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Just yesterday we half-heartedly gave Sony some props about their new Green Glove television recycling program. Well, turns out the company offers some of the best recycling services around.

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Tom Green’s new quiz show debuts on Planet Green tonight. It’s shaping up to be exactly the sum of its rather unusual parts—that is, renowned oddball comedian Tom Green + all-green-TV Planet Green + 50 contestants competing to correctly answer rapid fire quiz questions = weird, frenetic green fun. ...

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The EPA will be helping holiday shoppers out with new Energy Star labels on TVs. Earlier this month we talked about Energy Star requirements toughening up on TVs, and new requirements going in place by November 1.

Well, also beginning November 1, TVs that meet EPA’s newer, more comprehensive specifications will be in stores and ready for green-minded consumers.

So, which TVs are getting new labels?...

Even though Lloyd wrote about the Corn Refiners Association ramping up an ad campaign to push back against the rising tide of realization that perhaps our current corn-centered agricultural system isn’t the best thing for our collective health or the environment, I confess that the whole thing wasn’t on my radar until this week, when New York Magazine’s ever popular and ever ...

8 New Episodes About Marine Animals
We recently wrote bout Isabella Rosselini's "Green Porno" short films about the sex life of insects. Well, seems like they found an audience because it was just announced that she's going to work on a new series about the sex life of marine animals. We can expect to learn about the shrimp, squid, anchovy, barnacle, limpet, starfish, elephant seal, angler fish and Right whale. Read on for more details....

Sony's 11" OLED TVs on display. Photo via Ed Kohler

With so many people buying new TVs for the switch to digital, it’ll be awhile before a big chunk of the population really needs a new TV. That should provide us with a little patience when it comes to getting better TVs.

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It doesn’t look promising – at least not right away.

Back in July of this year, Sharp showed off a 26” solar powered TV, which utilizes a similar sized solar panel to be placed outdoors. At that time, a larger version was in the works. They’ve now shown off their newest solar-powered display – a 52-incher with a behemoth solar panel traipsing along beside it. ...

TreeHugger & Planet Green <3 Bill Nye
Our own Kenny Luna has recently interviewed Bill Nye, and we encourage you to check out Stuff Happens on Planet Green, but that's not all. We have more Nye for you!

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Bob Lutz's Global Warming Controversy Continues
Last week we posted about an interview that GM vice-chairman Bob Lutz gave to Stephen Colbert. His most controversial statement was about not believing in the "CO2 theory of global warming", which generated a lot of comments from TreeHugger readers, most of them falling into three camps:

Electric Dirt Bike: Bigger Battery than Prius Hybrid
We wrote about the Zero X last year: It's basically an electric motorcycle powered by non-toxic lithium-ion batteries. The amazing thing about the battery is that it can store 2 kWh vs. 1.31 kWh for the Toyota Prius hybrid's battery (which is NiMH, not li-ion), giving the Zero X a 40 miles range (20 if you really push it).

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We typically think big screen TVs are not the most energy efficient item a home could contain. However, the Plasma Display Coalition (PDC) points out that plasma TVs over 42” are not so bad, and are getting a whole lot better.

Our reaction: Um, okaaaay...?...

Whaaaa?
After having a pretty good week (which hasn't been every week lately) with the unveiling of the production Chevy Volt, GM is now making us scratch our heads once again.

GM vice-chairman Bob Lutz was on the Colbert Report to talk about the

Roger Federer clamoring for more 7 express trains

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