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The Ins and Outs of Scrap Car Recycling

Clean Fleet Report

Adherence to best practices in de-pollution, waste management and material recovery becomes imperative. Individual Perks Scrap car recycling extends personal gains beyond the horizon. Individuals become agents of transformation within their neighborhoods, collectively advancing the cause.

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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

Cars That Think

As we try to objectively study nature, we are often reminded of how natural forces affect us personally. When we turn up the heat in our homes and workplaces, we must balance our personal need for warmth with the global impact of burning fossil fuels like oil, gas, coal, and biomass.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

Green Car Congress

Cities account for 2% of the world’s area and yet they account for 75% of the resources and 75% of the waste ,” said Cervero. He calls Stockholm’s neighborhoods a “ string of pearls ” with a balanced use of land for work and housing—and yet Stockholm has relatively high level of car ownership (555 cars/ 1000 inhabitants).

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On the World’s Largest Cruise Ship, Thrills and Space to Chill

Baua Electric

Space The ship has the feel of a city, with eight distinct “neighborhoods.” Family At the Surfside neighborhood, there are pools and restaurants for both adults and children so that families can spend time together. It seemed like an unnecessary waste of energy. Royal Caribbean did not respond to a request for comment.)

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

The Torrance Hillside Overlay district , covers most of the historic Hollywood Riviera neighborhood where the Creative Greenius lives and I can tell you that it’s a zoning law that is pure politics. Just two people live in its 3000+ energy-wasting square feet. It’s just this mind-blowing waste of time.

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It’s Time To Go To The Mattresses

Creative Greenius

They aimed more smokestacks at us and dumped toxic waste in our neighborhoods while they paid off the cops and the justice system to get away with it. Hey, it’s not personal. That just ain’t right. And it ain’t a wise way to go when dealing with wise guys like us. It’s strictly business.

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Inside The Green Task Force

Creative Greenius

For more than a year now in this blog I’ve been researching and reporting on climate change, energy and transportation issues and related environmental stories covering them on both a personal and a global perspective. The truth is, I’m unabashedly fascinated by and truly interested in the work they’re doing.

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