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Archive for January 24th, 2009

Knitting a City Together

Passers-by stop to help knit “greenies” to decorate the streetlamps of Nişantaşı. Photo: Yutta Saftien
Come next May, if you were to look out across the mighty waterway running through the middle of Istanbul, you might see shoots of green growth rising up from the endless urban sprawl and crossing the Bosphorus Bridge that connects the […]

Hot Climate Action By Calera: Utility Stack Gas + Sea Water = Calcium Carbonate \/+ Hydrogen Sulfide

Dynegy’s Moss Landing Coal Fired Plant, at Moss Landing Harbor, California, Image credit:NOAA
Calera has a chemical process in mind to sequester coal-plant C02 emissions in concrete. First, they would bubble hot, CO2-laden stack gas through sea water. The prototype would be done at the pictured Mossy Landing plant. Calcium sulfate, and to a lesser […]

Solar Powered Medical Clinic Will Save Lives in War Torn Iraq

Photo via News Blaze
In Iraq, where rolling blackouts and severe electricity restrictions plague the nation, a reliable power supply can mean the difference between life and death. Without it, important medical centers can’t provide the necessary treatment to the wounded. So it was a stunning achievement for the American-Iraqi Multinational Force—and a great moment for […]