Alternative Energy Sources

The EPA Gets It Right, But Watch Out for the Republicans

Richard Schiffman | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Al Gore, Congress, Environmental Policy, Environment, Mercury, Alternative Energy Sources, Regulation, Presidential Campaign, Air Pollution, Barack Obama, Republicans, Green News

So the new clean air rules will be a net job creator that will pump up sagging local economies. Great news that should appeal even to cost-conscious Republicans! Well, not exactly.

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America Needs Clean Energy Support

Phyllis Cuttino | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Pew Environment Group, Clean Energy, Clean Energy Policies, Alternative Energy, Clean Energy Support, Alternative Energy Sources, Clean Energy Incentives, Green Energy, Clean Energy Legislation, Wind Power, Solar Power, Video, Green News

In today's competitive global economy, technological innovation is essential to long-term U.S. economic security, and the energy sector should be a particular priority.

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Educating America About Clean Energy

Eric D. Isaacs | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Alternative Energy, Green Technology, Alternative Energy Sources, Clean Energy, Energy Education, Green Energy Education, Clean Energy Education, Atlernative Energy Education, Smarter Ideas, Green News

If we can succeed in bringing comprehensive -- and inspiring -- clean energy education to every student in America, the result will be a stronger, more prosperous, and safer nation, for generations to come.

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The 5 Worst 'Alternative' Energy Sources

The Daily Green | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Energy, Energy Sources, Oil Sands, Fracking, Clean Coal, Alternative Energy, Oil Shale, Energy Debates, Video, Energy Future, Slidepollajax, Ethanol, Alternative Energy Sources, Green News

From The Daily Green: Everyone agrees we're in an energy crisis, and everyone agrees we have to wean ourselves from foreign oil. General Motors sen...

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The Solar Field And The Mezuzah

Rabbi Michael M. Cohen | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Mezuzah, Arava Institute, Solar Power, Judaism, Green Faith, Interfaith Innovation, Eco-Theology, Alternative Energy Sources, Religious Environmentalism, Arava Power Company, Israel Solar Energy, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Kibbutz Ketura, Green Technology, Religion News

The mezuzah of this field serves to remind us that we need to fix the world. The work of these solar panels is sacred work.

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Assessing and Reducing the Risks of Energy

Steven Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hydrofracking, Alternative Energy Sources, Gulf Oil Spill, Nuclear Power, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, Green News

Catastrophes like the ongoing one in Japan, and the Gulf Oil spill last year, are no longer rare events. We need to begin the transition to a renewable energy economy, and we need to start now.

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PHOTOS: 8 Incredible Uses For Turkeys Besides Food -- Cancer Research, Alternative Energy & More

The Huffington Post | Joanna Zelman | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Turkey Research, Adopt a Turkey, Turkey Animal, Thanksgiving, Turkey Fertilizer, Thanksgiving 2010, Ellen DeGeneres Turkey, Animal Turkey, Turkey Recipes, Ginnifer Goodwin, Save a Turkey, Turkey Uses, Adopt-a-Turkey, Alternative Energy Sources, Turkey Contributions, Slidepollajax, Things to Do With a Turkey, Green News

Ask almost any person in the US what a turkey contributes to society, and he will answer, "a yummy Thanksgiving meal." But it turns out turkeys actual...

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Former BP Exec Sets Her Sights on Algae as the Fuel of the Future

RP Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: CJ Warner, Cynthia Warner, Sapphire Energy, Algae Biofuel, Energy, Bp, Alternative Energy, Alternative Energy Sources, British Petroleum, Green News

CJ Warner was at the top of her game when she saw the writing on the wall. Twenty years into a glass-ceiling-busting career at BP, she had become one of the highest ranking executives in the oil industry.

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Algae: The World's New Alternative Energy Source?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Algae Alternative Energy, Lake Matkoaka Algae, Algae Biodiesel, Alternative Energy Sources, Algae College of William and Mary, Algae Energy, College News

Forget the Toyota Prius; a team of students and professors from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia are attempting to turn algae...

