“You in” for green kindness?
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The end of the year is a traditional time for giving back to
the community. This year, Yahoo! encourages you to spread the word about your
good deeds through the new “You In?” campaign. Tell the world what great, green
acts of kindness you’ve done recently and encourage others to join in.
The project is happening at http://kindness.yahoo.com/ — on this
site, you can type in a status message
Study says algae biofuel has dirty life dycle
Algae has seemed like a great biofuel candidate because it’s extremely efficent at creating energy from sunlight and it could potentially form closed loops for power plants – absorbing exhaust while creating new fuel — but a recent study has knocked algae off its pedestal.
University of Virginia researchers have found that the life cycle of algal biofuel produces high levels of greenhouse gas emissions — much more
Toyota recall models do not include fuel-efficient hybrids
The Toyota accelerator recalls, which Yahoo! News has covered extensively, grew more extensive Tuesday, when Toyota announced that it would stop selling eight cars affected by the accelerators-that-stick problem: The 2009-2010 RAV4, 2009-2010 Corolla, 2009-2010 Matrix, 2005-2010 Avalon, certain 2007-2010 Camrys, 2010 Highlander, 2007-2010 Tundra, and the 2008-2010 Sequoia.
But even though the Camry is on the list, the Camry hybrid — which, at 34 mpg,
