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Electrifying Health Care in Rwanda

Josh Ruxin | Posted 05.18.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Earth Day, Health, Solar Panels, Renewable Energy, Public Health, Solar Energy Projects, Solar Power, Earth Day 2009, World News

Solar power needs to be integrated into public health approaches across Africa going forward, just as AIDS drugs have been during the past several years.

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For Earth Day, Consider a Midlife Green Career Switch

Mark Miller | Posted 05.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Green Jobs, Earth Day, Second Career, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Engineering, Solar Power, Midlife, Business News

Green careers have surfaced as a major area of interest for people steering toward encore careers. Overall, they are expected to be one of the fastest-growing employment categories in the years ahead.

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Solar Box Cooker Instructions: Educational Green Project

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 05.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Solar Box Cooker, Green Education, Green Energy, Giy, Solar Power, Solar Cooker, Green News

The easiest, most sensible, and most affordable solar powered oven I have ever heard of was recently a winner of the FT Climate Change Challenge. Jon ...

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Green News Report - April 16, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Efficiency, Tom Delay, Rising Sea Level, Tax Credits, Greenwashing, Pacific Gas & Electric, Somali Pirates, Terra Choice, Green News, Solar Energy Projects, Spam, Birds, Green News Report, Coral Reefs, Solar Power, Arctic, Green News

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Goodbye Tax Day '08, Hello Tax Day '09 (with big new incentives to sweeten the deal); Birds taking the long way home; "Green...

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Half Of Americans Can Buy Renewable Energy Right Now

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 05.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Renewable Energy, Energy, Green Energy, Solar Power, Green News

Yes, there's a 50% chance that you could be buying renewable energy from your power company) right now--renewable energy can now officially reach half...

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Gorbachev Joins the Call for Green Stimulus

Matt Petersen | Posted 05.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Solar Energy, Environment, Solar Power Report Card, Green Energy, Mikhail Gorbachev, G-20, Solar Power, Green News

Last week I joined President Gorbachev in Texas to call upon the leaders of the G-20 nations and the leaders of the global energy sector to immediately make significant investment in solar energy.

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Solving the Climate Crisis: Common Sense, Not Nobels, Needed

Mary Ellen Harte and John Harte | Posted 05.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Energy, Climate Change, Green Energy, Energy Policy, Solar Power, Global Warming, Green News

Solving the climate crisis does not require rocket science, or earth-shaking technological breakthroughs. It does require common sense to recognize what is most effective.

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Earth Hour? Why Not "Earth Until-We-Figure-This-Out?"

Robert Engelman | Posted 04.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Earth Hour, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Solar Power, Global Warming, Green Energy, Green News

I doubt that the lighting of the world's monuments contributes that much to global warming. But lighting of all kinds is used to make a statement, as well as for practical illumination.

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Toshiba, Sharp Solar Deal Could Be Coming

AFP | Posted 04.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Sharp, Green Business, Toshiba, Green Technology, Solar Power, Green News

"It is true that we are holding talks on the solar cell business with other companies, including Toshiba," Sharp Corp. spokeswoman Miyuki Nakayama sai...

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Solar Lighting From IKEA: Start Of Something Good?

alternativeconsumer.com | Posted 04.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Green Decor, Solar Lights, Ikea, Solar Power, Green News

IKEA is hoping to light up your summer nights with its new line of SOLIG solar lights. Each light is equipped with a solar cell that transfers the su...

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Solar Refrigerator: A Counterintuitive Prototype

treehugger.com | Posted 04.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Solar Fridge, Solar Refrigerator, Solar Power, Green Technology, Green News

The fridge was developed by mechanic engineering students Frederik Knop, Nicolás Ripoll, and Olivier Bernade, the last one a French exchange student....

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Feinstein Seeks To Block Solar Power From California Desert Land

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 04.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Mojave Desert, Solar Power, California, Green News

WASHINGTON — California's Mojave Desert may seem ideally suited for solar energy production, but concern over what several proposed projects mig...

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The Past and the Future

Carl Pope | Posted 04.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Duke Energy, Solyndra, Solar Power, Nuclear Power, Green Energy, Green News

It turns out that, even in today's economy, we've got many more green energy opportunities than we can fund -- and no need for boondoggles like nuclear.

