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Coalition seeks to protect public lands, launches “Energy Democracy” sign-up

April 10, 2012 Green Movement No Comments

 By Ariele Johannson – (San Diego’s East County)–Driving through the southwestern deserts, I’ve long been impressed by the ocotillo, a cactus-like tree with straight branches angling upwards to the sun, ablaze with red blooms. This thorny desert tree is an apt metaphor for the ways different people view energy issues– especially proposed industrial solar and wind power projects in remote wilderness areas. Like the ocotillo, these programs and policies have a wide array of angles from which to be viewed. … Continue Reading

Clean energy becoming a needed reality for the Great Lakes

April 6, 2012 Green Movement 1 Comment

If the U.S. wants wind power, The Great Lakes are definitely windy.

Illinois and four other states came a step closer to offshore wind farms in the Great Lakes (New, April 1), and that is welcome news. Wind farms, once mocked by climate skeptics and opponents of renewable energy, are now a profitable way to generate clean electricity for our homes and businesses. … Continue Reading

Hydrogen Storage Could Be Key to Germany’s Energy Plans

March 29, 2012 Blogs No Comments

Hydrogen storage tanks presently used in hydrogen-powered vehicles

If Germany is to meet its ambitious goals of getting a third of its electricity from renewable energy by 2020 and 80 percent by 2050, it must find a way to store huge quantities of electricity in order to make up for the intermittency of renewable energy. … Continue Reading

Obama announces new limits on carbon pollution from power plants

March 28, 2012 News No Comments

The EPA seal (Pic via sentryjournal.com)

The EPA today proposed new limits on carbon pollution from new power plants. Environmentalists say the move will be a boon to Floridians, who get about 25 percent of their electricity from coal, but utility reps say the rules will “crush jobs” and arrest America’s economic recovery. … Continue Reading

EBay And GOP Lawmaker Score Clean Energy Win In Utah

March 27, 2012 Green Movement No Comments

Ebay's Utah data center

by Mindy Lubber, reposted from Forbes

When eBay, the world’s largest online marketplace, built its first-ever data center in South Jordan, Utah, it wanted to not only design and build the site to LEED Gold standards, it wanted to use clean energy to power much of the sprawling facility. This wasn’t simply part of eBay’s company-wide commitment to sustainable operations, it was a bottom-line business decision: sourcing renewable energy would stabilize and reduce long-term energy costs and minimize environmental impacts in a state that gets 94 percent of its electricity from coal. … Continue Reading

Obama Carbon Pollution Rules Boost Cleaner Power

March 27, 2012 News 2 Comments

By Daniel J. Weiss

The Washington Post reported this evening that the Obama administration plans to propose the first nationwide standard to reduce carbon dioxide pollution from new power plants:

“The Environmental Protection Agency will issue the first limits on greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants as early as Tuesday, according to several people briefed on the proposal. The move could end the construction of new conventional coal-fired facilities in the United States.” … Continue Reading

Denmark aims to get 50% of all electricity from wind power

March 26, 2012 News No Comments

Denmark could obtain an unprecedented 50% of its electricity from wind energy by 2025

The Danish government has stepped up its green energy and carbon reduction targets for 2020, hailing the plan as the “broadest, greenest, and most long-term energy agreement” it has ever reached.

Danish minister for climate, energy and building, Martin Lidegaard, confirmed on Friday that parliament had agreed a new set of goals designed to wean the country off oil and gas. … Continue Reading

Winds of change blow through China as spending on renewable energy soars

March 20, 2012 News 6 Comments

China's Gobi Desert is becoming a home for its massive renewable energy transformation.

Jonathan Watts (guardian.co.uk) in Jiuquan – World’s biggest polluter spends £4bn a year on wind and solar power generation in single region as it aims to cut fossil fuel use

The remote, wind-blasted desert of northwestern Gansu could be the most unloved, environmentally abused corner of China. It is home to the country’s first oilfield and several of the coalmines and steel factories that have contributed to China’s notoriety as the planet’s biggest polluter and carbon dioxide emitter.

But in the past few years, the landscape has started to undergo a transformation as Gansu has moved to the frontline of government efforts to reinvent China’s economy with a massive investment in renewable energy. … Continue Reading


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Is Solar Power Really too Expensive or Is that Just What Opponents Want You to Think

16 Apr 2012

A distributed solar model - even in snowy weather the sun still shines and the panels will collect much needed energy.

Recently I visited the west coast of the U.S. and being a resident of Florida for the past twenty-plus years I must say that I was totally exhilarated by what I saw in California, and totally disappointed with what I know to be the case in Florida. Over and over, I saw the rooftops of …

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Most Energy Efficient Place on Earth?

9 Apr 2012

A biodiesel tractor on Samso

Denmark’s Samso Island is a sort of paradise for renewable energy enthusiasts. The residents have created, in just over a decade, a 100 percent carbon neutral, self-sufficient community.The local Samso Energy Academy is an example for other areas around the globe who might want to create an economic environment that is good for the ecological …

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Nice Effort to Stem the Rising Price of Gas – $5 on the Horizon

4 Apr 2012

Gas Pump Colored Mean look

Here is a brief but possibly, substantial effort to assist in America’s benefit in the price of gas. An overt appeal for a serious effort NOT TO BUY GAS FROM THOSE COMPANIES WHO BUY FROM THE MIDDLE EAST.  Are you interested in stopping $5/gallon Gas?

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Turning Commercial Engines into Hybrids

3 Apr 2012

HPEV

 by Dana Blankenhorn – HPEV  is among the many companies trying to transform transport by making it more efficient. CEO Tim Hassett said his Hybrid Plugin Electric Vehicle has patents on a technique for using heat pipes to turn engine waste heat into electricity, which can then help power the vehicle. The electric motor acts …

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Walmart publishes 2012 global responsibility report

19 Apr 2012

Photo: Walmart

by Melissa Hincha-Ownby (MNN.com) On Monday, Walmart released its 2012 Global Responsibility Report (GRR). The 2012 report covers sustainability issues at the retail giant during fiscal year 2011, which began on February 1, 2011 and ended on January 30, 2012. Walmart is a large company with a strong global presence and that means that it …

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Coalition seeks to protect public lands, launches “Energy Democracy” sign-up

10 Apr 2012

ocotillo cactus parking

 By Ariele Johannson – (San Diego’s East County)–Driving through the southwestern deserts, I’ve long been impressed by the ocotillo, a cactus-like tree with straight branches angling upwards to the sun, ablaze with red blooms. This thorny desert tree is an apt metaphor for the ways different people view energy issues– especially proposed industrial solar and …

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Clean energy becoming a needed reality for the Great Lakes

6 Apr 2012

If the U.S. wants wind power, The Great Lakes are definitely windy.

Illinois and four other states came a step closer to offshore wind farms in the Great Lakes (New, April 1), and that is welcome news. Wind farms, once mocked by climate skeptics and opponents of renewable energy, are now a profitable way to generate clean electricity for our homes and businesses.

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Green Jobs In Kansas City: Profiling The People Who Make Up America’s 3.1 Million Green Jobs

29 Mar 2012

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There were 3.1 million green jobs around the U.S. in 2010, according to new figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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