satellite pictures of the earth (August 2008) Tempted to tag this as 9:40 AM Apr 22nd from web
- Woohoo.. reached 100 followers on . Slow crawl to a 1000 begins. :) (Actors can race for lofty dreams of 1000 followers. :))8:56 AM Apr 22nd from web
- 10 Most Incredible Globes: Taking Literally 8:53 AM Apr 22nd from web
- The Earth & the environment matters...not just for a day, week, month, or year. Not even for your (and my) lifetime. Care for it. ALWAYS!8:12 AM Apr 22nd from web
- Celebrating in spirit, I should add. What would you do differently today than other days? And why would you do it only today and not others?8:11 AM Apr 22nd from web
- is celebrating Earth Day -designed to inspire awareness & appreciation for the Earth's environment. 8:11 AM Apr 22nd from web
- Making Electricity Distribution Smarter & RT @ DOE - $3.3B in Grants for Initiatives 12:45 PM Apr 21st from web
- Today's John Muir Day JM, of course, is the famed naturalist & environmentalist & 1st President of Sierra Club. Thanks, JM12:40 PM Apr 21st from web
- Wow. I expected much lower. In the milions! Seems I'm ranked 5895 on retweetrank Where do you rank?10:27 AM Apr 21st from web
- Interesting! From Carbon Footprints to Water Footprints Energy & Water - Two critical resources for the 21st century!8:52 AM Apr 21st from web
- drives need for grid changes "No choice but to change." Not change we can live with but change we need to live!8:51 AM Apr 21st from web
- Demand Response and Dimming the Lights to Meet Demand Also read this NYT article 8:50 AM Apr 21st from web
- Brief History of High-Speed Rail (I've tweeted before about Obama's plan but here's more )8:45 AM Apr 21st from web
- Another wonders "Can Obama Make the Trains Run on Time"! "Yipping Chihuahuas" indeed! 8:44 AM Apr 21st from web
- European cities commit to (even) more cycling Meanwhile, naysayers re Obama's plan for high-speed trains 8:42 AM Apr 21st from web
- Green Inc.’s editor, Tom Zeller Jr., explores ways to improve home energy efficiency 8:40 AM Apr 21st from web
- Some environmentalists: can pollute more Been here before (Phew! Overall, lots of confusion!)8:36 AM Apr 21st from web
- Canadian federal government’s ecoEnergy for program offers €45 million in incentives to GreenField Ethanol plant 8:34 AM Apr 21st from web
- Beyond Fossil Fuels: Eric McAfee chairman and CEO of AE weighs in on the hurdles facing his industry 8:33 AM Apr 21st from web
- Why We Won’t Grow in 2029 Also this week in Business Week: The Biofuel Bubble 8:32 AM Apr 21st from web
- EPA regulates car emissions. Conservative writer Jonah Goldberg is hand-wringing about controls on the "air you breathe"! 5:22 AM Apr 21st from web
- The World is Running Out of Raw Materials Sustainability - Something to keep in mind in developing new 'green' technology5:20 AM Apr 21st from web
- RT @ A brief history of high-speed rail. 5:18 AM Apr 21st from web
- This week on PBS-Now: On Thin Ice - Trek to the Gangotri Glacier, source of Ganges river in the Himalayas 11:39 AM Apr 17th from web
- Psssst. Google's data center efficiency Also the Data Center Infrastructure Rating Dvlpt Initiative 10:31 AM Apr 17th from web
- Now following @ ... the most "green"-friendly and pro-cleantech/renewable energy mayor in the US that I know of!6:19 PM Apr 16th from web
- Clean your car using a glass full of "patented water" (whatever that is!) & soap More here 12:02 PM Apr 16th from web
- @ But some days, unbelievably can be like this! (Re: Some days, just like this! )11:57 AM Apr 16th from web
- RT @ Support a New Transmission Infrastructure and Renewable Electricity Standard! 11:55 AM Apr 16th from web
- Blog Post: The Future is Now A compilation of my tweets this week but have 2 questions at the end; Do share thoughts.11:53 AM Apr 16th from web
- Guardian brings you pictures of some electric cars which may be coming soon to a road near you 10:21 AM Apr 16th from web
- Environmentalists claim UK target creating more emissions due to deforestation! 10:19 AM Apr 16th from web
- = 2% of electricity & 1% of heat in UK already! Links to a report: Biomass - Carbon Sink or Carbon Sinner10:15 AM Apr 16th from web
