Green News

• New Billboards Compare Climate Scientists and Unabomber, Mass Murderers
  Update, 5:23 p.m Eastern Time: In a statement by Heartland president Joseph Bast, the organization announced that it will be taking down the Unabomber billboard after only 24 hours. Bast wrote that the billboard was an “experiment” meant to “turn the tables” on climate-change advocates. 

GoGreen.org Announces an Online Presence with a Site Devoted to Helping People Live Greener.

(PRWEB) May 04, 2012

Information regarding the green lifestyle is spreading as rapidly as the lifestyle concept itself. GoGreen.org has decided to jump in and offer a website filled with not only information but also ideas and strategies to help readers live a green lifestyle. There are a lot of green living sites available. The main goal behind GoGreen.org is to help people start living a greener life. To help them improve the environment, be healthier and save money, says content manager Megan Coogle. Ms. Coogle joined the team with the same ideas that other members of the growing GoGreen team had in mind. These ideas center on the concept that the importance of spreading the green living philosophy is in helping people start the lifestyle rather than just offering random green living information.

Too often green living sites and writers will assume that the reader has been living a green lifestyle for years. Finding content for random ideas or projects is easy. Finding green living content if you are just starting out is a bit harder. GoGreen is about offering information for beginners through advanced lifestyle practitioners in order to build a greener community.

The GoGreen.org site is starting on the right foot with their greener community viewpoint. The site features a complete section on why people should go green. This is the perfect jumping off point for readers who ask what the point of going green is but who want to hear more than the standard environmental lobbyist responses. The site moves forward by offering green living, businesses, transportation, technology and research sections to offer a full range of how someone could make their entire lifestyle greener.

GoGreen.org is still expanding and has plans for sections that will combine the green living concept with saving money and healthy living. Articles, blogs and references appear regularly to keep readers updated on the current solutions and changes in the green lifestyle movement.

Green News

• As Japan shuts down nuclear power, emissions rise

  The Fukushima crisis is eroding years of Japanese efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming, as power plants running on oil and natural gas fill the electricity gap left by now-shuttered nuclear reactors.

• Triplets Can Turn Out Just Fine; A Black Hole Murderer
  Discovered: Triplets can turn out okay, a black hole murderer is on the loose, time to start a moderate jogging routine and plants will adapt to climate change better than expected. Triplets can turn out alright, after all. Being one of three triplet means having to share things among three, which can make a person turn out a little funny, probably. This research has no implications for the personality of triplets. But, there is some good news for the well being of those born in threes. …
• European climate change to hit Scandinavia and south hardest

  Global warming in Europe this century will mostly affect Scandinavia and the Mediterranean basin, the European Environment Agency warned on Thursday.

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Green News

• Long-Lasting La Niña Finally Ends

  The La Niña climate pattern that has been in place over much of the last two years finally dissipated last month as expected, and neutral conditions are now in place over the tropical Pacific, government climate scientists said today (May 3).

• Color-Changing Artificial Muscles Do Camouflage
  Scientists have created a soft, stretchy artificial muscle that can blend with its environment at the flick of a switch, mimicking the camouflage abilities of squid and zebrafish.
• The Stones Speak: Stonehenge Had Lecture Hall Acoustics

  The stone slabs of England’s Stonehenge may have been more than just a spectacular sight to the ancient people who built the structure; they likely created an acoustic environment unlike anything they normally experienced, new research hints.

• Green groups say Indonesia deforestation ban ‘weak’

  A coalition of green groups in Indonesia on Thursday criticised a moratorium on deforestation as “weak”, saying the year-long ban still excludes large tracts of the country’s carbon-rich forests.

• Time Warner 1Q results beat Street on TV, movies

  A stronger box office slate, a new deal with Netflix and a better TV advertising climate contributed to growth at Time Warner Inc. to start off 2012.

• Climate impact on plants could be underestimated – study

  Experiments that try to simulate global warming’s impact on plants badly underestimate what happens in the real world, according to a study published on Wednesday in the journal Nature.

