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1950s vs. 2000s: The Drive to Supersize

Bill Chameides | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Population, Energy, Energy Star, Energy Efficiency, Low Iimpact, Electricity, Statistically Speaking, Pollution, No Impact, Green News

In the 1950s the average American consumed roughly 2,200 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year; today that number has grown to roughly 13,800 kilowatt-hours per year.

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Dying Woman's Electricity Stays On After CNN Viewers Contact Power Company

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.14.2009 | Impact

Read More: Freedom Power, Cnn, Critical Care Program, Donate, Electricity, Stage 4 Cancer, Mabel Randon, Impact News

CNN viewers concerned about the welfare of a stage 4 cancer patient in Texas have paid her bill and prevented her power from being shut off. Mabel R...

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How to Live on $0 a Day: Financial Doldrums Got You Down? Look on the Bright Side

Lesley Stern | Posted 10.10.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Depression, Humor, Glasses, Economy, Cut-Backs, AT&T, Economic Crisis, Jobs, Credit Cards, Recession, Home, Advice, Yogurt, Silver Lining, Cut Backs, Electricity, Satire, Financial Crisis, Food, Foreclosure, Dolce and Gabbana, Teeth, Health Care, Comedy, Phone Service, Comedy News

Pre-stirred yogurt: This was one of the first costly luxuries I gave up. Yes, it's exhausting having to actually stir the yogurt flavoring, but it's a great way to combine breakfast and exercise.

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The Wrong Climate for Big Dams in Africa

Lori Pottinger | Posted 11.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Rivers, Drought, Climate Change, Hydropower, Electricity, African Union, International Rivers, Green News

Diversifying Africa's energy sector would help its climate-adaptation efforts in key ways: it would de-emphasize reliance on erratic rainfall for electricity, reduce conflict over water resources, and protect river-based ecosystems.

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Bangladesh Bans Suits To Save Power

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.18.2009 | World

Read More: Suits in Bangladesh, Electricity, Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Heat, Heat, Electrcity in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Electricity, World News

The prime minister of Bangladesh has ordered male government employees to stop wearing suits, jackets and ties to save electricity. Sheikh Hasina tol...

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Save Cash by Going Green: 4 Tips

Avital Binshtock | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Motoring, Fuel, Energy, Gas Prices, Gas, Driving, Landfills, Charity, Carbon Emissions, Economy, Green, Conservation, Green Living, Saving Money, Coal, Methane, Electricity, Fossil Fuels, Greenhouse Gases, Oil Prices, Environment, Earth Hour, Food, Sierra Club, Cash, Going Green and Saving Money, Green Tips, Green News

Going green doesn't just save the outside world. It also can preserve the hard-earned money in your bank account.

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India Will Enforce Energy Efficiency Guidelines

Reuters | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, India, Electric Appliances, Electricity, Efficient Electricity, Air Conditioners, Green, Climate Change, Green Living, Green Energy, Fluroscent Lights, Envirnoment, Global Warming, Green News

India will make energy efficiency ratings a must for electric appliances, including air conditioners and refrigerators, from January, stepping up dome...

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AWEA: Record US Wind Power Growth in First-Half 2009

Dennis Markatos | Posted 08.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Wind Power, Climate Change, Electricity, Wind Turbines, 2009, Global Warming, Green News

US wind capacity continued its impressive growth in the second quarter while fossil fuel consumption continued to fall.

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We the People: the Nuclear Option

Bernie Bulkin | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nuclear Waste, Good Government, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, Electricity, Politics News

While in the US we have been regulating and making decisions about electricity mostly on a state level, things are becoming more interconnected.

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With Ordinary Cubans Sweltering In The Dark, Shouldn't The Government Follow Suit?

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 08.17.2009 | World

Read More: Cuba, Energy Crisis, Saving Energy, Energy, Electricity, World News

It would be a good idea to ask the members of the National Assembly to travel to their August 1st meeting on public transport so as not to waste fuel on their chartered bus.

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L.A.'s Coal Ban Leads To Another Abandoned Power Plant

greenbiz.com | Tilde Herrera, July 13, 2009 | Posted 08.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, L.A., California, Coal Industry, Los Angeles, Power, Green Energy, Coal, Power Plant, Coal Based Electricity, Coal Ban, Electricity, Evolving Energy Tech, Coal Mining, Green News

The Intermountain Power Agency (IPA) announced Thursday it has given up plans to build an additional coal-fired unit. Its biggest customer -- the city...

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Energy Department To Award $3.3B For Smart Power Grids

Business First of Louisville: | Vandana Sinha | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Power Grid, Electricity, Energy Department, Evolving Energy Tech, Smart Grid, Environment, Green, Power-Grid, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Smart-Grid, Global Warming, Green News

The Department of Energy said it plans to unlock $3.3 billion in federal stimulus grants, of up to $200 million apiece, to companies and utilities to ...

