The Sustainability Journal Vikram R Chari Volume 2011 Issue 149

Bio-luminescent Bacteria Combat Pollution in Fragile Florida Ecosystem bit.ly/vOVUAY ~Inhabitat

Global Warming - Taking on the 8 Dogs of the Apocalypse - DAILY KOS ow.ly/1ghNXG

Chevron Used Secret Lab to Hide Dirty Soil Samples from Ecuador Court, Say Company Documents: In... bit.ly/s47MBD

Germany Abandons Coal... Slowly bit.ly/vymbFU

Obama admin pushes renewable energy on 2 coasts bit.ly/ukuEah

Google getting close to $1B in clean energy projects bit.ly/vSjflV Google ramps up investment in solar energy bit.ly/twFE2L

Fixing suburbs with green streets that accommodate everyone bit.ly/uaIxOb

40% of state oil and gas drilling regulators have industry ties bit.ly/rWvNak

German Energy Consumption Drops 4.8% in 2011, With Renewables Providing 20% of Energy bit.ly/syfxB4

Today in Green IT: First Solar tired of subsidy “whack-a-mole” bit.ly/w2QgX6

U.S. Green Chamber is Empowering Businesses to Be Sustainable shar.es/W0kMy

Japan Says Decommissioning Damaged Reactors Could Take 40 Years bit.ly/vghhlZ

Unseasonably mild temperatures that affected crops, gas usage continue as winter is about to begin... ow.ly/1givjX

To Survive, Some Biofuels Companies Give Up on Biofuels techre.vu/t9iwQM

Court Upholds Europe's Plan to Charge Airlines for Carbon Emissions nytimes.com/2011/12/22/bus… International Airlines Have to Pay for Their Carbon Pollution, Court Rules bit.ly/u8R9C5

The Sustainability Supply Chain Marathon - Forbes onforb.es/veyDio

Texas Tops List of 10 States Worst-Ravaged By Natural Disasters in 2011 bit.ly/tcRE9Z

 Ask AMEE is a search engine for calculating the carbon footprints of different things. http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/ask-amee-search-is-the-next-big-thing-for-accessing-carbon-footprint-data.html

The Chinese Town That Turns 20 Million Pounds of Your Discarded Christmas Lights into Slippers  bit.ly/v3nOUF

Google Lists The Top Green Search Trends of 2011 ow.ly/86yya

How Green is your smartphone ? Updating facebook from your mobile uses 100times less energy than from your PC huff.to/smsdJ1

Melting Permafrost in the Arctic is Some Truly Scary S%*t  bit.ly/w5dpeD

Michael Young’s NOISEZERO O+ are the World’s First Headphones Made from Sustainable Materials bit.ly/u7savh~Inhabitat

Input sought on offshore power line - Delaware Wave ow.ly/1gjBTW

Moving 'Beyond Renewables'? BP axes power business gu.com/p/3499p/tw

Home to 5% world biodiversity, the disappearing Cerrado: 'Brazil's great untold environmental disaster' (audio) gu.com/p/3465k/tw

First Solar Never So Cheap in Takeover Boon for Energy: Real M&A - BusinessWeek bit.ly/sOatiL

Jo Confino speaks to Hannah Jones, vice president of sustainable business and innovation at Nike  fb.me/QCQhqvm6

Hill-top school no longer isolated thanks to solar bit.ly/vNcRRd

The Disease of the Nuclear Age: Is Cancer Epidemic in America? bit.ly/tryvHN

Air-powered motorcycle has arrived smrt.io/saKFZb

Solar Millennium Files For Bankruptcy As Solar Shakeout Continues onforb.es/sYxdmm

How McDonald's is Mainstreaming Sustainability, KKR's Green Portfolio Plan Pays Off, & More... - eepurl.com/h1utI

Pushing Energy-efficient Retrofits Closer to the Tipping Point triplepundit.com/2011/12/pushin…

Energy efficiency law "unqualified success," groups says - Business - The Times-Tribune: bit.ly/tpJ4bO

Financial Trends: Evaluating Investments in Advanced Biofuels Projects in the U.S.: The recent passage of Renew...bit.ly/sMxhgR

Architecture At Zero: Making The Ultimate Net-Zero-Energy Building bit.ly/sNAVNV

Trucking Trout to Their Native Streams bit.ly/vxXQ8c ~NYTimes

Great leaders create value - both economic AND social - shar.es/WbGiE

Transocean Faces Possible Lawsuit After Brazil Oil Spill – Forbes ow.ly/1gjRQV Chevron, Transocean Face Criminal Indictments in Brazil After Oil Leaks - Bloomberg ow.ly/1gk4Mq

Solar Garden To Give New Life to Old Landfill in Colorado bit.ly/vJeTAv

Fundamental Analysis shar.es/WbhsL

What Energy Efficient Light Bulb Regulations Mean: The Green Skeptic on WSJ.com soc.li/Sxe4Z8G

EU Study Shows Clean Energy Is Cost Effective bit.ly/sW8ZXG

Soil Key to Making Agriculture Sustainable bit.ly/sUyKla

Wind Makes Up 80% of Contracts in Brazil’s Latest Power Auction bit.ly/vi6wy7

Shyam Mehta's amazing forecasting talent revealed 2011: The Return of the Solar Shakeout greentechmedia.com/articles/read/…

Paint-on solar cells developed

Sharp-Tongued Attacks In Latest Disagreement Over Solar Trade Complaint: Against a backdrop of an alarming solar...bit.ly/tFY8nh

Solar Trust Of America Predicts No Impact From Solar Millennium's Bankruptcy: Solar Trust of America, an integra... bit.ly/twjUzd

Melting Glaciers Muck Up Earth’s Gravitational Field - Scientific American ow.ly/1gk4MA

Nigeria oil spill 'worst in decade' - Virgin Media Music ow.ly/1gk4Mw

New York-Based Coalition Urges Leaders To Take Action On Offshore Wind Energy Development - North America...ow.ly/1gk4Mt

 Hennepin plant on EPA list threatening forced shutdown - News Tribune ow.ly/1gk4Md

This Low-Impact Cabin is Accessed Through a Hidden Retractable Staircase! bit.ly/tSGC40 ~Inhabitat

 In the future, poop will solve all our problems. sc.org/sShBv1

Solar Millennium Deal To Sell U.S. Projects Not Dead. onforb.es/v8NN1b

Frugal Innovation ow.ly/1gk9bc

Water a hot topic in Hill Country despite recent rains mysanantonio.com/community/nort…

Climate Sensitivity Higher Than We Thought, Researchers Find bit.ly/tVEgWf

Green Blog: On Our Radar: India's Growing Nuclear Sector bit.ly/rTddah