- Toronto mulls mandatory Green Roofs 10:11 AM Apr 16th from web
- Automotive Task Force, consulting with BCG, have unrealistic for battery cost? Calcars thinks so! 10:09 AM Apr 16th from web
- So, how is natural gas a clean/green fuel? RT @ Sarah Palin, Climate Change and the Energy Debate 10:27 AM Apr 15th from web
- QOTD: The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet. - William Gibson 10:26 AM Apr 15th from web
- RT @ Help us promote LED lighting. Vote 4 HBLEDnetwork.com : (please RT)9:40 AM Apr 15th from web
- calls renewables a ‘pillar’ of new economy 8:35 AM Apr 15th from web
- Not new but worth a recycle - Earth temperature surface since 1884 - video released by NASA and GISS. 8:33 AM Apr 15th from web
- So, should I get off now? RT @ Twitter’s an Energy Guzzler & Other Hard Truths for Web 2.0 App Addicts 8:31 AM Apr 15th from web
- SciAm Updates: Whatever Happened to Melting Glaciers and Ocean Levels? 8:31 AM Apr 15th from web
- Meanwhile, Friedman (enjoying Costa Rica; I'm jealous! Love that country!) continues with: (No) Drill, Baby, Drill 5:54 PM Apr 14th from web
- Sigh! All this focus on renewable energy seems to have gotten Newt anxious. "Drill, Baby, Drill" Redux 5:53 PM Apr 14th from web
- RT @ World’s richest create 50% of world’s CO2: Consumption dwarfs population as main eco-threat 5:48 PM Apr 14th from web
- RT @ New blog post: The Race for The Electric Car 5:46 PM Apr 14th from web
- @ @ @ @ Thanks for the Re-tweets. Hoping to make my Tweet feed less one-way in weeks ahead.5:34 PM Apr 14th from web
- Plus $100M in refundable tax credits from Michigan to boost plans to build plants in the state 4:22 PM Apr 14th from web
- A123 Systems has raised $69M to keep up its plans to expand manufacturing of its lithium-ion batteries 4:18 PM Apr 14th from web
- GE is investing $15M more into A123 Systems, the seventh time GE has put money into the MIT offshoot. 4:17 PM Apr 14th from web
- Quote for the day: "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." - Leo Tolstoy 4:05 PM Apr 14th from web
- Coal to liquid fuel addresses energy security vis-a-vis oil imports but not climate change & impact of carbon, no? 1:08 PM Apr 14th from web
- The US - and the world - has an abundant supply of coal. So does it make sense to turn it into a replacement for oil? 1:07 PM Apr 14th from web
- Amy Seidl's book - Early Spring, an obvious play on the famous 1962 Rachel Carson book, Silent Spring 1:05 PM Apr 14th from web
- The dire fate of forests in a warming world Also review of Amy Seidl's book Early Spring 1:03 PM Apr 14th from web
- Earlier: PDX & SFO battle for domination & London mayor pledges 100000 EVs & 25000 charge points 1:00 PM Apr 14th from web
- CT & MA could get charging network Also: Chicago gets first solar powered EV charging station 12:55 PM Apr 14th from web
- Want to know how much it costs to drive somewhere? Find out at CostToDrive.com Eg: NY to LA $346 in a Hummer H3, $111 in a Toyota Prius.11:44 AM Apr 14th from web
- @ is giving away $50 gift certificate for @ for RTto enter! 11:43 AM Apr 14th from web
- Meanwhile, scientists decode genes of algae that enable them to capture carbon & maintain its delicate balance in oceans. 11:39 AM Apr 14th from web
- Any advances since this article? Future of "Clean Coal" power tied to (uncertain) success of carbon capture and storage. 11:38 AM Apr 14th from web
- Good series at SciAm on Carbon Capture and Storage (1) (2) (3) (4) 11:37 AM Apr 14th from web
- Apparently China & US are also attempting this "hide the troubles away and hope it goes away" technology soon! 11:33 AM Apr 14th from web
- That said, this week the first retrofitted power plant begins use of new carbon capture and storage technology in France! 11:31 AM Apr 14th from web
- I've never been convinced that "trapping" CO2 is an effective and sustainable way of "capturing" carbon! RT @ 11:29 AM Apr 14th from web
- Need a Green Superhighway and an overhaul of the grid to accommodate renewables 11:14 AM Apr 14th from web
- Interior Sec last week This week: Feds agree on Offshore Renewable Energy plan - wind, wave, & tidal. 11:13 AM Apr 14th from web