Green News

• Plant study flags dangers of warming world

  LONDON (Reuters) – Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted in response to climate change, research in the United States showed on Wednesday, which could have devastating knock-on effects for food chains and ecosystems. Global warming is having a significant impact on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world, changing some breeding, migration and feeding patterns, scientists say. …

• Greenpeace activist paraglides into French nuclear plant
  PARIS (Reuters) – A Greenpeace activist dropped a smoke flare as he flew over a French nuclear reactor on a paraglider on Wednesday, seeking to draw attention to what green activists call gaps in nuclear security four days before a presidential election runoff. The plant’s owner, EDF, confirmed an engine-powered paraglider had landed within its Bugey nuclear site in southeastern France. The pilot flew over the plant and threw a red-smoke flare on the roof of a building before landing, television images showed. …
• Shoppers Eager for ‘Green’ News
  In spite of their doubts about the commitment of American companies to sustainability, consumers and business leaders want to learn more about eco-friendly green business efforts, a new study says. And their numbers are growing.
• Time Warner 1Q results beat Street on TV, movies

  A stronger box office slate, a new deal with Netflix and a better TV advertising climate contributed to growth at Time Warner Inc. to start off 2012.

• Spotify for iPad now available

  Spotify on Tuesday announced that its highly anticipated iPad application is now available for download in Apple’s App Store. The free app allows premium Spotify subscribers to access the company’s huge portfolio of music, stream tracks and playlists, and share songs. The new Spotify iPad app also features gapless playback, a crossfade function and AirPlay integration, allowing users to stream music wirelessly from the iPad to AirPlay-compatible devices. Spotify’s full press release follows below. Say Hello to Spotify for iPad May 2nd 2012 Your lean, green, music machine is here… Today we’re extremely proud to present our native iPad app in all its green-hued glory. Features include: Retina graphics for iPad – dazzling display, razor sharp images, richer colours Even

• Spotify for iPad now available [video]

  Spotify on Tuesday announced that its highly anticipated iPad application is now available for download in Apple’s App Store. The free app allows premium Spotify subscribers to access the company’s huge portfolio of music, stream tracks and playlists, and share songs. The new Spotify iPad app also features gapless playback, a crossfade function and AirPlay integration, allowing users to stream music wirelessly from the iPad to AirPlay-compatible devices. Spotify’s full press release follows below along with a video. Say Hello to Spotify for iPad May 2nd 2012 Your lean, green, music machine is here… Today we’re extremely proud to present our native iPad app in all its green-hued glory. Features include: Retina graphics for iPad – dazzling display, razor sharp

• Can an African "green revolution" help feed the world?

  SABA SABA, Kenya, May 2 (AlertNet) – Her bare feet coated with mud, Sabena Gitau trudged down the rain-sodden hillside to her banana plantation, machete in hand. She chose and cut several giant bunches of bananas, which she strapped to a motorbike to be taken to nearby Saba Saba town, 77 km (48 miles) north of Nairobi, to be weighed, graded and sold. A decade ago, Gitau made the same 10 km trip a couple of times a month, on foot with her bananas on her back, earning about 420 shillings ($5) for the dawn-to-dusk trek. …

• "Green bullet" innovations aim to feed world of 9 billion

  LONDON, May 2 (AlertNet) – In flood-hit fields in the Philippines, farmers are testing a hardy new variety of rice that can survive completely submerged for more than two weeks. In Kenya’s Kibera slum, poor urban families are turning around their diets and incomes just by learning to grow vegetables in sack gardens outside their doors. And in India, a push to help marginalized rural communities gain title to their land is leading to a significant drop in hunger. …

• Pig poo power the answer to China’s porky poser?

  SYDNEY (Reuters) – Seven hundred million pigs produce a lot of poo. China’s love of pork presents a mountain of a problem for the environment, 1.4 million metric tons (1.5 million tons) of pig poo a year to be precise, but an Australian company believes it has part of the answer. Why not turn the pig poo into power? Using a bioreactor called “PooCareTM” and other technology, the pig manure is converted into biofuel for cooking and heating while the residual goes to farmers as nutrient-rich fertilizers. …

$1.8 Million Slot Jackpot Hits at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood; Largest Jackpot Win to Date

Hollywood, Fla. (PRWEB) May 02, 2012

A lucky guest hit a $ 1.8 million jackpot on the Wheel of Fortune? Spinning Reel Triple Diamond? $ 5 denomination slot machine at 9 p.m. on Friday, April 27 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. This is the largest jackpot to date at the property.

