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Wolves, grizzly bears, dolphins and whales? All in one place? That place is Canada's Great Bear Rainforest -- and our lead scientist has sent us video, images and diary entries from his trip into one of the last old-growth temperate rainforests.  Join us in exploring the rainforest today!

By now, we've all heard about that mythical bridge to nowhere, but this story is quite the opposite. It's about a farmer that builds a bridge (metaphorically speaking) from his fields to the school lunchroom cafeterias. In the process, fresh, and wholesome foods are provided to growing kids, and a small local food economy develops. This is part of a growing trend across the country, and a win-win for everyone involved.

What is the nature of label printing and what sustainability concerns are there? In this video interview, Jeff addresses these and other topics including waste, recycling, rock paper, and offsets.

Reps. Boucher, Upton and Michael Morris of AEP discuss the need to pass H.R. 6258, the Carbon Capture and Storage Early Deployment Act. The bill would fund development and deployment of technology to capture and store carbon dioxide emitted from coal-fired power plants. Panelists describe the bill as an enabler for future carbon cap-and-trade regulations.

Ex Greenpeace Cofounder and wildlife defender Paul Watson, otherwise known as the “Sea Shepherd”, has dedicated his life to environmental activism and animal rights. Read the article to learn more about Paul, and watch the video to see Paul and his crew in action.

Tuscon Saryon from the Integral Design Studio shares with us this 10 minute video clip entitled "This New Green House". He believes architects have a responsibility to the planet to design sustainable homes. Watch a straw bale, off the grid home being built in Crestone Colorado, a community that is a mecca for sustainable homes, by local builder Paul Coppana.

The APS, which represents 46,000 physicists in academia, industry and national laboratories, including nearly 60 Nobel Laureates, releases a major new study, Energy Future: Think Efficiency, that provides a roadmap for reducing America"s dependence on foreign oil and its contribution to global warming through dramatic improvements in energy efficiency.

Check out this sweet video of what the Tesla can do...

Humorous short animation by MTV Switch, draws some important points about 'green' and sustainability claims which are unsubstantive or irrelevant. Includes additional commentary and analysis

Food Works provides opportunities to young people to make a difference in their communities. The youth come from a diverse background, 14 to 21 years in age, they learn valuable skills how to communicate more effectively with adults, grow and market the food they produce at farmers markets, and provide fresh produce to low income families nearby.

EPA, responsible for promoting a cleaner and healthier environment for Americans, joins forces with General Motors as part of a long-standing commitment to hydrogen fuel cell commercialization.With the delivery of a Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell Electric vehicle, the EPA will be the newest participant in Chevrolet"s Project Driveway -- an innovative market test that is helping to bring fuel cell electric vehicle technology to market.

What happens when corporations stop greenwashing…and start being real? MTV wants to find out. The NYC-based network just launched a global marketing push to tackle climate change with TV ads attacking those guilty of greenwashing. All of this is part of their youth-targeted climate change initiative called MTV Switch.

Some 87 percent of investor relations professionals say they believe companies can improve long-term shareholder value through better carbon management -- reducing emissions that affect the environment -- and that communications technologies can help companies achieve their overall corporate social responsibility goals.  Those are among the key findings of a new study conducted by Verizon Business and IR magazine.

Rogue the dog is a 4-year-old Belgian sheepdog and part of a Nature Conservancy project to use dogs to sniff out the threatened Kincaid’s lupine plant. This plant is host to the endangered Fender's blue butterfly, found only in Oregon's Willamette Valley.  See a great video and photos of Rogue the dog in action!

David Love, Managing Director, C.P. Eaton Partners, talks about the investment environment for clean energy technologies and companies -- from both the venture capital and long-term, strategic perspectives. He particularly discusses grid and infrastructure improvements as a key investment area.

Al Gore takes Nordhaus/Shellenberger Breakthrough approach. Is it enough?

Recent surveys have revealed more than 80 percent of the water does not contain enough oxygen in the summer, killing off fish, crabs, oysters and plant life. The Chesapeake Bay Initiative, a multi-state agreement, was developed to change that.

This is the interesting point for Ecopreneurs: suppliers are having trouble keeping up with demand in the marketplace, even at the low levels of current business. Problems are at every level of the supply chain, so if you have a green idea, GET IT OUT THERE.

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium, with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, today awarded Johnson Controls-Saft a contract valued at $8.2 million. The contract will focus on the development of lithium-ion battery systems for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and over the course of two years will seek to validate the commercial feasibility of lithium-ion technology for mass market plug-in hybrid vehicles.

It's simple, really: You watch videos on Go Green Tube, and every time you do, a verified pound of carbon is offset. You submit videos, more people go there, and more carbon gets offset. A brilliantly easy to learn and make a difference at the same time.

Washington, DC - Jean-Jerome Baudry, President and CEO, Cybernomics; Scott Nance, Content Acquisition Manager, Energy Policy TV (EPTV)Baudry discusses the reasons for the launch of the Think Green Alliance, which engages companies working to reduce their carbon emissions.

John Mirsky, Vice President, Technical and Engineering Services, Robert Bosch LLC, is interviewed about the decision by Bosch to join the Chicago Climate Change, the world's first and North America's only voluntary, legally binding carbon exchange.

Judi Greenwald, Director of Innovative Solutions, Pew Center on Global Climate Change, is interviewed about a partnership between the Pew Center and Toyota to undertake a study and project to improve corporate energy energy efficiency nationwide. Such improvements are aimed at reducing corporate carbon emissions.

Environmentalists can be almost as funny as feminists....

kidding kidding....

I came across a YouTube knockoff with a green premise called Go Green Tube earlier today. The premise is great. Green videos to help you live and be greener. Their own tagline is "Think Green, Watch Green, Be Green". Okay, I'm with you so far, but from what I can tell this is nothing more than a YouTube knockoff trying to profit from individuals who are trying to better the planet. These videos would do more good on YouTube itself than here where the only benefit appears to be the lining of the owner's pockets.

Panelists discuss the technical and commercial state of carbon capture and storage (CCS) systems today, and their deployments in coming years to enable clean coal electrical generation plants. Panelists discuss the technologies - and the need for them -- from the scientific, technology, commercialization and financial perspectives.

In remarks on the Senate floor, Senator Amy Klobuchar decries political interference by members of the Bush administration in the release of climate change science by from federal agencies.

Former Vice President Al Gore wants the United States to produce all of its electricity through wind, solar and other clean, renewable sources by 2018. It is meant as one solution to addressing global climate change.

This summer be different! get a pair of Tom’s shoes! Not only do they exist in all the colors you could think about but for every pair you purchase Tom will give a pair to a child in need :)

The website is really worth visiting!

Witnesses at the hearing note that global demand for alternative energy systems is on the rise, and that if American firms can meet the needs of the international market, the U.S. economy stands to reap trillions of dollars in export revenue. At home, meanwhile, the continued expansion of green firms has led to lower costs for consumers.