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5 Dangerous Green Myths

Treehugger | Matthew McDermott | Posted 01.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Population, Vegetarian, Cfl, Birds, China, Pollution, Vegetarianism, Coal, Soy, Eating Matters, Extinction, Climate Change, Genetically Modified Food, Deforestation, Global Warming, Energy, Population Growth, Clean Coal, Corn, Green Living, Genetically Modified Crops, Food Matters, Local Food, Population Control, Overpopulation, Mining, Genetically Modified, Environment, Food, Wind Turbines, Green News

Can you tell the difference between eco fact and eco fiction? With the green movement growing in momentum, we frequently come across any number of st...

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Fighting Climate Change: Not an Obligation, an Opportunity

Michael Brune | Posted 01.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Wind Power, Solar Energy, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, Solar Power, Appalachia, Alternative Energy, West Virginia, Massey Energy Company, Coal River Wind Project, Coal River Mountain, Coal River Mountain Watch, Sustainable Energy, Moutain Top Removal, MTR, Green News
Michael Brune

The availability and affordability of renewable energy solutions show that further investments in dirty energy projects such as mountaintop removal are just outdated and unnecessary.

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Climate Change Experts "Lose Faith" In Renewable Technology

The Guardian | David Adam | Posted 01.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Global Recession, Economic Crisis, Renewable Technology, Climate Change, Renewable Technology Support Weakening, Financial Crisis, Global Warming, Solar Power, Green News

Support for renewable energy technology to fight global warming is weakening in the face of worldwide economic problems and the true scale of the carb...

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Each Of Us Must Help Make America Energy Smart

Brian Keane | Posted 01.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Green, Obama Transition, Obama, Green Living, Green Energy, Green Energy Economy, Wind Power, Obama Energy Policy, Obama Administration, Sustainable Energy, Barack Obama Environmental Policy, Green News
Brian Keane

Americans must be proactive and do everything we can right now to support clean energy and energy efficiency -- without waiting for a new president, a new law or a new anything.

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Fat Cows and Thin Cows

Javier Sierra | Posted 12.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Latinos, Green Jobs, Bible, Javier Sierra, Exxon Mobil, Renewable Energy, Obama, Clean Energy, Sierra Club, Latino Voters, Cows, Environment, Hispanic Voters, Plug-in Hybrids, Solar Power, Great Depression, Green News
Javier Sierra

President-Elect Barack Obama owes his title not only to quite possibly the best presidential campaign in history, but also to the Latino vote. More than two thirds of us voted for him.

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New, Innovative Wind Turbines For Your Home

Treehugger | Matthew McDermott | Posted 12.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Mariah Power, Air Breeze, Wind Power, Energy, Windspire, Southwest Windpower, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Popular Science, The Energy Ball, Wind Turbine, Environment, Phillipe Starck, Swift Rooftop Energy System, Cascade Engineering, Home Energy, Green News

Though solar panels definitely hog the renewable energy stage when it comes to home installations, a number of new, innovative wind turbines have ente...

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Greenpeace Blockades Ageing Spanish Nuclear Plant

Reuters | Martin Roberts | Posted 12.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Vandellos II Plant, Alternative Energy, Green News, Endesa, Renewable Energy, Greenpeace, Iberdrola, Asco I Plant Radioactive Leak, Wind Parks, Nuclear Energy, Garona, Environment, Nuclear Power, Spain, Green News

Greenpeace blocked the entrance on Thursday to a Spanish nuclear power station facing closure next year and urged the government to shut it down immed...

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Green Obama Wish List: 30 Groups And 7 Executive Orders

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 12.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Climate Change, Environment, Congress, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, Wind Power, Green Energy, Solar Power, Green News

Now that Barack Obama is on his way to the White House, it seems his to-do list is getting longer and longer -- and it's not all about the automakers ...

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Day of Action Against Coal

Michael Brune | Posted 12.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Wind Power, Mountaintop Removal, James Hansen, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Coal, Solar Power, Obama Coal, Clean Coal, Green News
Michael Brune

The citizens of Coal River Mountain, West Virginia are already working on building their own future with clean power.

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Pickens Delays Wind Farm Due To Cheaper Energy

Green Inc. | Kate Galbraith | Posted 12.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Wind Power, T Boone Pickens, Pickens Wind Farm, Billionaires, Pickens Plan Delay, Green Energy, Pickens Windfarm Delay, Green News

T. Boone Pickens is delaying his plans to build the world's largest wind farm, according to The Arizona Republic, which cited his remarks at a confere...

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Tom Friedman: We Need "Overwhelming Force" To Green The Economy

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 12.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Thomas Friedman, Renewable Energy Tax Credit, Green Collar Jobs, Tom Friedman, Fossil Fuels, Oil Subsidies, Green Energy, Green Economy, Solar Power, Green Technology, Hot Flat and Crowded, Friedman Green Economy, Green News

New York Times columnist and Hot, Flat and Crowded author Tom Friedman spoke at the CORE: club last Friday night on the energy crisis facing the Unite...

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South Australia 10 Years Ahead Of Renewable Energy Target

Treehugger | Warren McLaren | Posted 12.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Australia Wind Power, Australia, Australia Renewable Energy, South Australia, Kevin Rudd, Wind Turbines, Green Energy, S Renewable Energy, Green News

The ninth wind farm in South Australia just opened on the Barunga Ranges near Snowtown. Its 47 turbines, installed by Trust Power of New Zealand, (who...

