The Environmental Working Group, in its 2010 Cell Phone Radiation Report, has rated the best and worst phones according to their radiation output. Their online database also allows you to search for information on your cell phone model, including its Specific Absorption Rates (SAR) data. SAR measures the radiation absorbed by the body when a [...]
This Saturday, February 27, “Wasting Less to Save More: Perspectives from leaders of Ohio’s energy efficiency industry,” will center on recent green energy progress across the state, and highlight additional opportunities for homeowners and businesses to bolster efficiency. Congresswoman Mary Jo Kilroy will deliver the keynote address, and to kick off the panel, Environment Ohio [...]
On Wednesday, CNN featured a startling video from VBS.TV, a broadband television network based in Brooklyn, New York. “Toxic: Garbage Island” details the massive buildup of trash, called the Great Eastern Garbage Patch, in the Pacific Ocean The video follows Capt. Charles Moore and others as they study the extent and myriad environmental and health [...]
The Chadwick Arboretum and Learning Gardens at Ohio State is planning to install a 10,000 sq. ft. green roof on Howlett Hall. The installation, planned for late 2011, will provide numerous benefits, including reductions storm water runoff and urban “heat island” effect. The green roof will also move the arboretum closer to its goal of [...]
In an email last Friday, the Ohio Environmental Council (OEC) announced that it was calling for a moratorium on dumping in Ohio’s construction & demolition debris (C&DD) landfills. OEC Director Keith Dimoff expressed concerns about potential groundwater contamination from C&DD landfills and urged Ohioans to join the effort by writing to Gov. Strickland. Dimoff cited [...]
Registration is now open for the University System of Ohio (USO) Sustainability Conference, organized by the Ohio Board of Regents in collaboration with seven Ohio colleges and universities. The inaugural conference will take place on April 27 at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, and it will focus on efficiency, green workforce development, [...]
Unfortunately, as a result of the weather forecast, we must postpone “Wasting Less to Save More: Perspectives from leaders of Ohio’s energy efficiency industry.” Originally scheduled for tomorrow evening, the event will now take place on Saturday, February 27 (6pm). However, despite the change in date, all other components of the event will move forward [...]
This May 2-4, Ohio State and Clean Fuels Ohio will host Moving Ahead: Sustainable Transportation for the 21st Century. The conference, to be held at OSU’s new Ohio Union Conference Center, will engage “voices of the transportation industry, state and federal policymakers and research leaders in manufacturing, freight, energy production and distribution, as well as [...]
Ohio’s green energy economy is the focus of an upcoming event hosted by Greenovate, in collaboration with Environment Ohio, this Saturday, February 6. The event will feature a panel discussion led by local business leaders and public officials who are actively promoting energy efficiency. Free and open to the public, “Wasting Less to Save More: [...]