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WATCH: Dazzling New Way To Look At The Sun

Posted 05.25.2012

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Incandescent. That's how NASA scientists described the sun in a new sun video released by the agency. The dazzling video features images of our sta...

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More Solar, Not Less

Van Jones | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Climate Change, Clean Energy, Solar Energy, Solar, Solar Power, Green News
Van Jones

Central to the move towards localized clean energy is a little-known policy called "net metering." Today, there are over 100,000 rooftop solar energy systems in California and net metering is the policy responsible for 99% of them.

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The Annular Eclipse: Seen Sideways

J. Kelly Beatty | Posted 05.21.2012

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J. Kelly Beatty

Too many stories showed pictures of total solar eclipses instead of annulars. Confusion abounded as what you'd see from within the path versus elsewhere. At least they all emphasized the danger of looking directly at the Sun.

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Will Conservatives Support American Companies... Or Chinese Companies?

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Energy, Tariffs, Chevy Volt, Solar, Green Energy, Solar Power, Alternative Energy, Chinese Solar Panels, Business News
Dave Johnson

The Obama administration has imposed stiff tariffs on Chinese solar panels because China was "dumping" to drive American manufacturers out of business. Will conservatives take our country's side?

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Solar-Powered Implants Could Help The Blind

The Huffington Post | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Blind, Video, Daniel Palanker, Solar, Solar Panels, Photovoltaics, Photovoltaic Cells, Stanford University, Geordi La Forge, Stanford, Solar Powered, Solar Power, Green News

For anyone who needed further evidence for the benefits of solar power: A new device being developed at Stanford University relies on solar-powered im...

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A Challenge on Mother's Day

Betsy Rosenberg | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Green, Wind, Renewable Energy, Energy, Environment, Solar, Climate Change, Green News
Betsy Rosenberg

There were several developments this week on the climate front that left me deeply disheartened and angry.

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Finding Your Force Multiplier

Terry Tamminen | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Solar Panels, Grid, Energy Efficiency, Solar, Rio+20, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gases, Force Multipliers, Clean Energy, Cbs, Retrofit, Global Warming, Sustainable, Ecomedia, Westech, Green News
Terry Tamminen

Finding force multipliers for your company may not be obvious, but the thing these examples have in common is that they look at existing resources and ask, "What more could we get out of what we already have or already spend?"

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Make Every Day Earth Day

Natalie Pace | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Solar, Gulf of Mexico, Reduce, Trees, Brad Pitt, Recycle, Organic Food, Geothermal, Electric Cars, Reuse, Livinghomes, LED Lighting, Oil Spill, Makeitright, Wind Power, #EarthDay, #Green, #CleanEnergy, NataliePace.Com, #BikePower, #BP, Green News
Natalie Pace

Why Bike Power? There are huge physical and fiscal benefits to biking. With obesity on the rise in U.S. children and one out of every three American adults weighing in obese, biking is one way to get America moving again.

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WATCH: Huge Solar Flare Triggers Explosion Of Plasma

Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Sun Storm, Nasa, Video, Sun Flare, Solar, Astronomy, Goddard Space Flight Center, Space Science, Solar Flare, Plasma, Science, Sun, Solar Weather, Solar Dynamics Observatory, Science News

By: Tariq Malik Published: 04/16/2012 05:08 PM EDT on SPACE.com The sun erupted in an amazing solar flare today (April 16), unleashing an intense ...

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Clean Energy Investments Continue to Soar: Time to "Triple Down" on Renewable Electricity

Jake Schmidt | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Wind Power, South, Globalwarming, Solar, Climate Change, Brazil, Africa, Earthsummit 2012, Mexico, Rio+20, European Union, US, China, Green News
Jake Schmidt

Renewable energy is real, cost competitive in many situations, and a growing source of business opportunity. And given that other sources of electricity contribute to global warming and local air pollution, now is the time to double-down on more renewable energy.

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Bill Gates Never Ran an Energy Company

Jigar Shah | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Solar-Energy-Industries-Association, Bill Gates, Carbon Emissions, Marc Gunther, Solar Power, Carbon War Room, LED Lights, Solar Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Green News
Jigar Shah

Last year, Bill Gates noted in an interview with Alan Murray of the Wall Street Journal that technologies like solar photovoltaics and LED lights were...

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America's Pastime and Its Clean Energy Future

Brian Keane | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Fenway Park, Kansas City Royals, Baseball, Solar, Major League Baseball, Green, Cleveland Indians, Wind Energy, Clean Energy, Wind Turbines, NBA Green Week, Nba, Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners, Ballparks Alternative Energy, Sports Stadiums Alternative Energy, Sports News
Brian Keane

As a growing number of teams and leagues adopt clean energy measures, their fans, in turn, will hopefully do the same.

