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AT&T Intros Eco-Friendly Phone Charger

AT&T is offering folks the chance to be a small part of a big difference as it announces the launch of the ZERO Charger for phones.

When you leave your mobile phone charger plugged in when its not actually juicing up a handset, you waste electricity

– some estimates see the overall power suck from such scenarios [...]

SMIT’s Solar Ivy in the running for a Pepsi Refresh grant – Core77

SMIT—Sustainably Minded Interactive Technology—is in the running for a Pepsi Refresh grant of $50,000 to make their Solar Ivy product a commercial reality.

Started as a thesis project by Sam Cochran in 2005, the Solar Ivy concept proposes a flexible net of pholtovoltaic leaves that can be draped over a building to capture electricity. [...]

A Once-Dark Polaroid Factory Goes Green : NPR

A Once-Dark Polaroid Factory Goes Green : NPR.

Many old factories around the country now sit dark and empty. But at a once-defunct Polaroid film factory in New Bedford, Mass., the lights are on again and a new industry is rising up inside the ruins of an old one.

The company Konarka makes solar panels, but not [...]

Car of the Future Will Run on Its Own Waste Energy : CleanTechnica

Electricity is the ultimate portable fuel, so running a car on electricity opens a world of possibilities in terms of harvesting and using sustainable energy while on the go. Thermoelectric innovator Amerigon Incorporated has one especially interesting approach: capture the waste energy from the car’s engine exhaust and recycle it into electric [...]

South Dakota Wind Power could supply 50% of the Nation’s energy

* BP Wind Energy and Clipper Windpower are planning to build the world’s largest turbine farm in South Dakota. When fully operational in five to ten years, the 5,050-megawatt Titan Wind Project will provide enough electricity to power over 1 million homes!

* With the right transmission infrastructure and policies, South Dakota’s wind potential could power [...]