The guest requested to remain anonymous.

We are thrilled to announce the award of our largest slots jackpot to date, said Phil Madow, president of Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood. This months big win and last months $ 800,000 payout illustrate that dreams can come true at your favorite place to play. This exciting news is surely an incentive for new and seasoned players to try their luck at South Floridas largest entertainment destination resort.

The winning machines manufacturer is also enthusiastic about the news.

IGTs Megajackpots? games continue to entertain players around the world while giving them the chance to become instant millionaires, said Staci Alonso, IGT chief marketing officer. We are excited to celebrate Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywoods largest jackpot to date and the newest millionaire, congratulations.

Manufactured by International Game Technology (NYSE: IGT), the player-favorite Wheel of Fortune? Spinning Reel Triple Diamond? theme S AVP? model features the familiar physical reels for a traditional mechanical-reel experience but with crisper graphics. The bonus game play gives players a chance to spin the wheel and win!

Since January 1, 2012, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood has awarded over $ 129.8 million to lucky guests.

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, South Floridas largest casino, features 2,500 of the most popular slots in denominations ranging from one cent to $ 1,000 dollars. Machine types include; Double Diamond, Triple Diamond, Wheel of Fortune, Life of Luxury, Cleopatra, Blazin Sevens, Red White & Blue, Sex & The City, Bombay, Stinkin Rich, and Top Dollar. Also offered are Video Poker and Video Roulette. High-end gaming rooms for both slots and table games and the Plum VIP Lounge offer premium customers a lavish experience. A non-smoking gaming room also offers a variety of slots and blackjack tables.

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is located on State Road 7 (U.S. 441) in Hollywood, Florida. Take I-95, exit Stirling Rd. and travel west to 1 Seminole Way. For more information, call (954) 327-ROCK, 1 800-937-0010 or visit us online at http://www.seminolehardrockhollywood.com or http://www.facebook.com/seminolehardrockhollywood . Follow us on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/SHRHollywood .

About Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino invites you to PLAYHARD! Play, stay, dine, and shop at South Floridas ultimate entertainment destination. Over 90 tables offer Blackjack, Baccarat, Mini-Baccarat, Pai Gow Poker, Three Card Poker, Texas Hold em Bonus Poker, Casino War and Let it Ride on a nearly three-acre casino floor. Additionally, 2,500 slots include the Native-American Casino linked Multi-Area Progressive Jackpots and Mega Jackpots. Separate high-limit rooms for table games and slots, in addition to a non-smoking room, are available for guests to enjoy. Loyal Players Club members also have access to the exclusive VIP Plum Lounge and VIP Chefs Table show kitchen. The Poker Room at Seminole Paradise hosts various games and tournaments of Limit and No Limit Texas Hold em, 7-Card Stud and two dollar and four dollar limit Omaha Hi Lo games. Located inside the casino is Hard Rock Cafe -Hollywood, part of Hard Rocks 136 globally recognized rock n roll restaurants. The Green Lodging Certified by the State of Florida, AAA Four Diamond-rated resort showcases 500 luxurious guest rooms, 18 restaurants and lounges, 40,000 square feet of meeting room space, the Body Rock Spa, 23 boutique shops, 13 nightclubs, the 400-seat Paradise Live theater and the 5,500seat Hard Rock Live concert arena. Located on State Road 7 (U.S. 441) in Hollywood, Florida. Take I-95, exit Stirling Rd. and travel west to 1 Seminole Way. For more information, call (954) 327-ROCK, 1 800-937-0010 or visit us online at http://www.seminolehardrockhollywood.com or http://www.facebook.com/seminolehardrockhollywood .

Green News

• Brazil cracks down on lucrative wild animal trade

  Blue-and-yellow macaws from Amazonia, green parrots, monkeys, turtles, anacondas and pumas: wild animal trafficking is a very lucrative business that spares no species in Brazil, including those facing extinction.

• Weird Ocean Current May Create Coral Refuges

  Global warming is expected to have devastating effects on coral reefs, but recent research points to a few exceptions.

