Clean cookstoves unaffordable to Bangladeshi women | JunkScience.com

Well goodness, given the choice between spending hypothetical money or having a non-traditional cookstove “the respondents overwhelmingly chose to spend money on doctors, schools, electricity, clean water, latrines, seeds for planting and structures to protect their land from flooding.” Imagine that…

Solar Mass Extinction Continues | JunkScience.com

A Colorado-based solar panel maker that received a $400 million loan guarantee from the Obama administration said Thursday it will file for bankruptcy, the latest setback for an industry battered by the recession and stiff competition from companies in China.

New poll: What is Australia’s new carbon dioxide tax? | JunkScience.com

Tell us what you think. Australia’s Green/Left government believes themselves brave new world savers, leading what will soon turn into an avalanche of countries flocking to follow suit. We think it more likely other governments will see voters brutally punish their tormentors at the next election, making “climate change” or whatever the current nomenclature an unmentionable topic from which democratically elected governments will flee in terror.

The Garden Party Redefined - NYTimes.com

The mention of a “garden party” may conjure images of Victorian ladies sipping tea, the whisper of a breeze through manicured hedges, the clink of china. For a growing number of outdoor enthusiasts, however, it means something entirely different: a chance to rip up lawns, dig trenches and install bioswales, or areas with vegetation that can soak up water. All of these efforts are aimed at keeping runoff pollution from entering the oceans.

Flashback: How Suburban Lawns Can Fight Climate Change - Neighborhoods - The Atlantic Cities

That green symbol of suburban excess may actually be helping out the planet.