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Green News Report - August 11, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 09.11.2009 | Green

Is climate change a threat to national security?

eSolar Turns On First Solar Power Tower In U.S.

Los Angeles Times | Alana Semuels | Posted 09.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Esolar, First Solar Power Tower, Solar Power Tower, Solar Power California, Solar Power, Green Techology, Sustainability, Green News

The hundreds of glass mirrors break the dusty field in Lancaster, a sea of silver in a landscape of brown. When switched on for the first time today ...

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Today's Green News Report

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 09.06.2009 | Green

Now available on Apple iTunes! Subscribe for FREE here!... IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: 'Cash for Clunkers' -- now with more cash!; 'Astroturfing' -- no...

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Green News Report - August 4, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 09.04.2009 | Green

Now available on Apple iTunes! Subscribe for FREE here!... IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: The Democracy of Lobbyists; The forgeries of 'Clean Coal'... PLU...

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Green News Report - July 30, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 08.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon Emissions, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Electric Vehicles, Green News Report, Tar Sands, Stephen Chu, Ocean Dead Zones, Green News, Cash for Clunkers, Oil Prices, Composting, Sustainability, Climate Change, Sustainable Seafood, China, Solar Power, Cool-Roofs, Green News

In today's audio report: China & the U.S., together again

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Nation's Largest Urban Solar Power Plant Gets Council Approval

Chicago Public Radio | Gabriel Spitzer | Posted 08.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Energy, Chicago Solar Plant, Urban Solar Power Plants, Exelon, Alternative Energy, West Pullman Solar Plant, Green Energy, Solar Power, Chicago News

A Chicago-based utility has moved closer to building the nation's largest urban solar power plant It would go on the city's South Side - but a big que...

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Green News Report - July 28, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 08.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Russia, Cap and Trade, James Inhofe, Arctic Ice Melt, Green News, Algae, Paul Krugman, Climate Change, Green News Report, Deforestation, China, Biodiesel, Global Warming, Solar Power, Arctic, Green News

U.S.-China summit begins today in D.C.; Arctic ice photos finally declassified... PLUS: Chicken feathers! For both biodiesel and Republican Senators..

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Philly Debuts "Big Belly" Solar-Powered Trash Compactors

AP | PATRICK WALTERS | Posted 09.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Big Belly Solar Powered Trash Compactors, Philadelphia, Solar Power Trash Compactors, Green Energy, Alternative Energy, Solar Power, Sustainability, Green Technology, Green News

PHILADELPHIA — Is it any surprise that a city known for its love of cheesesteaks, soft pretzels and cannolis would embrace a solar-powered trash...

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How To Use A Solar Cooker

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 08.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Solar Oven Recipe, Solar Power, Solar Oven, Solar Cooker, How-to-Go-Green, Green, How To, Green News

Solar Cookers have revolutionized food preparation around the globe. Planet Green's Sam Grover describes his Dos and Don'ts of Using a Solar Cooker....

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Sinking Island Nation Of Tuvalu Will Use All Renewable Energy By 2020

AP | MICHAEL CASEY | Posted 09.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Solar Power, Fighting Climate Change, Tuvalu, Climate Change, Sinking Island, Sustainability, Green Technology, Green News

BANGKOK — The tiny island nation of Tuvalu, already under threat from rising seas caused by global warming, vowed Sunday to do its part for clim...

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It's Art... It's Energy... No, It's Both

Joshua Keyak | Posted 08.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Solar Energy, Environment, Green, Earth, Environmentalism, Wind Energy, Green Living, Solar Power, Green News

While large alternative energy plants will be necessary to meet demand, we must also supplement those plans with lots of small scale generation, like this project in Austin, Texas.

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Solar Land Rush

nytimes.com | Todd Woody | Posted 09.08.2009 | Green

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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Giant Leap For Energy On Saharan Desert

Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

The idea to tap solar power from the Sahara desert to provide CO2-free electricity for Europe and northern Africa has captured the public's imaginatio...

