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'Green News Report' - May 22, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Green Jobs, Australia, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, United Nations, Epa, Regulation, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Coal, Offshore Drilling, Climate Scientists, Clean Energy Standard, Video, Solar Energy, Military, Electricity, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Department of Energy, Global Warming Deniers, Asia, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Britain, Ipcc, Biofuels, Darrell Issa, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Green News, Sustainability, Fox News, Natural Gas, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, BP Oil Spill, Extreme Weather, Solyndra, Republicans, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Republica...

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'Green News Report' - May 17, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Green Jobs, Epa, Regulation, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Coal, Offshore Drilling, Climate Scientists, Clean Energy Standard, Video, Solar Energy, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Wind Energy, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Green News, Sustainability, Fox News, Natural Gas, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Australia, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, United Nations, Military, Electricity, Department of Energy, Asia, Britain, Biofuels, Ipcc, Darrell Issa, BP Oil Spill, Solyndra, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: House GOP...

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Is There a Clean Energy Standard in Our Future?

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), Jeff Bingaman, Economics, Massachusetts v. EPA, Renewable Energy, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Utilities, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Fuel Economy, Pollution, Power Plants, Clean Air Act, Transportation, Carbon Footprint, Clean Energy Standard, Energy Efficiency, Biomass, Electricity, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Copenhagen Accord, Renewables, Hydropower, Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Solar Power, Clean Energy Standard Act (S2146), Environmental Protection Agency, Natural Gas, Green News

Americans are behind Obama, in the sense that they support the president's concept of a national clean energy standard. But they're also behind, in the sense that the voting public is unwilling to go as far as the president wants to go because of costs.

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A Real-Life Doctor Frankenstein?

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Video, Galvanism, Isaac Newton, Electricity, Talk Nerdy to Me, Corpse Reanimator, Luigi Galvani, Mad Scientist, Mad Science, Giovanni Aldini, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Deep Brain Stimulation, Cara Santa Maria, Frankenstein, Electrophysiology, Science News

Giovanni Aldini may not be a household name, but his contributions to science cannot be ignored. Neither can his macabre demonstrations of the power of electricity on the human body.

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U.S. Acid Rain Regulations: Did They Work?

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Cap and Trade, Acid Precipitation, Economics, Delaware, Economy, Acid Rain, Electricity, Climate Change, Environmental Protection Agency, Energy, Acid Rain Program, Acidity, Acid Rain Regulations, Green News

U.S. acid rain regulations have worked. What's more, they didn't seem to get in the way of the country's longest economic expansion.

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Power the World

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Electricity, Solar Energy, Global Electricity, Green Energy, World Energy Consumption, Global Electricity Availability, Politics News

For most Americans, most of the time, electricity is a given. We rely on electricity to power our lives at work, at school and at home. We rely on it so much, it comes as quite a shock when we are deprived of it.

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Seldom Acknowledged Innovation Was Edison's 'Greatest?'

Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Inventors, History, Video, Innovators, Electricity, Thomas Edison, Inventions, Innovation, Historical Figures, Famous People, Edison, Lightbulbs, Tesla, Science News

By: Jeremy Hsu, InnovationNewsDaily Senior Writer Published: 04/07/2012 09:45 AM EDT on InnovationNewsDaily Thomas Edison's record as an America...

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Carbon Capture and Storage: A Fresh Look at Storage and Other Issues

Bill Chameides | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Fuel, Energy, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), Electricity, Research, Economics, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Utilities, Regulation, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Technology, Aquifers, Power Plants, Coal, Natural Gas, Green News

New research concludes we've got space to store carbon, but other issues remain.

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Campaign Energy Debate Missing the Biggest Opportunity

John Farrell | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Power Grid, Solar Energy, Electricity, Local, Renewable Energy, Utilities, Clean Energy, Solar Power, Green News

Within the next decade, 100 million Americans in the nation's largest cities will be able to get cheaper electricity from their own rooftop -- without subsidies -- than from their electric utility, according to a new report.

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Shock Therapy 'Riddle' Solved By Brain Scientists

Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Psychiatry, Depression, Video, Depression Treatment, Electricity, Electrodes, Brain, Electroshock Therapy, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Shock Therapy, Science News

By: Rachael Rettner, MyHealthNewsDaily Staff Writer Published: 03/19/2012 03:04 PM EDT on MyHealthNewsDaily While "shock therapy" has been used ...

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Contact Voltage: The Invisible Danger That Killed Our Daughter

Anthony Green | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Contact Voltage, Electricity, Electrocution, Utilities Regulation, Public Safety, Accidental Electrocution, Impact News

When underground electric utility cable has reached its useful life or become damaged, it can leak electricity. It energizes all conductive surfaces in its proximity that people and pets come in contact with.

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The Washington Post's Triple Fail

A. Siegel | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Incandescent Bulbs, Electricity, Leds, Lighting, Washington Post, Green News

The Washington Post graphic, which "proves" that over 10 years, incandescent lighting would cost the purchaser $5 less than buying LEDs, doesn't get into factors such as the time value of money, investment risk or opportunity costs.

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The Fukushima Accident's Legacy One Year Later

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Hawaii, Energy, Fukushima, Nuclear Safety, Earthquake, Nuclear, China, Japan, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Construction Work in Progress, Electricity, Georgia, Nuclear Accident, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Power Plant, North Carolina, Green News

There's a world of difference between safety, acceptable risk, and too much risk. Nuclear power plants lie somewhere between the second and the third. Anyone who tells you they're unqualifyingly safe is blowing smoke. Hopefully it won't be radioactive.

