Green Science stories at GreenUpgrader.com

I recently started contributing weekly "green science" stories to GreenUpgrader.com. Here are links to my first dozen or so articles:

Way to Go, Grandma! Older Buyers Now Top Consumers of Green Goods

Can a Cell Phone Help the World Go Green?

The Buzzzznesss of Bees

Only Trees Can Prevent Forest Fires

Elephants Gots Text Messages

CFLs Were Just the Beginning…

These Boots Were Made for Walkin’ (and Generatin’ Power)

Scientist Invents Truly Green Battery - Chlorophyll Green, That Is

A Rock to Absorb Greenhouse Gases?

22 Years Until Clean Energy?

Fish Movements Inspire a New Idea in Energy

Zounds! Sound Is Energy!

Reuse Heat, Save the Planet

Sinking Carbon with Biochar

Coffee as Biofuel: Good to the Last Drop

Turning Coconuts Into Car Parts?

A bevy of GreenTech Columns

It's been many months since I provided links to my three-times-a-week GreenTech column. To make up for that, here are some of my favorite stories from the last few months:

Survey Shows Consumer Electronics Industry Thinks 25% of Consumers Don't Want Green

Put Your Computer to Use for Good When You're Not Using It

Green Your Phone with Renewable Energy Credits

iPod Green: Try a Sustainable, Handcrafted Wood Sound

Cell Phone Industry Hangs Up On Vampire Power

Greenpeace Grades the Electronics Makers on Climate Leadership

The Best Christmas Gift of All: Rechargeable Batteries

Save Money and Energy -- Unplug Your Gaming Consoles!< Top 10 Things to Ask When Buying 'Green' Electronics

Do You Know How to Recycle Your Old TV?

How Businesses Can Save 25% on Energy Costs: HP Introduces Tech to Cap Power Use of Data Centers

Even Rechargeable Batteries Need Recycling -- Do You Know How?

Sometimes the Greenest Technology is Elbow Grease

Support Green Charities by Recycling Your Empty Toner Cartridges

Five Green Devices Every Home Should Have

Calculate Your 'Water Footprint'

Energy-Efficient Freezers Help You Store Organic, Local Food All Year Round

New HP Laptop Uses 97% Less Packaging

5 Ways to Green Your PC -- Without Spending a Penny

Books vs. eBooks: Which Are Greener?

Google Goes Geothermal. Can You?

Free Software Cuts PC Power Consumption

Meet the FCC's New Chief Technologist

Over the next few years, the United States will face a number of tough questions regarding the future of telecommunications, including spectrum sharing, broadband Internet, delivering services to rural areas, and the impact of peer-to-peer networks.

One man helping to answer these and other questions is an IEEE member: Prof. Jon M. Peha, the new Chief Technologist at the Federal Communications Commission.

Read more in the November 2008 issue of Today's Engineer

Extinction Blog, Oct-Dec 2008

More catch-up links!

October, 2008

Bush Admin spins its move to protect 48 Hawaiian species
Extinctions predicted for fish, red panda
2008 Red List of Endangered Species: A 'bleak picture' of the world's biodiversity
Breeding failure could doom turtle to extinction
Canada fails to protect grizzlies, killer whales
Poaching puts African fauna and flora at risk of extinction
Rare frog delays extinction for another year
Today is the last day to save the Endangered Species Act
Six degrees of kangaroo extinction
Salvation (and media attention) for endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales
Countdown to a rare plant's extinction
Rare coral cross-breeds to survive
The dilemma of the disappearing dingo
More violence threatens mountain gorillas in Congo
Wolves in the cross-hairs -- again!
The race to save Mexico's 'water monster'
Can international cooperation save the vaquita?

November, 2008

Elkhorn and staghorn corals gain added protections
Brazil's endangered species list triples in size
25% of Atlantic sharks at risk of extinction
Rabies outbreak threatens world's rarest wolf species
Hawaii gets digital TV early to protect endangered birds
A call to save the 'desperate dozen'
Endangered salmon vs. popular pesticides
Will Bush rush through changes to Endangered Species Act?
Sawfish recovery could take 'centuries'
Greed driving bluefin tuna to extinction
It takes time and money to declare a species 'endangered'

December, 2008

In war-torn Congo, a pleasant surprise
What is killing India's endangered gharials?
Australia's white possum possible victim of climate change
United Nations declares 2009 'Year of the Gorilla'
Cheetah racing toward extinction
Last 7 wild Asian buffaloes waiting for extinction
If a tree falls in a forest, so does every species that depends on it
Worst nesting season ever for endangered albatross
Bush Administration slashes Endangered Species Act
Kenya adds antelope species to its endangered species list
Terrible news for Tasmanian devils
Where to put the panther?
Why the U.S. Would Protect Penguins Under the Endangered Species Act
Slightly good news for world's rarest rhinos
'Moose Summit' warns of global warming dangers
Report: Global warming poisoning koalas

Experience Engineering Blog

It's catch-up time! I've been so busy the last few months I haven't had time to update this library blog. Well, here we go...

First up, the first four months of the Engineering Careers blog I write for Experience.com. Enjoy!

• December
  • Competition Offering $5k in Prizes for Greener Gadgets
  • Cleantech: The Engineering Career of the 21st Century

• November
  • Got An Idea to Fight Climate Change? You Could Win $75,000
    
  • Tough times in the tech sector?
  • Is a PhD enough?
  • Are You Submitting Your Papers for Publication?

• October
  • Build your skills and experience by volunteering
  • Think you can build a better hybrid car?
  • What Will McCain and Obama Do About High-Tech Education?
  • Solar power: A growth field for engineers

• September
  • Write a cell-phone app, win $25k
  • Youth Isn't Wasted on the Young
  • Greengineering: A great way to build your career