A lot of good news this morning, not too much news, I think we’re in the summer slowdown right befor the fall rush. Still some really cool news today.

Anyway, Happy Monday, enjoy today’s top green headlines from around the web.

1. Cloud Ships could help prevent Global Warming - tweeted by @NWF
2. US Buildings account for 40% of Energy and Materials use - tweeted by @earthpromise
3. Nigeria gets it’s first Biodiesel plant - tweeted by @genbiodiesel
4. The Future of Green Building - Where is it going? - tweeted by @geoffwilkinson and @imadnaffa
5. Smarter Cities Project Would Like Your Help - tweeted by @greenmeme

That’s it for your first installment. Got green news you want featured? send us the link @altgreentech

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Twitter is back online! So here is today’s green tech  news pulled straight from YOUR tweets! Everything from the impact of Cash for Clunkers, which is still a hot debate, to more wonderful news from good old Exxon.  Enjoy

1. Discarded Clunkers Clog up Junkyards - tweeted by @followgreen
2. City says Exxon is liable for tainted wells in Queens - tweeted by @TapItWater
3. Dept of Energy gives $20 Million for solar project - tweeted by@greenbizdaily
4. What’s Your Company’s Water Footprint? - tweeted by @belgort  and @Green_WIP
5. The Homely Cost of Energy Conservation - tweeted by @followgreen
6. Courthouse to go green with solar panels - tweeted by @knowledgenode
7. Wind Project to be largest in world - tweeted by @TaigaCompany
8. Outdoor living room crafted from trash - tweeted by @followgreen
9. Google turning on the solar power tower - tweeted by @leafygreeninfo

As always, thanks for checking out the news, and follow us @altgreentech

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While it would have been great to pull another set of daily news segments from Twitter this morning, it appears that Twitter is going through some down time currently. No worries, though, faithful Google News is always up! So here’s todays Green Technology news straight for the source! (check back later for your twitter news too)

1. Cash for Clunkers: How Big an Environmental Boost? - Time.com
2. Sprint adding “Green” section to every store - Environmental Leader
3. NASA launches 1.5 Million Dollar Green Flight Program - Inhabitat
4. “Green” cell phone ‘Reclaim’ launched - Reuters
5. $2.4 Billion in grants awarded for Green Car Research - Washington Post
6. Solar Panels to top green measures at Governor’s mansion - Baltimore Sun
7. Obama brings “Green Jobs” message to midwest - Reuters
8. Bronx housing project to go Green - NY Daily News

Check back later for your twitter news, and remember to follow us @altgreentech for all the latest in green tech

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We wanted to take a different approach to pulling our news stories today. Instead of pulling from Google News, and all the other sources, we wanted to focus on what our Green Twitter friends were reading. Here are todays top 5 stories pulled DIRECTLY from Twitter, with credit to the posters.

1. Climate Legislation Could Be a Catalyst for Energy Efficiency (via @sustainablecomm and @solveclimate)
2. Christian leaders urge international action on climate change (via @followgreen)
3. Super Simple Ways to Green Up your Home (via @thedailygreen)
4. Belief in Global Warming by the Numbers (via @wude72)
5. Nissan Unveils Electric Car: The Leaf (via @jmotavalli)

That’s it for today, come back tomorrow for more green news pulled from Twitter Updates. We have over 3300 Green Followers on Twitter, are you one? If not, follow us at @altgreentech

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So there are a LOT of twitter accounts out there, and A LOT of people are tweeting Green. We gave you our list of 15 Must-Follow Green Tweets a few weeks back, but that just doesn’t seem like enough Green anymore.

So what we did was compile A massive post of lists to make sure you don’t miss one bit of green news, conversation, or eco-product. Just click on the link, follow them, and watch the tweets come in!

1 - 10: Twittering Eco-Politics: Top 10 Twitter Users you should follow from Red, Green, and Blue

11 - 45: Top Twitterers the Grist Staff Can’t Live Without from Grist

46 - 55: Top “10″ Green Twitter Tweeters from HuffingtonPost and Waylon Lewis (a lot more than ten, but let’s keep it simple)

56 - 65: Top 10 Twitterers to Follow for Green Architecture from Treehugger

66 - 80: Top 15 Green Tech and News Tweets to Follow on Twitter from right here on AltGreenTech

81 - 145: Green Tweets 75+ Environmentalists to follow on Twitter from Mashable

146 - 245: Must Follow Green Twitter Feeds from Jetson Green

That should be MORE than enough to keep your eyes bloodshot from reading. Yeah, you might see @treehugger, @ecogeek or @ecofan a few times, but it’s a small price to pay, just make sure you give them all a chance.

Also, please drop your twitter link in the comments! You’ll be sure to get a few new followers, at least one from us!

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