Ben & Jerry’s has found yet another way to cool down our environmental concerns. In addition to using natural ingredients and eco-pints, they have now teamed with Greenpeace to launch a climate-friendly freezer.

The Cleaner, Greener Freezer — as the company likes to call it — uses Greenfreeze technology, which uses hydrocarbons as a refrigerant instead of fluorinated gases. It specifically eliminates the need for hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), the most common greenhouse gas with 1,400 times the global warming impact of carbon dioxide.

The new-to-the-U.S. technology was actually developed in 1992 by Greenpeace engineers, but it hasn’t been allowed in the States until now. The EPA is allowing Ben & Jerry’s to test out 2,000 Greenfreeze-equipped units this fall in the Boston and D.C. areas. Even though the freezer is already used in 300 million refrigerators worldwide, Ben & Jerry’s hopes to be the first to bring it to America.

Unfortunately, our nation has been behind the curve on yet another green issue, but thanks to Ben & Jerry’s, at least our ice cream will be freezing just like the rest of the world’s soon enough. Read more about the company’s eco-friendly quest here.

Ben & Jerry’s has found yet another way to cool down our environmental concerns. In addition to using natural ingredients and eco-pints, they have now teamed with Greenpeace to launch a climate-friendly freezer.

The Cleaner, Greener Freezer — as the company likes to call it — uses Greenfreeze technology, which uses hydrocarbons as a refrigerant instead of fluorinated gases. It specifically eliminates the need for hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), the most common greenhouse gas with 1,400 times the global warming impact of carbon dioxide.

The new-to-the-U.S. technology was actually developed in 1992 by Greenpeace engineers, but it hasn’t been allowed in the States until now. The EPA is allowing Ben & Jerry’s to test out 2,000 Greenfreeze-equipped units this fall in the Boston and D.C. areas. Even though the freezer is already used in 300 million refrigerators worldwide, Ben & Jerry’s hopes to be the first to bring it

Unfortunately, our nation has been behind the curve on yet another green issue, but thanks to Ben & Jerry’s, at least our ice cream will be freezing just like the rest of the world’s soon enough. Read more about the company’s eco-friendly quest here.

This Friday, 08-08-08, the Olympics will begin in Beijing, China, one of the Top 20 most polluted cities in the world. In fact, China houses 16 out of the 20. Twenty-five percent of the nation’s population drinks polluted water, one-third of it breathes extremely polluted air, and the country produces 6,200 million tons of carbon dioxide annually. Because China is home to 1.3 billion people, it’s no wonder that the nation is this polluted. However, the most surprising statistic is that despite its pollution problems, China only produces about one-fourth of the emissions per person that the United States does. Since they’ve started preparing for the Olympic Games, China started setting goals for energy saving and emissions reduction. By the end of 2007, there were more than eight million bicycles in Beijing alone, compared to their 3.35 million cars. They’ve made significant changes in their air and water quality so that they could pass the Greenpeace standards for the Olympics. And maybe their changes will be significant enough to encourage other countries to clean up their acts…hmmm…like inspiring the United States to work on reducing greenhouse gas pollution. Give examples of the ways that you reduce your carbon footprint below.