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Wind-Generated Energy Is Working Well For Us in Iowa
Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 8:50 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
The wind-power industry is an American success story that is helping us build our manufacturing base, create jobs, lower energy costs and strengthen our energy security. As a country, we should support energy diversity and development of all domestic resources, creating an "al …
Right Wing Targeting Environmentalists (Video)
Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:09 PM EDT
This week I have participated in more than one discussion related to climate change, environmentalism, and world governments responsibility to try to help protect our planet. Some of the disturbing things that came out of these discussions was the ability of the right …
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Solar power's next shining | Sustainability & Resource Productivity Practice | McKinsey & Company
Seeded on Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:52 PM EDT ()
Has the solar-power industry lapsed into a classic cycle of boom and bust after a decade of unprecedented growth? It might appear so. As years of government subsidies boosted the global installed capacity of solar-photovoltaic (PV) modules and dramatically cut prices, new produ …
Transition Towns moves communities beyond sustainability to resiliency
Seeded on Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:06 PM EDT (Christian Science Monitor)
The 320 Transition Town initiatives in 14 countries focus on urban agriculture, crowdfunding, and other social enterprises, using a 12-step model to organize a community toward a sustainable, resilient future. The Transition Towns Network helps cities move away from an oi …
Downtown Fort Lauderdale Welcomes First-Ever Net-Zero Energy Building
Seeded on Sun Apr 22, 2012 10:00 AM EDT (US Solar Institute)
US Solar Institute becomes Fort Lauderdale, FL's first downtown, commercial building to consume less energy than it produces. Fort Lauderdale, FL Florida's US Solar Institute (USSI) recently became Fort Lauderdale's first-ever downtown commercial building to earn the "Net-Zero …
On Earth Day, US introduces $60 LED light bulb that lasts 20 years
Seeded on Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:28 AM EDT (BBC - Homepage)
A prize-winning light bulb that lasts for 20 years is going on sale in the US on Sunday - also known as Earth Day. Made by Dutch electronics giant Philips, the bulb swaps filaments for light-emitting diodes to provide illumination. Using LEDs endows the light with a long life …
Iceland's volcanoes may power UK: The energy minister is to visit Iceland in May to discuss connecting the UK to its abundant geothermal energy. by Damian Carrington. Wednesday 11 April 2012 13.59 EDT
Seeded on Thu Apr 12, 2012 4:08 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
The volcanoes of Iceland could soon be pumping low-carbon electricity into the UK under government-backed plans for thousands of miles of high-voltage cables across the ocean floor. The energy minister, Charles Hendry, is to visit Iceland in May to discuss …
Cheap, Next-Gen Solar Cells Could Come from Corn Flakes
Seeded on Tue Apr 10, 2012 3:41 PM EDT (CleanTechnica - By Tina Casey)
A new generation of low cost solar cells could be as close as your next bowl of corn flakes if a grad student at Kansas State University has a say in the matter. The doctoral student in chemistry, Ayomi Perera, is working on a new dye-sensitized solar cell that eschews toxic …
Another $2 billion of taxpayer money lost on solar companies! Well...not exactly
Seeded on Mon Apr 9, 2012 10:04 AM EDT (Politico)
Monday’s news that yet another solar company that received Energy Department backing is filing for bankruptcy protection at first looked like the Obama administration had funded another expensive loser. But unlike Solyndra’s high-profile and costly flameout, this …
Home Lighting Concept Powered by Plumbing :
Seeded on Mon Apr 2, 2012 9:24 AM EDT (TreeHugger)
The concept for a new method of powering the lighting in buildings makes use of the inbuilt (and usually forgotten) streams which run through our walls: the water flowing through our plumbing.
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