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NYC Plans To Build Wind Farm, Solar Power Plant

AP | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Solar Power Plant, New York Parks Department, Wind Farm, Ny News, Renewable Energy, Environmental Defense Fund, Freshkills-Park, New York News, Staten Island, New York News

NEW YORK -- A New York City site once known for the size of its garbage heaps would be home to alternative energy sources that could generate 20 megaw...

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Controversy Surrounds Plans For Wind Farm

AP | SHANNON DININNY | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Columbia River Gorge Wind Farm, Energy, Video, Washington Wind Farm, Wind Farm, Columbia River Gorge, Washington Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, Washington Green Energy, Renewable-Energy, Chris Gregiore Washington, Green News

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire on Monday approved plans for a wind farm on the north side of the Columbia River Gorge over the ...

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A Bubble Curtain To Protect Whales From Wind Farms?

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Baltic Sea, Noise Pollution, Wind Farm, Bubble Curtain, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation Study, Porpoises, Wind Farms and Conservation, Green Energy, Germany Wind Farms, Whales, Green News

Anti-wind power groups have made a lot of noise over wind turbines, but that hasn't stopped Germany from investing in more offshore wind power. Accord...

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WATCH: Scotland's Carbon Neutral Ice Cream

Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Good News, Wind Turbines, Wind Energy, Scotland Carbon Neutral, Europe Carbon Neutral, Wind Farm, Carbon Neutral Ice Cream, Video, Green News

An ice cream factory in Scotland generates all the power it needs from three wind turbines. That means the ice cream is completely carbon neutral. ...

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Northwest Power Surplus May Halt Wind Energy

AP | By TIM FOUGHT | Posted 07.14.2011

Read More: Power Grid, Bonneville Power Administration, Wind Power, Electricity, Portland-General-Electric, Wind Farm, Columbia River Gorge, Electric Grid, Power Grid Wind Energy, Wind Energy, Clean Energy, Pacific Northwest Wind Farm, Green News

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The manager of most of the electricity in the Pacific Northwest is running such a surplus of power from hydroelectric dams that it p...

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John Kerry Urges Cape Wind Approval

AP | STEVE LeBLANC | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Offshore Wind Farm, Politics, Cape Wind, Green Energy, Nantucket Wind Farm, Wind Farm, John Kerry Wind, John Kerry Cape Wind, Cape Wind John Kerry, Green News

BOSTON — U.S. Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts is urging federal officials to approve a key portion of Cape Wind's financing plan. Kerry and al...

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A Better Standard of Living

Tulsi Tanti | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Renewable Energy, Energy, Davos 2011, Wind Energy, Clean Energy, Wind Turbines, Wind Farm, World Economic Forum, Green News

Whether it is better clothes or the latest gadgets, satisfaction in these days of consumerism is difficult to find. Everyone is persevering for a "better standard of living." But better than what?

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Largest U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Proposed For Rhode Island

AP | ERIC TUCKER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cape Wind Project, Deepwater Wind LCC, Renewable Energy, Wind Power, Wind Turbines, Wind Farm, Largest Offshore Wind Farm, Biggest Offshore Wind Farm, Green Energy, Green News

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A renewable energy company has proposed what it says would be the largest offshore wind farm in the United States: a 200-turb...

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Block Island Wind Farm Proposal Clears Key Hurdle

AP | ERIC TUCKER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wind Power, Block Island, Block Island Wind Farms, Wind Energy, Rhode Island Wind Farms, Rhode Island, Wind Farm, Wind Farms, Green News

WARWICK, R.I. — The Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission on Wednesday approved a power purchase agreement for a proposed wind farm off the c...

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What's Green, White and Blue? American Jobs

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Apollo Alliance, Shenyang Power Group, LTV Steel, Sca, Tianjin Pipe, A-Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd., Green Jobs, United Auto Workers, Renewable Energy, U.S. Commerce Department, BlueGreen Alliance, Unfair Trade, Wind Turbine, Import Duties, Svenska Cellulosa AB, White Collar, Grupo Mexico, Wilbur Ross, Blue Collar, Rio Tinto, Charlie Rose, Sen. Sherrod Brown, Pbs, Manufacturing, U.S. Renewable Energy Group, United Steelworkers, Manufacturing Jobs, Wind Farm, Energy Independence, Jinxiang Lu, Bridgestone-Firestone, Arcelor-Mittal, Severstal, Business News

Additional wind farms mean more renewable energy freeing the U.S. from reliance on foreign oil. But there's no point in replacing imported foreign oil with imported wind turbines

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Explains Why He's Opposed To Cape Wind (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has always been a outspoken environmentalist, making bold statements against the coal industry and the perils of global warming...

