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Non Green Energy-Nuclear. 25 Years-Chernobyl
Mar 13 2012 12:00 AM | Shortpoet-GTD in Green Energy
Chernobyl. 25 years ago, this year. http://www.longshadowofchernobyl.com/ What are your thoughts on this?
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Greener Garbage Collection In France.
Mar 08 2012 01:55 PM | Shortpoet-GTD in Green Energy
"60 French towns have switched from trucks to horses and carts to collect garbage. Jean Baptiste, mayor of medieval Peyrestortes says the benefit is practical - You can't turn a waste collection vehicle around here. We used to block streets...
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Lobbyists- Replaced By Asthmatic Children?
Mar 08 2012 01:55 PM | Shortpoet-GTD in Green Energy
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to propose standards that limit carbon pollution from new power plants soon. But only if Congress lets EPA do its job. That's why NRDC is on the air starting today with a new ad to remind o...
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Ford Focus Epa Certified Most Fuel Efficient
Mar 08 2012 12:35 AM | Shortpoet-GTD in Green Energy
"The EPA has certified the 2012 Ford Focus Electric, which boasts a 110 miles per gallon equivalent in-city rating, as America’s most fuel-efficient five-passenger vehicle. Focus Electric has a highway mpg equivalent of 99 miles per gallon. The car...
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Health: Device Interoperability Problems
Mar 07 2012 01:00 PM | eds in Green Energy
Within the typical health care organization, . . . different software vendors' clinical applications, ranging from . . . . . . electronic health record (EHR) to . . . . . .e-prescribing to . . . . . .radiology imaging systems, present numerous heal...
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Wheel Converts Regular Bikes To Electric
Mar 07 2012 03:15 AM | eds in Green Energy
'db revO' wheel converts an ordinary bicycle to an electric bike . . . simply by replacing the front wheel. The device integrates: . . . . . . motor, . . . . . .battery, and . . . . . .controller into a wheel produced in a variety of colo...
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Green Scotland
Mar 07 2012 02:45 AM | Shortpoet-GTD in Green Energy
"Scotland can generate all its domestic electricity using renewable methods by 2020, the Government has confirmed. However, it will be challenge to reach the target and green energy generation will need to be supported by at least 2.5 GW from therm...
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The Story Of Sushi
Mar 06 2012 01:00 AM | mariaandrea in Green Energy
We talk a lot about sustainable agriculture and commercial farms and agribusiness and even our acidic oceans. We're concerned about the food we eat and where it comes from, so it's time to have a conversation about sushi. That's what a re...
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Are We On The Cusp Of A Third Industrial Revolu...
Mar 04 2012 12:00 AM | E3 wise in Green Energy
This article originally appeared in Green Futures, the leading magazine on environmental solutions and sustainable futures published by Forum for the Future. http://www.forumfort...rg/greenfutures Jeremy Rifkin shares his compelling vision of a bright...
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Air Force Certifying F-16S To Use Biofuels
Mar 02 2012 12:00 AM | eds in Green Energy
In a joint effort by Airmen from the . . . Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and . . . Airmen from the Ohio Air National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing, . . . the F-16 Fight Falcon is currently undergoing . . . a f...
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Thermal Storage Gets More Solar On The Grid
Feb 29 2012 12:00 AM | E3 wise in Green Energy
By Bill Scanlon, NREL February 24, 2012 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- It's 4:45 on a sweltering August afternoon, and the rooftop solar panels are starting to lose juice. The sun's lower angles and that huge cottonwood tree are interfering with the eff...
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Space: The Final Frontier In Recycling?
Feb 28 2012 05:25 PM | Hayden in Green Energy
A US defence agency plans to reuse old satellite equipment still in orbit. Recycling and re-use are novel notions for space programmes. Enough old junk has been left orbiting the Earth to create a real collision hazard for expensive new satellites, but...
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Save Money And Energy: Insulate Your Home
Nov 10 2011 12:00 PM | godarna in Green Energy
To make your house more energy efficient you need good insulation of floors, walls, roof and windows. When you reduce heat loss your house will be more comfortable to live in, and it will certainly lower your electricity bill at the end of the year. L...