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Cities Helping Even Skeptics Get Into Solar

nytimes.com | LESLIE KAUFMAN | Posted 04.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Solar Incentives, Green Politics, Green Technology, Solar Power, Green News

Bronzed and deeply lined from decades of life in the desert sun, Mr. Clark is not one to worry about global warming. He suspects that if the planet's ...

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I Was Too Early on Solar Power -- Let's Not Be Too Late

Robert Redford | Posted 04.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Renewable Energy, Obama, Clean Energy, Natural Resources, Economy, Solar Power, Green News

If we don't seize this moment, we will be too late to get the competitive advantage in a global marketplace, too late for the economic dividends, and too late to stave off the worst of global warming.

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The Simpsons: Ed Begley And The Trouble With Solar (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 04.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Video, Ed Begley Jr., Ed Begley Simpsons, Simpsons Solar, The Simpsons, Solar Power, Green Technology, Green News

"The Simpsons" does it again -- they mock something I love in a way that I love. Here's a quick clip from season 20, episode 13, "Gone Maggie Gone" t...

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Sunshine State Gets Serious About Solar

nytimes.com | KATE GALBRAITH | Posted 04.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Florida, Green Energy, Solar Power, Green News

This month Gainesville, Fla., became the first city in the United States to introduce higher payments for solar power, which is otherwise too expensiv...

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Global Dimming: Pollution Dims Skies, Could Threaten Solar Energy

AP | Posted 04.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Global Dimming, Light Pollution, Air Pollution, Pollution, Solar Power, Green Technology, Green News

WASHINGTON — The skies are dimming, for most of the world. Increases in airborne pollution have dimmed the skies by blocking sunlight over the p...

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Sahara Solar Project Could Power All Of Europe

guardian.co.uk | Dave Burdick | Posted 04.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Europe, Africa, Poll, Sahara, Green Energy, Solar Power, Saharan Solar, Green Technology, Green News

The Guardian reports that a proposed solar project that would take up the space of a "small country" in the Sahara could provide all of Europe's power...

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An Antidote Called Hope

Javier Sierra | Posted 04.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Congress, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Green Jobs, President Obama, Spanish, Hispanics, Hispanics and the Environment, State of the Union, Address to Congress, Latinos and the Environment, Weatherization, Voters, Environment, New Energy, Stimulus Package, Solar Power, Green News

To the environmental movement, the first month and a half of the Obama presidency has been what the New York Times calls "an astonishing turnaround."

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Our Dangerous Addiction to Immediacy

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 04.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Renewable Energy, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Solar Power, Climate Change, Energy, Price of Oil, Oil Tax, Gasoline Tax, Reliance on Oil, Gas Tax, Price-of-Oil, Environmentalism, Oil Dependence, Cost-of-Oil, Oil Costs, Cost of Oil, Green News

The time has come for society to pay the true environmental and national security price tag of burning fossil fuels.

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Texas-Sized Solar: Austin Approves Plan For Largest US Solar Installation

Posted 04.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Austin Solar Plant, Austin Energy, Renewable Energy, Texas, Solar Power, Green News

Austin, Texas, is getting closer to its self-imposed goal of using more renewable energy, and creating jobs in the bargain. The Texas-sized solar plan...

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Veranda Solar Wants To Be The Apple Of Solar

earth2tech.com | Posted 04.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Green Technology, Solar Power, Green News

Instead of focusing on a new solar chemistry or production technology, the company hopes to differentiate itself with its aesthetics, appeal and ease ...

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Ad Calls US "The Saudi Arabia Of Solar" (VIDEO)

treehugger.com | Posted 04.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Collar Jobs, Video, Green Energy, Green Technology, Solar Power, Green News

The ad, titled "Solar," explains how harnessing the power of the sun -- as the American West is "the Saudi Arabia of solar power" -- can both drive th...

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Investing in the Green Economy Now for a More Secure Future

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 04.02.2009 | Green

Now is the time to take bold action to invest in programs that will create green, sustainable industries that will provide good jobs and provide long term economic and environmental benefits.

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