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Plastic bag manufacturers sue reusable bag maker.

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Posted on Jun 15 2011 by Daniel

You probably thought you were free to carry your groceries home any way you wanted, but you were wrong. You must use plastic. Case closed.


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  Tags: ocean, plastic bags Category: Food and Agriculture, Pollution, Solid Waste, Water

Remember: you’re the one spinning

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Posted on Jun 10 2011 by Daniel

TweetWe’ve all seen images and time-lapse movings showing start trails as they loop around the sky.  But really, we’re the ones turning… Weird!


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  Tags: astronomy, space, STARS Category: Nature

Yes, we know California is awesome.

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Posted on Jun 9 2011 by Daniel

“In the past three decades, electricity per capita has stayed flat in Californian while it has risen 60% in the rest of the country.” But why?


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  Tags: california, efficiency, romm Category: Carbon, Energy, Policy

Wrangling Messy Data

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Posted on Jun 1 2011 by Daniel

Admit it, you clean up your messy data by hand in Excel. You SHOULD be using these tools instead.


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  Tags: air travel, cleaning, data, data wrangler, refine Category: Carbon, EcoMetrics, InfoVis

PlotWatt Labs: Boiling a pot of water, Part II

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Posted on May 11 2011 by Daniel

If you drink cup after cup of hot tea or coffee, you’ll want to know the most efficient way to boil your water. We’ve done the experiment and have the answers!


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  Tags: appliances, boiling, kWh, plotwatt labs, Water Category: EcoMetrics, Energy, InfoVis, PlotWatt, Residential

PlotWatt Labs: Boiling a pot of water, Part I

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Posted on May 9 2011 by Daniel

If you want four cups of tea in the morning, is it more efficient to boil each cup one-at-a-time, or boil all four at once?


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  Tags: boiling, cooking, plotwatt labs, Water Category: EcoMetrics, Energy, PlotWatt, Residential

Why not have both?

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Posted on May 5 2011 by Daniel

Tweet I think the word you’re looking for is “irony.”


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  Tags: home comfort, humor Category: Residential

Snap! You’re an arborist!

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Posted on May 3 2011 by Daniel

Do you think you’re an expert on trees? See if you can identify this tree by its leaf…


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  Tags: apps, iPhone, leaves, trees Category: Nature

Up In Smoke

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Posted on Apr 26 2011 by Daniel

Despite its name, weed is apparently very hard to grow, and it’s costing us billions in energy.


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  Tags: drugs, garden, hydroponics, marijuana Category: Carbon, Energy, Food and Agriculture

LED Deal Redux

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Posted on Apr 24 2011 by Daniel

LED light bulbs on sale – get ‘em while they’re cool!


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  Tags: LED, light bulb, sale, zetalux Category: Energy, Residential
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