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Turning New York Into Sun City

Dan Garodnick | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York

Read More: Electricity, New York, Green Energy, Solar Power, New York City, New York News

New York City may seem like an unlikely candidate for the expansion of solar power. But the truth is, we have a high ceiling for solar capability and an urgent need to work towards it.

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Putting the Green in Green Shoots

Michael Moynihan | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Infrastructure, Grid Modernization, Electricity, Smart Grid, Climate Change, Economy, Green News

To ignite not only the immediate economy but also the economy of the next ten years, the Administration and Congress need to move forcefully to remove barriers to the clean economy.

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Newt Gingrich Changes His Tune On Climate Change (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Gas, Electricity, Advertising, Economic Crisis, Climate Change, President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Environment, Green, Energy Tax, Newt Gingrich, American Solutions Group, Newt Gingrich American Solutions, Green News

Newt Gingrich's American Solutions Group has put out a TV ad calling for action against the National Energy Tax, which they claim will lose Americans ...

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Smart Grid May Be 1,000 Times Bigger Than The Internet: Cisco

greenercomputing.com | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Internet, Electricity, Climate Change, Smart Grid, Cisco, Environment, Smart-Grid, Green News

There's been plenty of hype about the Smart Grid --- some justified and some not. But the gold award for Smart Grid hype has to go to Cisco, whose spo...

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Computers Should be Held to the Same Standard as Cars

Tom Hayes | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Foreign Cars, Electricity, General Motors, Oil, Cars, Obama Administration, Natural Gas, Bill Gates, Solar Power, Silicon Valley, Politics News

Silicon Valley is not Detroit; technical challenges are welcomed here in an industry that thrives on brutal creative destruction.

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When You Save Water, You Save Electricity (And Vice Versa)

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Electricity, Green Living, Saving Water, Giy, Water, Reduce, Green News

One of our aims at the Planet Green website, is to try and provide people with tips and tricks for saving energy and water. Usually, we round up littl...

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Energy: At the Nexus of Climate, Poverty, and Global Security

Robert A. Freling | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Tom Friedman Hot Flat and Crowded, Energy, Electric Power, Electricity, Universal Energy Access, Tom-Friedman, Energy Developing World, Millenium Development Goal, Renewable Energy, Energy-Poverty, Green Energy, Green News

Rural villages can now bypass the age of fossil fuels and catapult themselves into a bright, sustainable, carbon-free future.

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What Are the Carbon Costs in Your State?

Mike Sandler | Posted 05.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Cap and Dividend, Climate Change, Carbon Emissions, Waxman-Markey, Fossil-Fuels, Epa, Electricity, Carbon-Cost, ab32, Waxman-Markey-Bill, Coal, Environmental Protection Agency, Green Living, Green News

Unfortunately, the economics of estimating how much climate policy might cost households has almost as many variables and feedback loops as climate science.

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Are Vampires Biting Into Your Energy Budget?

Lisa Sharkey | Posted 04.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Surge Protectors, Saving-Electricity, Electricity, Green Energy, Vampire Loads, Green News

When you unplug your cell phone from its charger in the morning after charging it overnight do you keep that charger plugged into the outlet? If so, your charger is gobbling up electricity for no reason at all.

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"The Electric Company"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 04.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Electricity, Humor, Microwaves, Light-Fixtures, Homeowners, Power, Fuses, Lights, Wires, Living News

So I was pleasantly surprised -- but not shocked -- when I recently passed a test from an electrician who showed me how to do simple repairs without burning the house down.

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Birth Defects Surge in a Toxic World

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 04.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Neurotoxins, Electricity, Lead Paint Toys, Environment, Public Health, Genetics, Birth Defects, United States, Lifespan, Environmental Law, Pollution, Coal, China, Rbgh, Healthy Child Healthy World, Living News

According to the March of Dimes, 1 in 33 babies born in the US have a birth defect -- about twice as many as in China.

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Economic Stimulus, Clean Energy and the Scale of Our Challenge: Grading the Stimulus Energy Investments

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 04.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama Energy Policy, Energy, Electricity, Economic Stimulus Package, Smart Grid, Stimulus Package, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Clean Energy, New Energy Economy, Plug-in Hybrids, Energy Policy, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Oregon, High Speed Rail, Green News

What does $80 billion really mean in the context of the 21st century United States energy system?

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Rod Bremby: Moving Towards a Renewable Future, Despite Big Coal's Backlash

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Roderick Bremby, Secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, is a force of nature. He stood up to big coal interests in Kansas and, quite simply, said "no."

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