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Can "Superbug" Slime From Stratosphere Solve Earth's Power Problem?

Posted 02.24.2012

Read More: Fuel Cell, Video, Electricity, Space Bugs, Space Bacteria, Superbugs, Power, Bacteria, Space Germs, Germs, Science News

By: InnovationNewsDaily Staff Published: 02/23/2012 04:24 PM EST on InnovationNewsDaily A U.K.-based research team has created a fuel cell that ...

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French Nuclear Anxieties Soar After Fukushima

John C.K. Daly | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Nuclear Facilities, Nuclear Risks, Electricity, Fukushima, Nuclear Power Plants, France, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Reactors, Nuclear Industry, Sarkozy, Green News

France's 59 nuclear reactors generate 78.8 percent of France's electricity, the highest percentage in the world.

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Electricity, Folly Science And Hysterical Women

Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Kimberly Johansson, Johansson Projects, Christina Corfield, Video, Electricity, Art Meets Science, Oakland Art Murmur, Sensationalism, Arts News

Ladies and gentlemen, come witness the inexplicable, the hypnotizing, the maddening force of electricity in its earliest stages! The mysterious phenom...

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A Look at Our Energy Outlook

Bill Chameides | Posted 04.08.2012

Crossposted with TheGreenGrok.com.Steady as we go with energy but definitely not on our climate target. Presidential Disconnect? A little more than tw...

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Nuclear Power Is Part of USA Energy Mix

Jim Steets | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Electricty Rates, Electricity Bills, Energy Efficiency, Electricity, Nuclear, Electricity Prices, Green Energy, Alternative Energy, Nuclear Power, Clean Air, Indian Point New York, Nrc, Consumer Choice, Nuclear Industry, Indian Point Power Plant, Green News

There's been good dialogue regarding my last blog post concerning the Indian Point Energy Center. And I appreciate the many thoughtful comments, inclu...

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Louisiana's Forests Could Be Tapped for Energy Soon

Susan Buchanan | Posted 03.17.2012

Roots of mighty oaks push up through New Orleans sidewalks while trees in the metropolis often tower above nearby buildings. Nearly half of Louisiana, in fact, is covered with forests, and the southern U.S. as a whole is considered the nation's wood basket.

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Recipe for 80% Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction

Bill Chameides | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Electricity, Climate Change, Electric Vehicle, Electric Cars, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Global Warming, Transportation, California, Video, Green News

Crossposted with TheGreenGrok.com.Here comes the electric car? 2011 was the year of the electric car and a bit of a bust for the electric car. Last ye...

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Wind Power Wafts Into Louisiana, Bringing Jobs And Energy

Susan Buchanan | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: New Orleans, Southwest Power Pool, Nasa, Electricity, Bp, Blade Dynamics, Gulf of Mexico, Comfort Engineered Systems, Entergy Corp., Lake Pontchartrain, Wind Turbines, Solar Power, Swepco, Cleco, Green News

Louisiana and the rest of the South are starting to harness wind power--something that's done on a larger scale in states to the north and west of us.

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"That's All, Volts"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Light Bulb, Wife, Stamford Advocate, Electricity, Humor, Bedroom, Yaphank, Bathroom, Flatiron, Hair Dryer, Wires, Lights, Stamford, Hair, Comedy News

Whenever people admire my thick head of wild and crazy hair and ask how I keep it looking that way, I tell them I stick my tongue in an electrical outlet. That's why I was shocked recently when a fuse blew on what turned out to be a bad hair day.

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WATCH: Artist Breathes Life Into Inanimate Objects

Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Installation Art, Brazilian Art, Brazil, Anaisa Franco, Sculptor, Sculpture, Sao Paulo, Psychology, Digital Art, Intel, Vice Magazine, Art, Video, Electricity, The Creators Project, Sao Paulo Art, Arts News

For the average individual, the idea of a world where inanimate objects come to life and engage in conversation is one of horror and grave implication...

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Ordinary Citizens Fight Big Coal in The Last Mountain

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Maria Gunnoe, Particulates, Bo Webb. Mountain Justice Summer, Mountaintop Blasting, George W. Bush, Documentary Film, Penn Future, Obama, Coal River Mountain, Bruce Mansfield Power Plant, Coal, Ed Wiley, Electricity, Activism, Coal River Valley, John Kennedy, Susan Bird, Asthma, New Source Rule, Robert F. Kenedy Jr., The Last Mountain, Ovec, Massey Energy, Joe Manchin Greenhouse Gases, Silicosis, Alpha Natural Resources, Green, Uncommon Productions, EPA Fine, Bill Haney, Appalachian Mountains, Coal Lobby, Mine Disaster, Heavy Metals, Jennifer Hall-Massey, Green News, Toxic Fly Ash, Ozone, Video, Green News

Featuring citizen activists fighting for clean air and water against entrenched interests and corporate dollars, the documentary combines backstory, statistics, and human interest to explain more fully the narrative of where our electricity comes from.

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State Ramps Up Solar Panel Efforts

AP | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Energy, Solar Energy, Video, Lincoln Chafee, Electricity, Rhode Island Solar Panels, Solar Panels, Environment, Rhode Island, Energy Costs, Green News

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island officials say they're installing solar panels on several state buildings' roofs to harness energy and reduce electric...

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