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Harlem block goes green

With construction set to begin by the end of the year, developer Jonathan Rose plants to retrofit 10 six-story buildings with solar panels, efficient boilers and energy-saving appliances and materials, the New York Daily News reported. Old floor ...

From E.B. SOLOMONT, Plenty,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Daily News,  Andrew McNamara,  Michael Henry

Global warming in the defendant's seat

KATRINA: Homeowners say their property was damaged in Hurricane Katrina, which was likely brought on by global warming. (Photo: Leonard Porcano/Citizen Image) Who is liable when global warming is named in a lawsuit? Forging ahead with a new legal ...

From E.B. SOLOMONT, Plenty,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: ExxonMobil,  Peabody Energy,  USA Today,  William Walsh,  Environmental Protection Agency

Timberland's rugged boots, green soles

Timberland chief executive Jeffrey Swartz pulls no punches when he says, “If there’s no outdoors, you don’t need our brand.” It’s mid-November, several weeks before the U.N. climate change talks in Copenhagen, when I reach Swartz by phone in the middle ...

From E.B. SOLOMONT, Plenty,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Howard Schultz,  Starbucks Corp

Stars oppose NYC's stinky garbage plan

No one wants garbage on their street. Or garbage trucks barreling past their home. Or garages for said garbage trucks. But that’s just the predicament residents of one New York City neighborhood are in, according to The New York Times. Under a stinky ...

From E.B. SOLOMONT, Plenty,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company,  James Gandolfini,  Ben Affleck,  Jennifer Connelly,  Richard Barrett

Oyster ban fails, for now

Should food safety officials ban the sale of raw oysters harvested from warm water known to breed bacteria? The Food and Drug Administration thinks so, but in the face of tough opposition federal officials have backed off from a plan to prevent the ...

From E.B. SOLOMONT, Plenty,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Food and Drug Administration,  New York Times Company,  U.S. Senate,  US Food and Drug Administration

Who says thieves can't be green?

Police in Knoxville, Tenn., charged the 18-year-old players – Janzen Jackson, Mike Edwards and Nu'Keese Richardson – as well as a female companion with attempted robbery, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported. PRIUS PRIDE: The choice of a 2010 ...

From E.B. SOLOMONT, Plenty,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mike Edwards (footballer)

UPS gives big bucks to 'green' causes

And it is just the latest in eco-friendly moves for the world’s largest package delivery service, which has focused on its sustainability measures in recent years. What can brown do for you? Go green. The United Parcel Service’s charitable arm ...

From E.B. SOLOMONT, Plenty,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: United Parcel Service, Inc.

Eastern Europe's windfall of carbon credits

WINDFALL: Rapid deindustrialization led to a surplus of carbon credits. (Photo: ZUMA Press/ZUMA Inc.) Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a surprising legacy in post-communist countries is this: a surplus of carbon emission credits in ...

From E.B. SOLOMONT, Plenty,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: European Commission,  New York Times Company,  United Nations,  European Union

Fifteen win 'Earth journalism' awards

But the competition isn’t exactly over. In the annals of environmental journalism, 15 stories about climate change are among the winning entries in the first . Organizers are asking the public to select a 16th award, the “Global Public Award,” by ...

From E.B. SOLOMONT, Plenty,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Twitter Inc

RIP, Nico the whale

CROWD FAVORITES: The playful and expressive belugas are a huge draw to the Atlanta facility. (Photo: Georgia Aquarium) One of the Georgia Aquarium’s three beluga whales died suddenly Tuesday, a month after it was moved temporarily to Texas as a ...

From E.B. SOLOMONT, Plenty,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Nico

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