- Meanwhile, Wind energy industry brings badly needed jobs to beleaguered Detroit 11:12 AM Apr 14th from web
- First 100% powered city in the U.S. is in the works, powered by the world’s largest PV plant - Babcock Ranch, FL - 11:05 AM Apr 14th from web
- 1101 wind turbines, $6.9B, and 8-12 TW/year - Europe's biggest wind farm planned for Sweden 11:02 AM Apr 14th from web
- For further details see Report on Cost of Conflict - social, psychological, economic and environmental - in the MiddleEast 10:09 AM Apr 14th from web
- Seems since the "war on terror" began in 2001, oil consumption has increased from 50 million gallons to 500 million gallons a year at bases!10:06 AM Apr 14th from web
- DOD = largest energy consumer in US. Plans to spend economic stimulus money on alternative fuels & energy conservation.10:05 AM Apr 14th from web
- Contra-position in Newsweek - Demand-driven Oil (& other major commodity) prices will continue to go down in the future! 9:13 AM Apr 14th from web
- RT @ With tax credit, consumers give turbines, solar panels a second look - 8:05 PM Apr 13th from web
- RT @ Congress and Renewables, Going whichever way the wind blows 8:04 PM Apr 13th from web
- Shai Agassi's bold plan for mass adoption of electric cars posted this month at TED Talks Also see 7:36 PM Apr 13th from web
- Mazda changes tune, promises hybrids & EVs by 2015. Meanwhile, Tesla has >500 Model S reservations 7:34 PM Apr 13th from web
- Great news! New orangutan population found in Indonesia Timely! Seems this month is Ape Awareness Month 7:37 PM Apr 12th from web
- OLEDs have potential to be less expensive than regular LEDs. Read & 1:49 PM Apr 11th from web
- CFLs are for now in oft-used fixtures but I'm hoping organic LED (OLED) technology cost comes down fast for quick adoption 1:49 PM Apr 11th from web
- ...won't it end up being a problem in landfills? See EPA guidelines about recycling & disposing CFLs 1:44 PM Apr 11th from web
- But what about the mercury in CFLs? (4 mg/bulb on ave) If everyone used CFLs & even 25% (higher likely) didn't dispose of them properly ...1:42 PM Apr 11th from web
- And not to promote any one brand but my experience so far has been good with Ikea CFLs, with $ also not being as high as CFLs elsewhere.1:39 PM Apr 11th from web
- Btw, if you are still stuck on incandesecent bulbs and need convincing about CFLs, see the table at this article 1:36 PM Apr 11th from web
- Consensus - Best to turn off CFLs when leaving for 15 min or more. Energy Star recommends CFLs for use of at least 15 minutes at a time.1:29 PM Apr 11th from web
- The article also enlightens: Off-&-on doesn't affect life of a incandescent bulb much, but can affect CFL life, minimally in most cases.1:28 PM Apr 11th from web
- Does switching the lights on & off use more energy than leaving them on? The answer is no, despite common misperceptions 1:26 PM Apr 11th from web
- To Read Later: Is Twitter Overhyped? A Debate. (So, how is Twitter useful to you in addition to being a huge link-list)3:48 PM Apr 10th from web
- Making the right choices to reduce your water footprint (via @) 3:47 PM Apr 10th from web
- @ Thanks for the . Still not sure how this FF stuff works though! Anyways.. have a good weekend.3:39 PM Apr 10th from web
- Colorful! @'s Twitter status in photos on @: 1:32 PM Apr 10th from web
- RT @ A film that raises a lot of questions about consumption and the OBJECTS we fall in love with 11:51 AM Apr 10th from web
- Why matters not only to coastline cities (that may be under water some day) but also in the Midwest 11:46 AM Apr 10th from web
- ..." the outlook for a deal at the climate jamboree in Copenhagen at the end of the year has brightened somewhat." 11:35 AM Apr 10th from web
- I like the way the Economist puts it: "With America’s tree-hugging new leadership in place, and with a green stimulus suddenly in vogue"...11:34 AM Apr 10th from web
- @ and This site has a good summary (And the future? )11:33 AM Apr 10th from web
- @ Not rooting for death of newspapers. Fact though that a few have died & others are bleeding 11:32 AM Apr 10th from web
- Deciphering Big Oil's Retreat from Renewables (I linked some days back to Shell & BP's recent deemphasis on wind/solar)11:26 AM Apr 10th from web
