by Agence France-Presse
BANGKOK - The U.N. climate chief warned Monday that time was running out to break a deadlock on a global warming pact, telling delegates in Bangkok that failure to do so by December would threaten future generations.
The talks are the next to last before a showdown in Copenhagen at the end of […]
At this past CEDIA EXPO, Atlantic Technology announced its new 7-Channel Surround Bar speaker, the FS-7.0. Built on the foundation of its successful FS-4000 and FS-5000 3-in-1 LCR speaker systems, the FS-7.0 retains the 40-inch width of the FS-4000, but
by Joseph Romm
I have to admit — sometimes Joe Romm ruins my mornings. As the author of Climate Progress, one of the most influential global-warming blogs on the Internet, few debates on energy or the environment get past his ravenous attention, and he takes particular pleasure in targeting mainstream journalists who’ve written something he […]
Vizio is not the first brand you think of when considering a home theater system, but with the VSB210WS, it offers an attractive compact, self-contained, easy-to-use system that can complement a flat panel television and create an intimate, but
by Joshua Kahn Russell
Coming right off the heels of the U.N. General Assembly in New York and the G20 in Pittsburgh, the world has taken its next step on the road to Copenhagen: the Bangkok round of negotiations for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
This morning the Thai Prime Minister opened […]
If you care about the healthiness of your home’s environment, you may already be aware of the harmful effects of VOC’s but not aware of several available healthy paint alternatives. In a ‘Green’ home I designed and built a couple years ago I used what
by Umbra Fisk
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Lighting is generally one of the last items to be added to a room. In truth it should probably be one of the first, since proper lighting will serve to increase the function, drama, and style of a room. Aim for a mixture of lighting types when redoing a
by Jonathan Hiskes
First, Colin Beavan donned a superhero nickname and gave up electricity, fossil fuels, un-local food, and buying stuff. He blogged, he wrote a book, he let filmmakers follow his family around (his wife and daughter were roped in too). The New Yorker criticized the stunt, er, experiment. Grist weighed in. Beavin responded […]
It seems fitting that Martha Angus opened her San Francisco office a decade ago by designing an art studio in the San Francisco Decorator Showcase. She studied painting at the cole des Beaux Arts in France and Carnegie Mellon University and is especially