EARTH PORTATION News June 6 - 7 th
AIR
- Think Air Quality Regulations Don't Matter? Look at Pittsburgh in the 1940s!
http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/environmental-policy/think-air-quality-regulations-dont-matter-look-pittsburgh-1940s/
BOOKS
- E-Book Publishers Take To The Cloud At Book Expo 2012
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnfarrell/2012/06/06/e-book-publishers-take-to-the-cloud-at-book-expo-2012/
CLIMATE
- Deforestation and pollution have led to algae blooms in El Salvador’s largest reservoir. See the view from space at
http://1.usa.gov/MMdaNc
- Arctic ice melt sets stage for cold weather
http://phys.org/news/2012-06-arctic-ice-stage-cold-weather.html
EARTH
- UNEP Awards 2012 Champions of the Earth in Rio de Janeiro: Watch Their Inspiring Stories!
http://www.treehugger.com/economics/unep-awards-2012-champions-earth-rio.html
- Evidence of Impending Tipping Point for Earth
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120606132308.htm
http://phys.org/news/2012-06-evidence-impending-earth-uncovered.html
ECONOMICS
- Courageous Leaders Don't Make Excuses...They Apologize
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikaandersen/2012/06/05/courageous-leaders-dont-make-excuses-they-apologize/
- How To Invest Your IRA In Real Estate, Gold And Alternative Assets
http://www.forbes.com/sites/deborahljacobs/2012/06/06/how-to-invest-your-ira-in-real-estate-gold-and-alternative-assets/
HOMES
- Designer Raffaele Iannello Blows You Away With An Upside Down Hughes MD 500 Helicopter Ceiling Fan
http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/designer-raffaele-iannello-blows-you-away-upside-down-hughes-md-500-helicopter-ceiling-fan.html
PLANTS
- A new way of looking at photosystem II: Researchers study key protein complex crucial to photosynthesis
http://phys.org/news/2012-06-photosystem-ii-key-protein-complex.html
SCIENCE
- Stanford physicists make new form of matter
http://phys.org/news/2012-06-stanford-physicists.html
SOLAR
- HelioWatcher Allows Solar Panels To Track The Sun
http://www.treehugger.com/solar-technology/heliowatcher-allows-solar-panels-track-sun.html
- Nanosolar Raises $70M To Survive Tough Times
http://www.forbes.com/sites/uciliawang/2012/06/01/nanosolar-raises-70m-to-survive-tough-times/
- Who's Behind The Solar Trade War?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/toddwoody/2012/06/01/whos-behind-the-solar-trade-war/
SPACE
- A Supermassive Black Hole Was Ejected Out Of Its Home Galaxy
http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/06/05/a-supermassive-black-hole-was-ejected-out-of-its-home-galaxy/
- Venus' Transit and the Search for Other Worlds
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120605171010.htm
SUSTAINABILITY
- New Initiative Aims to Build Truly Local, Resilient Economies
http://www.treehugger.com/economics/new-initiative-aims-build-truly-local-resilient-economies.html
- Farm Like A Billionaire--Harvest Tax Breaks
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2012/06/06/farm-like-a-billionaire-harvest-tax-breaks/
- Disruptive Innovators: Converting Litter Into Safe Eco-Housing and Sustainable Jobs
http://www.forbes.com/sites/naveenjain/2012/06/05/disruptive-innovators-litter-eco-housing-sustainable-jobs/
TECH
- Logitech launches upgraded solar-powered K760 keyboard
http://www.ecofriend.com/logitech-launches-upgraded-solar-powered-k760-keyboard.html
- Solar Powered Gadget Charging Stations Could Make Street Corners into Coffee Shops
http://www.treehugger.com/solar-technology/street-charge-pensa.html
- Cheap Microscope Uses a Cell Phone to Take and Share Microscopic Images
http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/cellscope-mobile-iphone-microscope.html
- Wireless Phone Charging Coming to Laptops
http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/intel-lets-you-wirelessly-charge-your-cell-phone-your-laptop.html
- Cow Tech: Farmeron Harvests Seed Funding For Farm Software
http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2012/05/10/cow-tech-farmeron-harvests-seed-funding-for-farm-software/
- Will Supercomputer Watson Be A Superhero For Banking?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/schifrin/2012/05/09/will-supercomputer-watson-be-a-superhero-for-banking/
- Billionaire Ellison $900 Million Richer As He Launches Oracle Cloud (And Joins Twitterati)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2012/06/06/billionaire-ellison-900-million-richer-as-he-launches-oracle-cloud-and-joins-twitterati/
- Tactus shows tablet keyboard rising from flat screen (w/ Video)
http://phys.org/news/2012-06-tactus-tablet-keyboard-flat-screen.html
- Research group creates bendable electronics that hold up under abuse
http://phys.org/news/2012-06-group-bendable-electronics-abuse.html
URBAN
- Solar-Powered Moonrise: A Streetlight Concept
http://www.treehugger.com/solar-technology/solar-powered-moonrise-streetlight-concept.html
- 1850s Colonial House Restored into Lovely Bed and Breakfast in Rio de Janeiro
http://www.treehugger.com/interior-design/1850s-colonial-house-restored-lovely-bed-and-breakfast-rio-de-janeiro.html
- New York City Considers Wetlands, Surge Barriers To Protect Against Rising Seas
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidferris/2012/05/31/new-york-city-considers-wetlands-surge-barriers-to-protect-against-rising-seas/
- HOW GREEN ROOFS ARE CHANGING ARCHITECTURE - DRENTS MUSEUM IS BUILT UNDER A PARK
http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/green-architecture/green-roofs-are-changing-architecture-erick-van-egeraats-drents-museum-built-under-park/
WATER
- Chemical engineers devise new nontoxic, noncorrosive, 'low-temperature' method to split water
http://phys.org/news/2012-06-chemical-nontoxic-noncorrosive-low-temperature-method.html
- Turbine Taps Irrigation Canals for Power
http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/irrigation-canal-hydropower.html
WORK
- The Three Things I've Learned About Entrepreneurs (After Studying Them For A Lifetime)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/actiontrumpseverything/2012/06/06/the-three-things-ive-learned-about-entrepreneurs-after-studying-them-for-a-lifetime/
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