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Governor Corzine speaks to Green Jobs graduates Last week  New Jersey Governor, Jon Corzine, toured a very special construction site in the town of Hillsboro in central New Jersey.  He came to inspect an energy efficient, accessible home being built by Homes for Our Troops, in partnership with New Jersey’s Climate Choice Program, for Marine [...]

100% Organic at Cathy's Organic Superstore (image from faeryboots on Flickr) Do you love organic products?  Wish that they were easier to find and purchase?  Now, you can go 100% organic at Cathy’s Organic Superstore. The site will save you both time and money – which I never have enough of! I read about Cathy [...]

We’ve had an email from Carolyn asking what she can do with some plastic buckets that have “split at the bottom”. The first ideas that spring to mind take advantage of the fact it’s now not water tight – use it as a garden planter or an upside down planter next summer. You might even [...]

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Etc., Green Daily What are the chances that American soldiers will soon be ditching their High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles – better known as the HMMWV, Humvee or just the Hummer – for flying Skycars from Moller? Well, let’s just say we’re not holding our breath. Still, there’s apparently at least [...]

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Manufacturing/Plants, Tesla Motors Tesla Roadster Sport – Click above for high-res image gallery The birthplace of the upcoming Tesla Model S will likely be one of two Southern California cities near/in Los Angeles: Long Beach or Downey. Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk told the Long Beach Press-Telegram that the two sites in [...]

Real green movers don't shake Movers Not Shakers is a Brooklyn based moving company that has come up with a new kind of business model  that saves time, money, and the environment. Founded in 2002, they were green before green was cool….and they really do think outside the box, quite literally. Unlike traditional movers, they [...]

We’ve had an email from Kacy, asking: What can I do with a gazebo tent? The ones you put over barbecues in the garden. Pop-up gazebos have been very popular in the UK over the last few years because they’re a quick and easy way to provide shade from the blazing hot sun (or, more [...]

Filed under: Biodiesel, Diesel, Ford 2011 Ford “Scorpion” Power-Stroke 6.7-liter diesel V8 – click above for high-res image gallery Ford’s ongoing issues with its long-time heavy duty diesel engine supplier, Navistar, will soon be coming to an end. The 2011 edition of the Ford Super Duty pickups will get an all-new, in-house designed diesel V8 [...]

Filed under: MPG, Automotive X-Prize The road to actually compete in the Progressive Automotive X Prize is a tough one. We’ve been following the competition since well before the official Day One, and we can’t quite understand the difference between all of the different levels that a team can be considered. What we do know [...]

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in Even in a down economy, millions of dollars are flowing into start-up companies working on advanced batteries for plug-in vehicles and methanol fuel cells. Three companies operating in the less-sexy side of the new automotive industry – Seeo, CFX and Oorja Protonics – have all raised millions for their operations. [...]