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Open Those Energy Innovation Doors: How Governments and Companies Can Use Open and Distributed Innovation to Meet the Technology Challenges of Climate Change

Lewis Milford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Conant, Henry Chesbrough, Alternative Energy Sources, Technology, Climate Change, Green News

After all, if companies can use open innovation to create new soaps, software and sophisticated machinery, why not use it to save the planet?

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Boulder: We Can't Even Change Our Own Light Bulbs?

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Boulder Carbon Tax, Carbon Tax, Carbon Emissions, Green News, Natural Home Living, We Can?T Even Change Our Own Light Bulbs?, Boulder, Green Cities, Boulder City, Light Bulbs, Green Living, Boulder Energy, Boulder Homeowners, Boulder News, Boulder Green City, Changing Light Bulbs, Renewable Energy Sources, Boulder Green, Two Techs in a Truck, Caulk and Sealants, Robyn Griggs Lawrence, Energy Efficiency Home, Alternative Energy Sources, Natural Home, Eco City, Denver News

Boulder's energy audit program was designed to get people motivated to make energy-efficient improvements. But follow-up surveys found homeowners didn't make even the smallest recommended changes.

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The Midwest Is Going Off The Grid ... One Turbine At A Time

Jeff Bocan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alternative Energy Sources, Venture Capital, Jeff Bocan, Wind Turbines, Wind Energy, Alternative Energy, Beringea, Business News

My infatuation with wind power was titillated in the unlikeliest of places: the background of a Monday Night football game where a tall wind turbine spun gently beyond the stadium's walls.

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Recycling and Reusable Grocery Bags Won't Solve the Climate Crisis: We Must Do More

Ed Haemmerle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recycling, Green, Alternative Energy Sources, Green Initiatives, Recyclable Grocery Bag, Global Warming, Climate Change, Video, Green News

Recycling and reusable grocery bags should be a part of everyones routine. However, if you pride yourself in thinking you have made a difference I must sadly report that you have not.

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Nuclear Power's Second Act?

Michael Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, United Nations Climate Change, Fermi-Nuclear-Plant, Nrc, Nuclear Power, Copenhagen, Union-of-Concerned-Scientists, Alternative Energy Sources, Technology News

Let's hope the delegates heading to Copenhagen to create a new energy future remember the problems of the past.

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Big Oil Goes Green

newsweek.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fossil Fuel Protection, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Alternative Energy, Greenwashing, Solar Panels, Alternative Energy Sources, Green Energy, Global Warming, Oil Companies, Green News

It's not just that these projects involve bigger money, which will grow exponentially if new technologies work. That's still peanuts for oil majors, w...

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11 Strange Sources of Clean Energy, from Dead Turkeys to Urine

EarthFirst | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Watermelon, Urine, Alternative Energy, Strange Clean Energy, Green, Renewable Energy, Environment, Alternative Energy Sources, Clean Energy, Clean Energy Sources, Green Living, Green Energy, Green News

Why stick with boring old oil when you could be powering your home, car and gadgets with slaughterhouse waste, garbage and onions? As strange as trans...

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Wind Farms Can Appear Sinister To The Weatherman

AP | DIRK LAMMERS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alternative Energy Sources, Weatherman, Green Energy, Farms, Wind Farms, Weather Forcasters, Strange Weather Stories, Green News

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Wind farms have been blamed for disrupting the lives of birds, bats and, most recently, the land-bound sage grouse. Now the...

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Solar Land Rush

nytimes.com | Todd Woody | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alternative Energy Demands, California, Alternative Energy Supplies, Alternative Energy, Future Energy Demands, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Solar Generated Power, Solar Energy Supplies, Solar Generated Electricity, Renewable Electricity, Solar Energy, Evolving Energy Tech, Solar Electricity, Alternative Energy Sources, Solar Power, Green Technology, Sustainability, Green News

The Department of the Interior's move last month to accelerate development of large-scale solar power plants on federal land in six Western states cou...

