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Senator Feinstein’s Desert Monument Bill: Hurting or Helping Solar?
Despite her unblemished past record of good votes on environmental, renewable energy and climate change prevention; Senator Feinstein has just confounded the media...
Can Bio Coal Turn Coal Power Plants into Green Energy Producers?
Is it possible to turn coal power plants into renewable energy producers? According to the supporters of bio coal, the answer is yes – coal plants can burn...
Poll Finds 80% Support For What’s in the Cap and Trade Bill – The One Everybody Hates
A just released World Wildlife Fund poll shows that there is overwhelming support for virtually everything in both Waxman-Markey and Boxer/Kerry Climate Cap and...
Eco-Beat, 12/31
Is Julia Stiles a secret tree-hugger? Should casinos ban vulture brains? Have you ever heard of the term “buycotting?” Today’s Eco-Beat has the...
Throwing an Eco-Friendly New Year’s Bash
Filed under: Food, Home, Tips Cheers to a green new year! Photo: George Marks, Getty Images While you’re busy making New Year’s resolutions for 2010,...
Top 9 DIY Posts of 2009
Here at greenUPGRADER we really got into DIY in 2009. As the year comes to an end lets take a look back at some of the most popular DIY posts at gUP this year… Related...
Exploring Sustainability and Our Food System with OrganicNation
What does organic really mean? How does food really go from farm to table? City girl Dorothee Royal teamed up with photographer Mark Andrew Boyer to answer those...
Craft Recycled: Greeting Cards and Wrapping Paper
The gifts are unwrapped, the out of town guests have made their way home, and you’re probably staring at a mountain of gift wrap and cards feeling a bit of...
Top 10 Jetson Green Stories of 2009
It’s always hard to imagine what will become popular and what won’t. This year, the juggernaut by far was the Clayton Homes i-House. In prior years,...
35 Stunning Platinum Projects of 2009
In the past year, we’ve discussed over 35 LEED Platinum projects, and they’re all pretty incredible. Some are renovations. Others are new construction. ...