http://ecofriendlytip.com Check out the Latest Green News and Tips Today Wed, 23 May 2012 18:28:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/24/costa-rica-promises-shark-activist-a-fair-trial/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/24/costa-rica-promises-shark-activist-a-fair-trial/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 18:28:14 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/24/costa-rica-promises-shark-activist-a-fair-trial/ By Elisa Oddone BERLIN | Wed May 23, 2012 11:19am EDT BERLIN (Reuters) – The president of Costa Rica promised on Wednesday a fair trial in her country for a Canadian conservationist facing possible extradition over a campaign against shark finning, and tried to calm his fears of revenge attacks by Costa Rican shark fishers. [...]

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/24/costa-rica-promises-shark-activist-a-fair-trial/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/23/eco-friendly-tips-for-the-bathroom/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/23/eco-friendly-tips-for-the-bathroom/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 23:26:19 +0000 Lira http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=10614 The bathroom is perhaps one of the most wasteful spaces in the house, next to the kitchen. Because we use a lot of water and products with chemicals in here for cleaning, we may sometimes forget that there are eco-friendly ways to do this. Here are just some tips to make use of your bathroom [...]

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/23/eco-friendly-tips-for-the-bathroom/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/23/worlds-oceans-need-greater-protection-un-chief/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/23/worlds-oceans-need-greater-protection-un-chief/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 20:44:06 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=10613 UN Secretary-General Ban Ke- moon Tuesday called attention to the fragile state of the world's oceans and the importance of marine diversity for global survival, pressing for strengthened protection of marine life.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/23/worlds-oceans-need-greater-protection-un-chief/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/23/pollution-hunting-robot-fish-take-to-the-sea/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/23/pollution-hunting-robot-fish-take-to-the-sea/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 18:27:04 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/23/pollution-hunting-robot-fish-take-to-the-sea/ LONDON | Tue May 22, 2012 1:02am EDT LONDON (Reuters) – Robot “fish” developed by European scientists to improve pollution monitoring moved from the lab to the sea in a test at the northern Spanish port of Gijon on Tuesday. The developers hope the new technology, which reduces the time it takes to detect a [...]

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/23/pollution-hunting-robot-fish-take-to-the-sea/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/22/fed-by-dry-brush-wildfires-persist-in-southwest/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/22/fed-by-dry-brush-wildfires-persist-in-southwest/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 18:23:57 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/22/fed-by-dry-brush-wildfires-persist-in-southwest/ By Mike Saucier PHOENIX | Sun May 20, 2012 2:16pm EDT PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona wildfire whipped up by winds and dry conditions threatened to trigger more evacuations on Sunday, just as firefighters were nearly done battling the biggest of four blazes in the state. Fires in Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado have forced [...]

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/22/fed-by-dry-brush-wildfires-persist-in-southwest/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/21/tropical-storm-alberto-not-seen-to-gain-strength-forecasters-say/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/21/tropical-storm-alberto-not-seen-to-gain-strength-forecasters-say/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 18:23:02 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/21/tropical-storm-alberto-not-seen-to-gain-strength-forecasters-say/ By David Adams MIAMI | Sun May 20, 2012 10:58am EDT MIAMI (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Alberto churned slowly toward the South Carolina coast on Sunday where heavy rain and dangerous surf are expected from the beach resort of Myrtle Beach south to Savannah, Georgia, forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Bringing an [...]

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/21/tropical-storm-alberto-not-seen-to-gain-strength-forecasters-say/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/20/analysis-new-facilities-spotlight-next-generation-biofuels/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/20/analysis-new-facilities-spotlight-next-generation-biofuels/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 18:21:39 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/20/analysis-new-facilities-spotlight-next-generation-biofuels/ By Matt Daily Fri May 18, 2012 6:50pm EDT (Reuters) – After a decade of promise, advanced biofuels makers are entering a crucial make-or-break period with the first of a new generation of production facilities about to come on line. The new facilities are designed to take biofuels beyond corn-based ethanol and begin to shift [...]

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/20/analysis-new-facilities-spotlight-next-generation-biofuels/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/18/apple-to-use-only-green-power-for-main-data-center/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/18/apple-to-use-only-green-power-for-main-data-center/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 15:46:15 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/18/apple-to-use-only-green-power-for-main-data-center/ By Poornima Gupta Fri May 18, 2012 8:42am EDT (Reuters) – Apple Inc plans to power its main U.S. data center entirely with renewable energy by the end of this year, taking steps to address longstanding environmental concerns about the rapid expansion of high-consuming computer server farms. The maker of the iPhone and iPad said [...]

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/18/apple-to-use-only-green-power-for-main-data-center/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/18/why-you-should-go-biking/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/18/why-you-should-go-biking/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 00:26:16 +0000 Lira http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=10602 Biking used to be very popular back in the 70′s and the 80′s not only as a means of transportation but for reaction. The following decade so a decline of people interested in biking. Suddenly, kids stopped going outside and adults became busy with other stuff. The world got smaller and hotter, the city more [...]

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/18/why-you-should-go-biking/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/17/denmark-aims-low-with-green-energy-policy/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/17/denmark-aims-low-with-green-energy-policy/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 15:45:01 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/05/17/denmark-aims-low-with-green-energy-policy/ By Barbara Lewis SAMSO, Denmark | Thu May 17, 2012 9:16am EDT SAMSO, Denmark (Reuters) – Over a beer or two, Danes like to tell a story that goes like this: One night the energy ministers of the countries around the North Sea got together to divide up its oil and gas wealth. The Danish [...]

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