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Weekly Mulch: Politics, Power, and the Environment Beyond BP

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Apa, Kerry, Gibbs, National Marine Fisheries Service, Obama, Clean Energy, Mms, Wind-Farm, Dawn, Greg Pahl, Lieberman, Jesse Jenkins, Climate Change, Chelsea Green, Climate Bill, Senate, Blm, Queen of England, Green News

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Washington has a blind spot when it comes to the environment. BP and the oil spill brought the government's ...

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Bill Maher And George Will's Energy Claims Factchecked

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Politifact, Bill Maher, Factchecking, Oil Spill, Wind Farm, This Week, George Will, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill 2010, Exxon Valdez, Eat the Press, Media News

This past Sunday, when Bill Maher claimed on ABC's "This Week" that the nation of Brazil "got off oil" in the 1970's, I thought to myself, "Oh, man. L...

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BREAKING: Large Air Spill At Wind Farm. No Threats Reported. Some Claim To Enjoy The Breeze.

Posted 05.25.2011

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We stumbled on some gold from Reddit this morning. User "R-Legit" submitted this pic with the headline "BREAKING: Large Air Spill at Wind Farm. No thr...

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Weekly Mulch: Oil rig sinks, as does Senate climate bill

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cape Cod, Epa, Regulation, Clean Energy, Kevin Drum, Mms, Lieberman, Dod, Carol Browner, Biomass, Oil Spill, Cape Wind, Mother Jones, Disaster, Climate Bill, In These Times, Grist, Texas Observer, Bp, Kerry, Louisiana, Greenhouse Gas, Massachusetts, Texas, Coast Guard, Care2, Wind Farm, Interior Department, Graham, Environment, Oil, Off-Shore Drilling, Working in These Times, Senate, The Washington Independent, Exxon Valdez, Green News

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Two disasters flared up this week, one environmental, the other political. Off the coast of Louisiana, oil f...

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Cape Wind Project (VIDEO): The Arguments On Both Sides

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cape Cod, Cape Wind Associates, Wind Farm, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Green Energy, Clean Power Now, Cape and Islands, Save Our Sound, Laura Wasserman, Cape Wind, Nantucket Sound, Cape Wind Project, Audra Parker, Green News

Cape Wind, the first-ever U.S. offshore wind farm, off Cape Cod, was finally given government approval Wednesday after being hotly contested for nine ...

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Cape Cod Wind Farm, First Offshore, A Go: AP

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wind Power, Massachusetts Wind Power, Alternative Energy, Wind Farm, Offshore Wind Farm, Green News, Wind Energy, Cape Cod Wind Power, Wind Farms, Cape Cod Wind Farm, Cape Cod Wind Turbines, Cape Cod Offshore, Slidepollajax, Green News

UPDATE From The Associated Press: A coalition of groups that oppose the construction of a wind farm in Nantucket Sound say they will sue "immediately"...

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The Real Cost of Cape Wind

Susan Deily-Swearingen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Greenpeace International, Cape Wind, Wind Farm, Nantucket Sound, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Deval Patrick, Cape Wind Project, Patrick Kennedy, BP Oil Spill, Ken Salazar, Audra Parker, Gulf Coast, Alliance to Protect Our Sound, Green News

I don't see how we can, in good conscience, oppose a project that could lead our country towards a greener economy and lifestyle.

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Greensburg: An Eco 9/11

Michael DeJong | Posted 05.25.2011

Greensburg, with everything that once stood there now destroyed in the aftermath of the most violent twister ever, has transformed into a model town for everything eco, green and sustainable.

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Cape Wind Project Would Save Billions, Report Says

The New York Times | SINDYA N. BHANOO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Indian Tribes Cape Wind, Cape Wind, Wind Farm, Alternative Energy, Nantucket Sound, Nantucket Sound Cape Wind, Offshore Wind Farm, Green Energy, Wind Turbines, Cape Wind Billions, New England, Green News

An offshore wind farm in the Nantucket Sound could save the New England region billions of dollars over 25 years, according to a new report....

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Urge the Obama Administration to Save Coal River Mountain

Rob Perks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Appalachia, Wind, Coal, Dirty Coal, West Virginia, Mountain Top Mining, Coal River, Mountain Top Removal, Wind Farm, Coal River Mountain, Green News

Rising above a picturesque valley in southern West Virginia, Coal River Mountain represents the last, best hope for a community resisting the legacy of dirty energy in this part of Appalachia.

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New York City's First Offshore Wind Farm A Reality

treehugger.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wind Power, Long Island, Wind Energy, New York City, Wind Farm, New York News

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