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Before Green Energy, US Power Grid Needs Work

New York Times | MATTHEW L. WALD | Posted 12.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Power Grid, Wind Power, Energy, Infrastructure, Environment, Green Energy, Solar Power, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Adding electricity from the wind and the sun could increase the frequency of blackouts and reduce the reliability of the nation's electr...

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Journey to the Center of a Windmill

Summer Rayne Oakes | Posted 12.01.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, G Word, Solar, S Renewable Energy, Discovery, Cnbc, Windmills, Renewable Energy, Alternative Energies, Wind Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Action, Wind Turbines, Discovery Planet Green, Entertainment News
Summer Rayne Oakes

In between doing some Planet Green events I've been filming for G Word, one of Discovery's new shows. Here's a recap on one of my favorite episodes. S...

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Chicago Company To Build Wind Farm Downstate

AP | Posted 11.28.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Illinois Wind Farm, McLean County Wind Farm, Invenergy Wind, S Renewable Energy, Information Is Power, Chicago News

An agreement has been reached between the developer of a McLean County wind farm and a group of landowners that opposed the project. Invenergy Wind...

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Is T. Boone Pickens Selling Off Some Wind Turbines?

David Sassoon | Posted 11.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Proposition 10, T. Boone Pickens, S Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy, Fossil Fuels, Green, Climate Change, Pickens Plan, Green News
David Sassoon

Pickens has always said he's getting involved with wind for the money -- not because he's an environmentalist or because he cares about global warming.

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UK Is Now World's #1 Offshore Wind Power Producer

Treehugger | Matthew McDermott | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Uk, S Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Environment, Green News, Offshore Wind Power, Climate Change, Europe, Green News

With the completion of a new 194 MW wind farm off the coast of Skegness, Lincolnshire the United Kingdom has overtaken Denmark to claim the offshore w...

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Green Idealism, or Which Way the Wind Is Really Blowing

Graham Hill | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, T.Boone Pickens, Green Living, Green Energy, S Renewable Energy, Texas Wind Power, Texas Wind Power Investment, Green News
Graham Hill

None other than Time magazine is talking about the importance of green collar jobs to a rebuild of the economy, discussing some of the ideas author Van Jones outlines in his new book The Green-Collar Economy.

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A State of Disenchantment

Javier Sierra | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Latinos, Wind Power, Los Alamos, Nuclear Waste, Renewable Electricity Standard, Mccain, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Nuclear Power, Exxon Mobil, Renewable Energy, Hispanic Heritage, Nuclear Waste New Mexico, Hispanics, Nuclear, Albuquerque, Radioactive Waste, Renewable, Environment, Chevron, Carlsbad, Solar Power, Green News
Javier Sierra

Because of its extraordinary number of sun hours per year and its predominant winds, New Mexico could be turned into an El Dorado of clean, alternative, renewable energy.

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George Soros: Investing In Green Energy Could Save Global Economy (VIDEO)

GreenInc | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Soros Moyers Interview, Video, George Soros, Green Investing, S Renewable Energy, Billionaires, Green Energy, Solar Power, Bill Moyers, Green News

Last Friday, in an interview with Bill Moyers on PBS, George Soros, who has made billions of dollars based on his ability to read the ebb and flow of ...

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Pet Peeve Week

Michael DeJong | Posted 11.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Gas Prices, Al Qaeda, Alternative Energy, Lobbyists, Washington, Veep, Spandex, Pet Peeves, Iraq, Mccain, Obama, Rant, Global Warming, Dc, Carbon Footprint, Julie Andrews, Environment, Trash, Climate Change, Solar Power, Torture, Git-Mo, Crackberries, Green News
Michael DeJong

I know that everyone reading this has a laundry list of things that leave them twisted and bitter just like me -- and this is your week to let it all out -- it's National Pet Peeve Week.

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Not a Moment Too Soon: Van Jones' New Book

Frances Beinecke | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Green Collar Jobs, Van Jones, Green Collar Economy, Green for All, S Renewable Energy, Clean Tech, Solar Power, Global Warming, Green News
Frances Beinecke

It's been a hard fall. That's why I couldn't imagine a better time for Van Jones to release his new book: The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems.

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Sarah Palin and Boone Pickens: Birds of a Feather

Josh Nelson | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy Policy, T. Boone Pickens, Wind Power, Politics, Todd Palin, Pickens Plan, Green, Drill Baby Drill, Oil Drilling, Natural Gas Vehicles, Global Warming, Sarah Palin, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News
Josh Nelson

As has been pointed out repeatedly, Sarah Palin does not "get" the energy situation. Truth be told, she probably "gets" the energy situation about as well as Pickens himself gets global warming.

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Nuclear Power's Opponents Accused Of Being Stuck In The 80's

New York Times | John Tierney | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Wind Power, S Renewable Energy, Nuclear Power, Energy Policy, Solar Power, Money Saving, Green News

The presidential candidates claim to see America's energy future, but their competing visions have a certain vintage quality. They've revived that cla...

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Wind-Powered Chipotle Draws Its Wind Power From Actual Turbine

Slashfood | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Chipotle, S Renewable Energy, Burritos, Environment, Wind Turbines, Wind-Powered Chipotle, Money Saving, Green News

So often, it feels like in order to grab a quick meal you have to check your environmentally friendly ways at the door. However, for some lucky people...

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