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Veterans, Clean Energy, and Common Sense

Rob Perks | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Energy, Climate Bill, Operation Free, Green Jobs, Climate, Veterans, Wind Power, Frances Beinecke, Solar Energy, President Obama, votevets.org, Obama, Leon Panetta, Anthony Zinni, Lee Gunn, Green News

There's a growing consensus that one of the best things we can do to enhance our national security is to get off fossil fuels and transition to clean, home-grown energy.

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New Energy Economy -- Next Steps for Colorado and the Nation

Leslie Weise | Posted 11.09.2009 | Denver

Read More: Energy, Wind Power, Governor Ritter, Energy Efficiency, Green Jobs, Fossil Fuels, Xcel, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Bill Ritter, Green Energy Economy, Solar Power, Denver News

There are many obstacles to transition our dependency on traditional fossil fuels to cleaner energy solutions, and Ritter has demonstrated the courage to confront those obstacles.

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The Economic Wind for New Energy Is Stiffening

Anne Butterfield | Posted 10.28.2009 | Denver

Read More: Wind Power, New Energy Economy, Xcel, Green Jobs, Coal Industry, Comanche 3, Boulder, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Bill Ritter, Coal, Denver News

Despite a new wind turbine in Boulder, the elephant in the middle of the New Energy Economy is Comanche 3, the 750 megawatt coal plant in Colorado coming online as soon as next month.

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Breaking: Mountaintop Removal Begins on Coal River Mountain -- Help Needed Now

Matt Wasson | Posted 10.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Green Energy, Mountaintop Removal, Coal Mining, Coal, Green News

The fate of Coal River Mountain is America's energy future. If the coal companies can mine there, they can do anything they want.

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Israelis Bring Green Power To West Bank Village

AP | TIA GOLDENBERG | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Solar Panels, Wind Power, Solar Energy, West Bank, Wind Energy, Israel-Palestine, Green Energy, Wind Turbines, Solar Power, Green News

SUSYA, West Bank — Residents of a West Bank village with no electricity have been helped out of the darkness by unlikely benefactors – a g...

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Misleading "Energy Sprawl" Study Pollutes Climate Debate

Matt Wasson | Posted 10.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Sprawl, Wind Power, hr2454, Climate, Mining, Mountaintop Removal, Nuclear, Coal, Solar Power, Green Energy, Impact, Green News

The concept of "energy sprawl," now associated with such a distorted picture of the impacts of wind, solar, coal and nuclear technologies, adds nothing but confusion and false impressions to the climate debate.

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Bats And Wind Turbines: Scientists Find A Way To Protect Bats

sciencedaily.com | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Bats, Green Energy, Animals, Bats and Wind Turbines, Green News

Scientists at the University of Calgary have found a way to reduce bat deaths from wind turbines by up to 60 percent without significantly reducing th...

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As Homeowners Turn To Windmills, Resistance Lingers

nytimes.com | ABBY GOODNOUGH | Posted 09.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Residential Windmills, Windmills, Renewable Energy, Green News, Green Living, Green Energy, Wind Turbines, Green News

When Mrs. Howland tried to take the next step in green living -- installing a 132-foot windmill in her backyard that would generate enough electricity...

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Renewable Energy -- Not in My Backyard!

Jennifer Schwab | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Wind Turbine, Wind Energy, Cape Wind, Green Jobs, Climate Change, Cape Cod, Sierra Club, Green News

It seems many people support wind and solar energy so long as it's not in my backyard, and not in my hiking grounds either.

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Wind in Wall Street's Sails: Investment Rushes Into Wind, But Can We Make It Last?

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Wind Power, Breakthrough Institute, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Wall Street, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Green Energy, Wall Street Journal, Energy Policy, Green News

The current boom in private wind financing will only result in another eventual bust without any consideration for the long-term past the stimulus bill.

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Atlantic City (and all of New Jersey) Bets on Green Energy

Joe Territo | Posted 10.18.2009 | New York

Read More: Wind Power, Atlantic City, Delaware Bay, Green Energy, New Jersey, Solar Power, New York News

The next time you hold your nose while filling up at the Vince Lombardi rest stop, breathe easy knowing New Jersey is doing its part to clean up our environment and decrease dependence on fossil fuels.