- @ Not just kids, but do adults read newspapers? Their financial woes tell me more and more ppl, like me, get their news online.11:06 AM Apr 10th from web
- Documentary: The Next Industrial Revolution - Sustainabilkity & transforming the commerce-nature relationship 8:31 AM Apr 10th from web
- Change we can live with: RT @ Revived EPA Takes on Climate Change and More 8:26 PM Apr 9th from web
- The World Digital Library, free of charge & multi-lingual, will launch on April 21, 2009. 7:31 PM Apr 9th from web
- Water issues stretch nations & companies thin (#Water & - the 2 major issues facing the world in the 21st century)7:13 PM Apr 9th from web
- Even as they layoff & outsource , BP Solar says its competitive with others 6:25 PM Apr 9th from web
- As solar demand slips, Utilities may play an increased role in driving demand. (Applied Material - Duke talks in article)6:22 PM Apr 9th from web
- China May Soon Have World’s Biggest Farm + Trina CEO expects 10x growth in Chinese solar market 6:19 PM Apr 9th from web
- @ Hmm..where are these "lots of people" getting the jobs! My networking & job-hunting efforts are getting no where! 5:50 PM Apr 9th from web
- RT @ RT @ "corn ethanol is off the hook for rising food prices last year" 5:48 PM Apr 9th from web
- Gisele Bündchen’s environmental blog (in Portuguese & English) 5:48 PM Apr 9th from web
- Ooo.. Couldn't think of too many other places better for a - Summer in Maui studying Renewable Energy 5:25 PM Apr 9th from web
- Reading: Obama's 7 Greenest ideas so far & Renewable Energy Revolution Sweeps the US (Both @)5:23 PM Apr 9th from web
- For a fledgling industry, the # of Green Job Boards is mind-boggling! @ tries to put some order into this mess! 5:20 PM Apr 9th from web
- So, while a govt. can mandate GHG emissions of a company, a MF cannot be asked to pick stocks based on a company's emissions! 5:07 PM Apr 9th from web
- Agree that a MF manager. needs to only consider it only "to the extent that carbon emissions affect a company's profits. 5:06 PM Apr 9th from web
- Much as I am a green advocate, mandating such requirements on MF companies makes no sense to me! 5:05 PM Apr 9th from web
- Mutual fund companies asked to account for GHG emissions of companies in selecting stocks for their funds! 5:04 PM Apr 9th from web
- Its tough for the layman to figure out how much of this is partisan bickering vs. legitimate hand-wringing, no? 5:04 PM Apr 9th from web
- Various other "outrage" being expressed at the Waxman-Markey proposal Eg: & 5:03 PM Apr 9th from web
- Others quibble that the end of cap-and-trade is near - even before the US has a serious discussion about it! 5:01 PM Apr 9th from web
- Mutual fund companies asked to account for GHG emissions of companies in selecting stocks for their funds! 4:54 PM Apr 9th from web
- Carbon market is closely watching the U.S. Meanwhile, in the US a cap-and-trade war is on! 4:53 PM Apr 9th from web
- Change we can live with: RT @ EPA Takes on Climate Change and More 4:44 PM Apr 9th from web
- Reading... RT @ Scathing write-up by David Roberts about Friedman's latest NYT op-ed 4:43 PM Apr 9th from web
- Meanwhile, word is that the Wordie ice shelf has disappeared & Wilkins Ice Shelf is about to break free 4:40 PM Apr 9th from web
- Meanwhile, across the world in Japan, trying to Save 23,000 Dolphins from Slaughter 4:36 PM Apr 9th from web
- RT @ Ethanol Biz looking real ugly Also see their Deathwatch List 4:25 PM Apr 9th from web
- Discover magazine marks recent 20th Exxon-Valdez anniversary with pictures of "man's greatest crimes against the planet" 4:22 PM Apr 9th from web
- Btw, if you don't want to read her book, you can hear Atwood's essay (CBC Massey Lectures 2008) via CBC's website here: 4:13 PM Apr 9th from web
- Speaking of Canada, reading about author & poet Margaret Atwood's essay “Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth” 4:12 PM Apr 9th from web
- Back to Canada: Critical op-ed re: Harper administration's laggardly approach to dealing with 4:10 PM Apr 9th from web
