Cut Energy Spending -- That's An Order!
Today, the Air Force and Army, the Defense Department's two biggest energy consumers, are under strict orders to look into ways to become more earnes...
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A Message From Our Future Smart Appliance Overlords (VIDEO)
secure.avaaz.org | Posted 04.13.2009 | Green
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A fridge from the future has told me that only I can save its future -- and the planet's. And it's not even 8 a.m. yet. Whew. What a way to start a Fr...
Administration Announces $8 Billion In Weatherization, Efficiency Grants
AP | Posted 04.12.2009 | Green
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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is encouraging state officials to get on the front lines of the government's program to revive the ailing economy....
Highlight of Hillary Clinton's Beijing Tour? A Power Plant
Alex Pasternack | Posted 02.25.2009 | Green
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"What we hope is you don't make the same mistake we made, because I don't think either Chinese and the world can afford that," Hillary Clinton said la...
Weatherization Gets Best Bang For The Stimulus Buck
good.is | Ben Jervey | Posted 03.22.2009 | Green
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"The most important high tech tool of the new green economy," Van Jones likes to say, often pausing for dramatic effect, "is the caulk gun." Not photo...
One Step Ahead: Clinton Pushes LED Bulbs In Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times | Marla Dickerson | Posted 03.20.2009 | Green
Subjects as mundane as lightbulbs and insulation would be deadly-dull stuff in the hands of a less gifted public speaker, but since leaving office in ...
Study Shows Stimulus Will Fight Global Warming
Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 03.09.2009 | Green
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According to NRDC, floods, droughts, sea level rise, and other global warming impacts will create a $271 billion drag on the U.S. economy by 2025 alone.
How to Kill a Green Job
Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 03.08.2009 | Green
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The State of Virginia could be poised to take significant action to bolster the economy and help the climate by passing an energy efficiency bill.
Turn Down the Thermostat, Mr. President!
Wendy Gordon | Posted 03.07.2009 | Green
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Install a furnace humidifier, set it for the proper humidity and your thermostat three degrees lower than normal. This small adjustment will lower your annual heating bills by as much as 5%.
Orange is Greener When It's Organic
Wendy Gordon | Posted 03.07.2009 | Green
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PepsiCo learned that it wasn't running the Tropicana factory or transporting juice containers, but the nitrogen fertilizers they used that were the primary carbon emissions culprit.
Scientists Hope To Reduce Computer Power Usage 1,000 Times
edmontonjournal.com | Keith Gerein | Posted 03.06.2009 | Green
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The team, led by Robert Wolkow, has invented the world's smallest quantum dots, atom-sized devices capable of controlling electrons, using a fraction ...
Invisible Energy: Economic Recovery Depends on Recognizing the Root Causes of the Problem
David B. Goldstein | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green
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It is encouraging that the stimulus package is beginning to address the need to invest in energy efficiency, where there are high rates of return, financially and environmentally.
4 Types of CFL Haters... And What to Tell Them
Hank Green | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green
How have incandescent lights managed to hold on for so long? I put incandescent buyers into four groups. Here's what to say to them.
Now Let's Get to Work, Starting with the House Stimulus Package
Frances Beinecke | Posted 02.22.2009 | Green
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For the first time ever, clean energy solutions like smart grids, weatherizing homes, and renewable power sit at the centerpiece of a national stimulus bill -- Obama's.
A Ten-Point Solartopian Starter Agenda for the Age of Obama
Harvey Wasserman | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics
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The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan must end. The healing -- moral, spiritual, economic, and in terms of violence -- can only begin when the US leaves these battlefields.
Energy Lessons for Europe and the U.S. from the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo
Charles D. Ferguson | Posted 02.15.2009 | World
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While feeling angry is justified in a crisis, the governments would be best advised not to get mad at Russia but to get more secure in energy supplies and smarter in energy usage.
Tattletale House Knows When You're Not Green (And So Do Neighbors)
New York Times | Steven Kurutz | Posted 02.15.2009 | Green
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Most homeowners have a general sense of whether or not they are being energy efficient, a hunch confirmed or disproved when the monthly bills arrive. ...
To Avoid Catastrophic Effects, World Emissions Have To Be Negative After 2050?
Reuters AlertNet | Posted 02.14.2009 | Green
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To avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change, world carbon emissions will have to drop to near zero by 2050 and "go negative" after that, ...
Is Your Home As Green As It Can Be?
Jessica Jensen | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green
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We want to start 2009 off with an eco-bang, and so we're launching a new Green Home Contest.
Saving the Economy, One Furnace at a Time
Paul Loeb | Posted 02.12.2009 | Green
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I'm not saying high-efficiency furnaces will solve all our economic or environmental challenges, but imagine if a stimulus package prioritized American-made energy efficiency and investment in renewables.
America Can Have Both Utah Wilderness and Affordable Heating Bills
Frances Beinecke | Posted 02.12.2009 | Green
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We don't have to choose between protecting places of rare beauty and keeping homes heated at affordable rates. We can do both.
A Message to Congress: Energy Smart Programs Will Save the Economy
Brian Keane | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green
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Despite Friday's piece in the Times, there seems to be a growing consensus around Washington that the road to our nation's economic salvation will be ...
Green Your Fridge Before It's Too Late!
New York Times | JAY ROMANO | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green
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Refrigerators and freezers come in all styles. Mr. Sachs said that each has its own advantages and disadvantages. For example, he said, "a two-door, s...
Stimulate Me
A. Siegel | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green
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In the spirit of out with the bad and in with the good, below are some thoughts (big and smaller) for "good" elements to include in the stimulus plan.
Save Money On Your Heating Bill (VIDEO)
Grist | Umbra Fisk | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green
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Winter's here, and you're probably cranking the heat. But hold your thermostatic enthusiasm: high temps in your home lead to high utility bills -- not...
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