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Could China Hold the World's Clean Technology Hostage?

Alex Pasternack | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Beijing, Toyota, Mining, Hybrid Cars, Clean Technology, Wind Turbines, China, Green Technology, Green News

China could tighten its control over metals essential for a wide array of green technologies, raising the specter of a unilateral OPEC for rare earth metals.

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Workers Want Green Jobs, Not Astroturf

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Steelworkers, Labor, Green Jobs, Indiana, Clean Energy, Global Warming, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Climate Bill, Green News

People in Gary, Indiana don't support climate legislation because environmental groups or labor unions told them to. They support it because they believe in it.

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Is Wind Power A Catch-22 For Wildlife?

treehugger.com | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Great Plains, Wind Power, Wind Energy, Wind Power Wild Life, Animals, Wildlife, Green News

Earlier this week a new journal article was released that calculated the amount of land needed for energy production under various future energy and c...

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Over $100 Million In Green Energy Funding Coming To Illinois

Crain's Chicago Business | Paul Merrion | Posted 09.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Wind Power, Green Energy Funding, Alternative Energy, Wind Energy, Green Energy, Illinois Wind Power, Sustainability, Green Technology, Chicago News

An Illinois proposal that would use federal stimulus money to jump-start manufacturing of wind turbine components and create other green energy busine...

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Climate Change Protesters Superglue Themselves Together

Telegraph | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Wind Turbine, Green Living, Reuseable Energy, Super Glue, Climate, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Environment, Green, Climate Crisis, Wind Turbines, Global Warming, Green News

A group of climate change activists were arrested after supergluing themselves together outside a Government department in support of workers staging ...

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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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New Report Predicts Record Wind Power Growth Ahead

Dennis Markatos | Posted 08.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Wind Power, Sustainable Energy, Climate Change, Global Warming, Green News

Wind power is expected to be the biggest source of new electricity supply during 2010-2012, providing 60% of new demand.

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UFO Flies Off Wind Turbine -- What The Heck Is It? (VIDEO)

Kevin Grandia | Posted 08.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Turbine, Wind Power, Ufos, Wind Energy, Ufo Wind Turbine, Turbines, Green News

It's obviously not a UFO in the sense of "aliens taking over the world" or anything, but this video shows a rather large weird semi-opaque object fly...

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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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Green News Report - July 9, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 08.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, T. Boone Pickens, G8 Summit, President Obama, Mt. Rushmore, Arizona, Fda, Green News Report, Greenpeace, Monsanto, Arctic, Bald Eagles, Creationism, Indoor Air Quality, Green News, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Green News

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Obama on Mt. Rushmore; Monsanto lobbyist moves to FDA; Bald eagles move to D.C....

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EIA: US Emissions Diving More Than 4% in 2009

Dennis Markatos | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Solar, Oil, Climate Change, Coal, Recession, Global Warming, US Emissions, Natural Gas, Green News

US greenhouse gas emissions are falling quickly in 2009 and bringing us within close reach (a few years) of 1990 levels.

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Pickens Abandons Plans For Largest Wind Farm

nytimes.com | Kate Galbraith | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, T. Boone Pickens, Oilman, T Boone Pickens, Wind Energy, Pickens, Wind, Wind Turbines, Boone Pickens, T. Boone Pickens Wind Turbines, Green Energy, Green News

T. Boone Pickens, the legendary oilman, has abandoned his plan to build the world's largest wind farm....

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Why I Was Arrested in Coal River, West Virginia

Daryl Hannah | Posted 08.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Daryl Hannah Arrested, Celebrities Talk Politics, Clean Coal, West Virginia, Mountain Top Removal, Daryl Hannah, Coal, Green News

Why would I fly across the country on my own dime knowing I would most likely end up in jail in one of the poorest parts of America? Well, have you ever heard of MTR?

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Why NYC is Not a Top 10 Green City

Dennis Markatos | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Wind Power, Solar, Renewable Energy, Green Cities, Bicycling, Climate Change, Top 10, New York City, Global Warming, New York News

New York City is making progress toward environmental and climate leadership. But we have a ways to go if we want to ensure a place in top 10 green American cities lists.

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