If you’ve got a green blog, one way to dress it up is with a super slick eco-widget. Here are some nice ones…

Environmental Tips Widget – When added to your Web page, this widget automatically shows a new eco-tip each day. Each daily widget also offers links to more information and tips.

Up until last month, President Bush had been seen as strongly opposed to any “cap and trade” legislation. But a recent CNN article reports that he may be shifting his stance on global warming and what he and his Administration are willing to do about it. In a speech he gave in early April, he
proposed a new target…for stopping the growth of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2025. …read more

Last month, Ali pointed you to a quiz which tested your global warming smarts. Today, I’m sharing the answers, brought to you by the Environmental Defense Action Fund, who is the lobbying arm of Environmental Defense:

45%
Increase in world’s solar generating capacity in 2005.
2
Rank of China as global producer of solar cells, behind Japan (U.S. ranks 4th).
$1.5 billion
Amount US government spends a year on renewable energy research.
$1 billion
ExxonMobil’s daily revenue.
$2 billion
Amount GE Energy Financial Services invested in wind, solar, biomass and geothermal energy in 2007.
$200 billion
Amount China has committed to invest in renewable energy sources over the next 15 years.
0.74%
Projected cost …read more