In more exciting news on the front of green innovation, the New York Times reports on Envion, a company that has developed a $5 million plant in Maryland that can convert low-value recycled plastic, like the type used in planters and margarine containers, into a low-grade fuel.
Envion’s chief executive, Michael Han, says the fuel could be used in [...]
Filed under: News, Technology on September 18th, 2009 @ 11:00 am
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Over the past decade, Starbucks has come to define many aspects of mega-capitalism with its ubiquitous stores and one-size-fits-all business model, but during the past year it has appeared to turn over a new leaf. The recession has clearly not been kind to the coffee behemoth and change was definitely on the menu.
While its “inspired by Starbucks” [...]
Filed under: Environment, News on September 16th, 2009 @ 6:16 pm
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‘Younger than Moses: Idle Worship’ is an art exhibit featuring 22 artists in New York.
As part of the European Project FP7 research called “Integrated System for Transport Infastructures Surveillance and Monitoring by Electromagnetic Sensing,” a team of researchers had been gathered from the countries of Israel, Italy, France, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Romania.