- I had missed this Palin-Judd back-and-forth last month but had read about Wayne Ross, Palin's new AG 4:04 PM Apr 9th from web
- RT @ Canada's woodland caribou face growing risk: report (Sigh! see previous tweets.)4:00 PM Apr 9th from web
- That dig at Palin was me being facetious but seems last month Alaska began aerial wolf hunt to boost caribou population 3:59 PM Apr 9th from web
- Obama Calls Canadian Seal Hunt "Inhumane" Meanwhile, Sarah Palin's probably gone aerial wolf hunting! 3:58 PM Apr 9th from web
- Generation WE - The Challenge Ahead! Free book download at 3:56 PM Apr 9th from web
- Elsewhere, D.C. Council proposes a 5c tax on disposable shopping bags. 3:38 PM Apr 9th from web
- Oregon Lawmaker wants to charge you for using bike lanes! Retrograde policymakers! Grr!!3:35 PM Apr 9th from web
- Reading: CleanTechies.com helps job seekers ease the transition from mainstream to 3:34 PM Apr 9th from web
- RT @ Obama’s Cap and Trade Costs vs. GOP’s Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics 3:26 PM Apr 9th from web
- Elsewhere, environmental groups allege Shell reneged on agreed upon GHG limits on Oil Sands projects 3:25 PM Apr 9th from web
- Former Tar Sands Exec as Canada's Clean Energy Envoy to US 3:25 PM Apr 9th from web
- A powered solution to Florida sprawl, as envisioned by an NFL lineman turned visionary developer 2:08 PM Apr 9th from web
- Myths & Realities of Renewable Energy Reduced consumption (#GreenLiving), , all important!8:10 AM Apr 9th from web
- While on the subject, : from Vision to Reality - The EU approach. Video & pdf files at the link 8:08 AM Apr 9th from web
- Hacking the Grid: Is Smarter Less Secure? Everyone's wondering this today! Just have to be smartER, I guess! 8:06 AM Apr 9th from web
- Reading: What the Can Learn From Facebook Connect 8:04 AM Apr 9th from web
- Has power grid been hacked? + Will a would only open us up to cyber-attacks even more! 8:01 AM Apr 9th from web
- Environmental retrofit for Empire State building - Reduction in annual energy use by 2013 38% 6:10 PM Apr 6th from web
- Arctic sea ice thinnest ever going into spring (Its spring alright -- all this rain!!)6:08 PM Apr 6th from web
- The Psychology of Global Warming. Best-selling author and Professor Dan Gilbert on our reaction to threats. 1:56 PM Apr 6th from web
- Remodeling a house with the blue jean insulation and recycled glass tiles (Cool! But its more expensive! :( )10:13 PM Apr 5th from web
- Google Earth's Path to Green Energy tool should make it easier for solar and wind farm developers 10:16 AM Apr 4th from web
- Stimulus $s begin to flow: Here's How, Where and When 10:14 AM Apr 4th from web
- BP axes 620 jobs from business (Expected, after earlier news from BP & Shell )10:34 AM Apr 2nd from web
- Habitat for Humanity - $100,000 LEED Platinum Home (Efficiency & Low Cost can co-exist!)10:04 AM Apr 2nd from web
- @ Chris: Not having that problem. Did exactly that in sending this reply.3:10 PM Apr 1st from web in reply to TreeHugger
- Attending this week: MIT Wind Week Details at 2:55 PM Apr 1st from web
- New blog post: GM and the Restructuring Business 12:54 PM Apr 1st from web
- Welcome change after 8 years but how to deliver/execute on these noble intentions. The devil, as they say, is in the details! 12:40 PM Apr 1st from web
- Wide-ranging Climate bill proposal by Ed Markey (MA) & Henry Waxman (CA) today. (No Republican support, btw)12:39 PM Apr 1st from web
- @ April 1st. Coca-Cola is NOT getting into green publishing! Now go enjoy these other web-pranks for the day 12:07 PM Apr 1st from web
- F*rting --> GHG. So, Gore wants you to eat right - announces new line of organic vegan frozen foods Also 12:06 PM Apr 1st from web
- + at present its less 'clean' than petro-based fuel, though hope is it'll get better with process tweaks. (June 2008 article, btw - not new)11:48 AM Apr 1st from web
- Pig manure-based fuel (I am all for but this is not what I want to smell on the roads, NIST! :))11:47 AM Apr 1st from web
- Reading: Concrete remixed with environment in mind (Had evaluated some pollutant scrubbing TiO2 coatings - Worked great!)11:36 AM Apr 1st from web
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