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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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The Human Toll of Fossil Fuel Use

Dennis Markatos | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Oil, Wind Power, Climate Change, Natural Gas, Coal, Solar Power, Green News

Reduced emissions are not the only benefit to renewable energy. Another stark difference between fossil energy and renewable energy is the risk to workers close to the fuel from the mine to the point of use.

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World's Largest Solar Project Planned For Saharan Desert

inhabitat.com | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Sustainable Living, Saharan Dessert, Solar Energy, Solar, Environment, Green, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Europe, Solar Power, Green News

If just 0.3% of the Saharan Desert was used for a concentrating solar plant, it would produce enough power to provide all of Europe with clean renewab...

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Solar Powered Plane: Swiss Team Unveils Prototype For Sun-Powered Plane

AP | BRADLEY S. KLAPPER | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Sun-Powered Plane, Swiss Plane, Solar Energy, Solar Flight, Planes, Solar Powered Plane, Global Warming, Solar Power, Flying, Zurich-Switserland, Green News

DUEBENDORF AIRFIELD, Switzerland — It has the wingspan of a Boeing 747 but weighs less than a small car. And it is powered entirely by the sun. ...

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Old Habits Die Hard

Carl Pope | Posted 07.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Bill, Congressman Jerry Lewis, Coal Ash Spill, Big Coal, Solar Power, Green News

And although we are seeing real leadership from the Obama administration on coal issues, Big Coal implanted itself deep in the federal bureaucracy during the Bush years, and it still has powerful allies it can call on.

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Greenmailing: When Unhappy Laborers Use Green Causes To Hurt A Company

treehugger.com | Posted 07.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Greenmail, Green Energy, Green Business, Unions, Solar Power, Green News

How Greenmailing Works Now, on the surface, requesting that a company conduct environmental surveys before proceeding with a project seems like a pre...

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Green News Report - June 18, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 07.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Efficiency, Asbestos in Libby Montana, Water, Waxman-Markey, Epa, United Nations, Green News, Green, Climate Change, Green News Report, Energy Policy, Reducing Waste, Solar Power, Bottled Water, Green News

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT:: Energy legislation fight now moves to the Senate; Climate change outlook now worse than before; Libby, MT now a "public hea...

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$500 Billion In Funding For Saharan Solar Project?

solveclimate.com | Posted 07.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Desertec, Sahara, Africa, Sahara Solar Project, Solar Power, Green News

Desertec seeks to transform Saharan Africa into a solar hub for Europe by constructing a supergrid of concentrating solar thermal plants (CSP) on 6,50...

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Celebrate Clean Energy on 6/21/09: Solar Day 2009

Terry Gardner | Posted 07.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Solar Day, Clean Energy, Solar Power, Eco Friendly Travel, Solar Energy, Green Technology, Climate Change, Green Energy, San Francisco, Green News

On Sunday, the first day of Summer, San Francisco is giving birth to Solar Day. If you won't be in the Bay Area, consider creating your own solar celebration.

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Promise of New Renewable Energy Agency in Peril?

Lily Riahi | Posted 07.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Nuclear Energy, Low-Carbon Energy, Irena, Solar Power, Feed-in Tariff, International Relations, International Renewable Energy Agency, France-Uae-Base, Sarkozy, France, Abu Dhabi, Nicolas Sarkozy, Uae, Green News

After three decades of resistance, the first and only intergovernmental agency to focus solely on renewable energy development is finally ready to launch on July 1st.

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Solar Power Satellites: Can We Get Energy From Space?

WSJ | Keith Johnson | Posted 07.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Solar Energy, Satellites, Renewable Energy, Space, Solar Power, Space-Based Solar Power, Green News

PowerSat Corp., based in Everett, Wash., said Tuesday it had filed for a patent meant to solve two of the trickier problems bedeviling those engineers...

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The GOP's 100-Reactor/Trillion-Dollar Energy Plan Goes Radioactive

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 07.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Nuclear Power, Renwables, Green Power, Green Energy, No Nukes, Nuclear Renaissance, Solar Power, Green News

The GOP makes atomic energy the centerpiece of its strategy to deal with climate change.

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