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How to Fast Forward Radical Innovation -- Quickly

Marc Stoiber | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Wayne Michigan, Solar, Finance, Battery, Innovation, Ford, Detroit Edison, John Viera, Business News
Marc Stoiber

For has long embraced sustainability in its operations, consistently innovating greater and greater efficiencies -- the sort of initiatives John Viera, global director of sustainability and vehicle environmental matters, describes as 'blocking and tackling.'

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It's the GOP vs. the Navy -- on Clean Energy Use

Clint Wilder | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Oil, Clean Energy, Military, Biofuels, Solyndra, House Republicans, US Navy, Solar, Green News
Clint Wilder

In 2012, if you want to reduce your use of fossil fuels in favor of clean energy sources, expect to be taken to task by Republicans. Even if you're the United States Armed Forces.

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GOP Lawmaker's Solar Energy Hypocrisy

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 02.15.2012

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Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) has been among the most vociferous opponents of the Obama administration's energy policies. On Tuesday, he stood on the othe...

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Solar Industry Struggles Could Drag On For Some Time

AP | Posted 02.15.2012

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NEW YORK -- Solar panel manufacturers will have a hard time boosting revenues this year with Germany cutting government incentives at a time when the ...

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Sun-Gazing Spacecraft Makes Surprising Solar Flare Find

Posted 02.11.2012

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By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 02/10/2012 07:42 AM EST on SPACE.com One of NASA's workhorse space observatories, the RHESSI satellite, is celeb...

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Mystery of Sunspot Formation Said Solved

Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Sunspots, Video, Solar, Astronomy, Space, Solar Flare, Sun, Telescope, Solar Storms, Science News

By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 02/01/2012 02:52 PM EST on SPACE.com Scientists may be one step closer to unraveling the mystery of sunspots —...

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WATCH: Huge Solar Storm Could Affect Astronauts, Satellites

AP/The Huffington Post | By SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 03.24.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The sun is bombarding Earth with radiation from the biggest solar storm in more than six years with more to come from the fast-moving er...

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Stories to Watch in 2012: U.S., China, Food, Renewable Energy, Rio+20

Manish Bapna | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: International Climate Policy, Energy, Solar, Governance, Forest Restoration, Agriculture, Wind, Renewable Energy, US Policy, Shale Gas, rio2012, Climate Change, United States, Green Economy, Forests, China, Green News
Manish Bapna

What are the top environmental and development issues that will shape 2012? While we can't predict the future, here's a rundown of the key issues to keep an eye on.

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Green. Peace. The Netherlands Take the LEED.

Natalie Pace | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: The Netherlands, Germany, Solar, Natalie Pace, Biofuel, Economy, Green, Obama, Euro, Opec, Peace, Leed, Health, Public Transportation, Oil, Amsterdam, Platinum, Clean Economy, Green News
Natalie Pace

There is much to be learned from the Dutch, who have found a way, through public and private partnerships, cultural indoctrination and political will to make green peace a part of daily life.

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Google Announces Big New Solar Plans

Reuters | Matt Daily | Posted 02.19.2012

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By Matt Daily (Reuters) - Google Inc and TransCanada Corp announced deals to buy solar power projects on Tuesday, just days after billio...

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The Climate Post: Now All GOP Presidential Candidates Express Climate Skepticism

Mason Inman | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Energy, Cap and Trade, Solar, Nuclear Power, Environment, Durban, Science, Gop, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Global Warming, China, Green News
Mason Inman

GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman expressed skepticism about the science on climate change, so now all GOP candidates are on the record as doubting either that the planet is clearly warming, or that people are responsible for most of the warming.

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Could a Small Town in Arizona Become the Solar Capital of the World?

Virginia Simmons | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Solar Energy, Solar, Zoning, Green Jobs, Economy, Gila Bend, Photovoltaics, Sustainability, Permits, Green Economy, Clean Energy, Arizona, Permitting, New Jobs, Solar Power, Concentrated Solar Power, Green News
Virginia Simmons

When Rick Buss left his position as city manager of Maricopa, Arizona, to become the town manager of a 2,000-person, economically struggling town called Gila Bend in 2008, some people who know him personally and professionally wondered why.

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Keystone XL: A 'Game of Hot Potato'?

Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Energy, Transcanada, Solar, Alternative Energy, Geothermal, Wind, Oil, All Terrain, Keystone XL, U.S. State Department, State Department, Green News
Tom Zeller Jr.

When the State Department moved Thursday to postpone a decision on whether the Keystone XL oil pipeline serves the national interests of the United States environmental groups found much to celebrate. But they also surely know that the dispute over Keystone XL -- a proxy, really, for broader and still unresolved debates over oil, climate change and energy policy in America -- is far from over, not least because the delay was much more about political expediency than it was about environmental due process. In reality, the administration's punt highlights just how far environmentalists still have to go to get the country focused on clean energy policies.

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