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Stimulus Money Goes To Nissan, Ford, Tesla: Detroit Free Press

ecogeek.org | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nissan, Department of Energy, Electric Cards, President Obama, Environment, Green, Detroit, Ford, Hybrid Cars, Stimulus, Stimulus Money, Tesla, Alternative Energy Supplies, Green Energy, Alternative and Renewable, Renewable Resources, Clean Renewable Energy, Evolving Energy Tech, Alternative Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy Sources, Alternative Energy Demand, Renewable and Alternative, Renewable Energy Supplies, Green News

Both the big auto giants and the lightweight electric startups applied for as much of said money as possible, and the Department of Energy is moments ...

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GE Plans Tools To Reduce Household Energy Costs

BusinessWeek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alternative Energy Supplies, Ge, Renewable Energy, Smart Grids, Green Energy, Alternative and Renewable, Renewable Resources, Solar Energy, Clean Renewable Energy, Evolving Energy Tech, Alternative Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy Sources, Alternative Energy Demand, Renewable and Alternative, Renewable Energy Supplies, Green News

General Electric Co. said Tuesday that it is developing a package of energy saving and generating tools that could help homeowners achieve zero cost o...

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A Sustainable New Orleans Rises After Katrina

nytimes.com | KATIE HOWELL of Greenwire | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Alternative Energy Resources, Alternative Energy Supplies, Renewable Energy Alternatives, Alternative Energy Source, Hydrokinetic Turbines, Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Research, Green Energy, Hybrid Buses, Alternative and Renewable, Energy Alternatives, Big Easy, Renewable Resources, Solar-Powered LED Lights, Renewable Energies, Clean Renewable Energy, Alternate Energy Sources, Evolving Energy Tech, Alternative Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy Resource, Katrina, Alternative Energy Sources, Alternative Energy Efficiency, Alternative Energy Demand, Renewable and Alternative, Renewable Energy Supplies, Mississippi River, Renewable Energy Sector, Green News

There is a big push in the Big Easy for dramatically improving energy efficiency in homes and public buildings....

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Fuel-Cell Toyota By 2015

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toyota, Fuel Cell Car, Green Car, Japanese Cars, Climate Change, Fuel Efficiency, Environment, Green, Cars, Japan, Fuel-Cell Car, Alternative Energy Supplies, Alternative Energy, Green Energy, Alternative and Renewable, Renewable Resources, Clean Renewable Energy, Evolving Energy Tech, Alternative Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy Sources, Alternative Energy Demand, Renewable and Alternative, Renewable Energy Supplies, Green News

Toyota Motor, the world's top automaker, plans to roll out a fuel-cell car by 2015 in its push to stay ahead in the global race for green autos, vice ...

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British PM Calls For $100 Billion Global Green Fund

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Developing World, Gordon Brown, Global, Climate Crisis, Climate Change, Alternative Energy Resources, Alternate Energy, Alternative Energy Supplies, Green Energy, Alternative and Renewable, Renewable Resources, Alternate Energy Sources, Clean Renewable Energy, Evolving Energy Tech, Alternative Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy Resource, Alternative Energy Sources, Alternative Energy Efficiency, Alternative Energy Demand, Renewable and Alternative, Renewable Energy Supplies, Green News

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Friday called for a global fund worth $100 billion a year to tackle climate change in the developing world, ahead ...

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The Seven Great Challenges of Sustainability

Tri Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Protection, Energy Sources, Sustainable Economics, Sustainability, Horses, Conservation, Alternative Energy Sources, Amish Community, Fresh Water, Wildlife, Environment, Green Living, Green News

I had always thought of the Amish as being a people who weren't troubled with the cares of the outside world, especially those that were living as sustainability as this family clearly was.

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Fuel Cell Stickers for Charging Gadgets

Treehugger | Jaymi Heimbuch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eco-Gadgets, Gadgets, myFC, Electronic Gadgets, Alternative Energy, Green News, Green Chargers, FuelCellSticker, Alternative Energy Sources, Green Gadgets, Green Technology, Green News

Slap a sticker on your cell phone and consider it charged. Well, that's the goal of myFC, anyway. The Swedish-based company is working to make charg...

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