• Wind Farms Are Making Earth Warmer; Is Your Water Getting Cleaner or Dirtier?
  Discovered in Green: Wind farms are making the Earth warmer, a map of clean and dirty ground water, the coral reef is moving, and Yellowstone’s super-volcano isn’t all that super. Fresh news and ideas about our planet’s futureSee full coverage Wind farms are making the Earth warmer. Oh, shoot, that’s the opposite of what’s supposed to happen. But, like all things green, this sustainable power generation tool has some unintended side effects. …

Pure Environmental Solutions Now Offers Biosweep for Odor Removal and Indoor Air Quality Restoration

(PRWEB) April 28, 2012

Homeowners, apartment management companies, restoration contractors, and others in the Colorado area now have access to Biosweep?, a revolutionary service that virtually assures success in restoring properties to their original condition after a fire, water damage, cat urine events, and other unpleasant situations. Zachary Drake and his team at Pure Environmental Solutions offer exclusive access to the Biosweep? service in the Portland area. Pure, a national service provider, recently opened its new office in Colorado.

Those who deal with odor and indoor air quality have long thought there is no true killer app for odor removal and indoor air quality. Now there is. The Biosweep? process far outstrips other technologies such as hydroxyl generators and ozone machines in attacking these problems. The process employs a trade secret-protected proprietary technology to create photocatalytic oxidation, which produces a dry vapor consisting primarily of vaporized hydrogen peroxide. Airborne organic contaminants are destroyed at the molecular level. While the cleansing of air and indoor surfaces occurs because of several interrelated steps, the result is simple the virtually complete eradication of odor, mold spores, and infection-causing pathogens in indoor air and on indoor surfaces.

Restoration companies, for example, see an immediate value-add in Biosweep?. By contracting with Pure to deploy Biosweep? as the final step in a restoration job, these businesses can kill any and all remaining mold spores, bacteria, viruses, smoke, animal odors, grease odors, food odors, and allergens in the air and the interior surfaces of the structure within a period of no more than 8 hours. This virtually assures that a restoration job will pass inspection and the property will be returned to the customer without dangerous or noxious contaminants in the air. Biosweep? is already integrated in the XACTMATE software program used by the restoration industry.

The results are no less impressive for management companies looking to eliminate the unwanted effects of cat ownership, or an auto dealer looking to make their cars smell the fresh and clean way customers want them to smell. The Pure team is able to make short work of any odor, even when imbedded in upholstery, walls, flooring, and electronics.

Pure also has a way to keep an interior germ-free and odor-free for months at a time. We offer Surface Defense, an antimicrobial protection service ideal for high risk areas such as medical, nursing and workout facilities. Annual applications of Surface Defense keep germs from ever attaching to surfaces, whether counters, floors, or fabrics. This service significantly reduces the risk posed by MRSA and other high-profile pathogens. For more information, see our press release at: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/11/prweb8957974.htm.

The service is proactive, green, and affordable. We provide certifications of Surface Defense treatment that our customers can use in differentiating their premises from those of competitors. Let us work with you to design forward-looking, cost-saving, risk-reducing programs that accomplish a high level of odor and germ elimination.

Contact Zachary Drake today at Zachary (at) PureEnvironmentalSolutions (dot) com to learn more about these services, available only through Pure.

Green News

• Food Will Get More Expensive; The Clean Water Act Is Working
  Discovered in Green: Food prices will rise, the Clean Water Act is working, China’s getting dirtier and a better, leafier solar panel design.  Fresh news and ideas about our planet’s futureSee full coverage We can expect food prices of pollen dependent plants will go up. With the pesticides killing all those bees, it takes more money to maintain crops. This trend will continue. And, unfortunately, a lot of the best plants — cocoa, coffee, apples — fall into that category. …
• Silicon Valley Is a Big Ole Fraternity
  What do Silicon Valley startups have in common with fraternities? A lot, it turns out, based on recent reports about the rise of the “brogrammer”— a would-be tech superstar whose approach to business and life owes as much to Animal House as it does Revenge of the Nerds. How exactly do two seemingly different worlds (dingy frat houses and tech incubators)  breed the same type of human? Well, creating bros only takes a certain environment that both Silicon Valley and college fraternity houses share. …

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