Jun 20 2008

The Green Seen

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A roundup of green headlines that caught our eye this week.

• Car running on empty? Look to your tap! Genepax, a Japanese company, just introduced water-powered wheels. One liter will keep you cruisin' for an hour at 50 mph.
• TreeHugger shows us new ways to turn old incandescent bulbs into art.
• The Wall Street Journal reports on a New Jersey private school raising green building standards by creating a campus that is regenerative to the local ecosystems and healthier for students.
• San Francisco's getting greener, one park at a time.
• Happy solstice! As the Northern Hemisphere basks in the first day of summer, the Daily Green reflects on Spring 2008 - apparently the world's seventh warmest spring ever.
• The Atlantic profiles GM's development of the highly-anticipated plug-in hybrid electric Volt. PG&E has offered an electric vehicle rate for its customers since the 1990s, encouraging our customers to charge off-peak, when energy is cheaper, cleaner and demand is low.
• In honor of Take Your Dog to Work Day, have you thought about your best friends' carbon paw print? TreeHugger brings us CatGenie's self-flushing litter box which uses washable, litter-like granules. No need for your four-legged buddy to add to the millions of tons of used cat litter in our landfills. Also helps to deter those dogs who treat your cat's throne as the cookie jar.

 

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