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So Here, We Go Again, Higher Oil Prices, Good F...
Feb 21 2012 09:40 AM | E3 wise in Green Energy
Story from Associated Press. Oil prices jumped to a nine-month high above $105 a barrel on Monday after Iran said it halted crude exports to Britain and France in an escalation of a dispute over the Middle Eastern country's nuclear program...
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Water Bottle Brings Light Into The Slums
Feb 20 2012 10:00 AM | Hayden in Green Energy
A simple mix of water and chlorine is brightening homes in the Philippines. ‘Appropriate’ technologies such as the wind-up radio are all about clever devices that use less energy than their hi-tech equivalents, with the added benefits of being control...
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Siemens To Increase Power Transmission Capacity...
Feb 20 2012 03:45 AM | eds in Green Energy
The grid connection between Scotland and England, . . .designed as a low-loss high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission system, . . . will have a rating of 2200 megawatts (MW). It will be the first submarine interconnector ever . . . using a...
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Arpa-E To Host Workshop On “Transportation Beha...
Feb 16 2012 09:45 PM | eds in Green Energy
This workshop will explore approaches that combine behavioral economics; consumer marketing; recent technology advances (such as smartphones and social networking); and large-scale data processing and analysis to give consumers more options for their p...
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Leaked: Conservative Group Plans Anti-Climate E...
Feb 15 2012 12:00 AM | E3 wise in Green Energy
By Stephanie Pappas | LiveScience.com Update, 4:55 pm ET: The Heartland Institute released a statement this afternoon calling the document leaks "criminal" and claiming that one of the documents, which purports to be the organization's cli...
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Enxco’S Pacific Hybrid Wind-Catalina Solar Proj...
Feb 14 2012 12:00 AM | E3 wise in Green Energy
Across Antelope Valley on the southern slopes of the Tehachapi Mountains, enXco’s Pacific Wind-Catalina Solar project, fully permitted by Kern County, has begun construction. Pacific Wind will be 140 megawatts and Catalina Solar will be 110 megawatts....
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Osorb: The Nemesis Of Water Pollutants?
Jan 24 2012 11:50 PM | Hayden in Green Energy
A high-tech chemical sponge that separates oil and other pollutants from water has enormous market potential. It’s often said that oil and water don’t mix – but all too often they do, like in the Gulf of Mexico. Now, a high-tech chemical sponge has be...
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London Gets Wireless Charging For Evs
Jan 21 2012 02:55 PM | Hayden in Green Energy
Transport authorities hope wireless charging will increase the take-up of electric vehicles. If you think it’s strange to plug your car into the mains overnight, then how about this for something even weirder: a recharge that’s completely wireless. Ju...
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U.s. Solar Industry Posts Best Quarter Ever
Dec 18 2011 12:00 AM | E3 wise in Green Energy
New Hampshire, USA -- Judging by the headlines, the American solar industry is going through some rocky times. The Solyndra bankruptcy, the solar trade complaint filed against China and the pending expiration of a wildly popular grant program continue...
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China Emerges As An Unlikely Hero At Cop 17
Jan 14 2012 10:40 PM | thegreenmarket in Green Energy
China is often criticized for being the world’s biggest carbon emitter, but at COP 17 the country has emerged as an unlikely hero. China is in the process of reinventing itself and it is looking increasingly towards the green economy to do so. Chines...
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2011 Another Year Toward The Alternative Energy...
Dec 24 2011 12:00 AM | E3 wise in Green Energy
By Lois Moore e3wise.com For all those people who keep saying that big oil, coal, and natural gas companies are keeping Alternative Energy from going main stream, 2011 has been another example of how the economics and profitability of Alternative en...
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Secretary Salazar Approves Two Utility-Scale Re...
Dec 24 2011 12:00 AM | E3 wise in Green Energy
By Joseph Baker on December 20, 2011 On Tuesday, the US Department of Interior – (DOI) approved two utility-scale renewable energy projects to be built on public lands. Secretary Ken Salazar signed approvals for the Sonoran Solar Energy Project and...
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