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Lg Green Living Coming To A City Near You!
Sep 20 2011 07:00 AM | Hayden in Green Energy
LG’s new super-capacity French-door refrigerator just received the Good Housekeeping Seal. And now it’s making the rounds at your local farmers’ market. LG Electronics and Good Housekeeping will be visiting cities as part of the Gre...
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Email Receipts For Paperless Shopping
Oct 28 2011 12:00 AM | mariaandrea in Green Energy
My daughter came home from her job at Banana Republic last night and mentioned that she had issued a couple of email receipts that day. "What's that?" I asked. "You don't know what email receipts are?" she replied, with a big...
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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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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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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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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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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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Bp Claims That Well Replacement Cap Will Be In...
Jul 12 2010 12:00 AM | Hayden in Green Energy
BP said Monday it has positioned its wellhead replacement cap within 40 feet of its gushing Gulf of Mexico oil well and hopes to have it locked in place by Tuesday. "We will attempt to latch it in place and prepare for an integrity test [by Tue...
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Is It Energy’S Turn Now?
Jun 26 2010 12:00 AM | Hayden in Green Energy
With the overhaul of financial regulation nearing completion, some Democrats are hoping that Congress can turn to the next big legislative challenge – energy and climate change. There is no consensus yet what such legislation should include, but the...
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Solar Plane Completes First Night Flight
Jul 09 2010 12:00 AM | Hayden in Green Energy
Computerworld - In a major triumph for alternative energy researchers and enthusiasts, an experimental, solar-powered plane Thursday successfully completed a 26-hour flight powered by 12,000 solar cells and sunlight-powered lithium batteries. The...
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Solyndra To Declare Bankruptcy
Sep 05 2011 08:00 AM | cherrichiodo in Green Energy
Solyndra, a major manufacturer of solar technology in Fremont, has shut its doors, according to employees at the campus. "I was told by a security guard to get my [stuff] and leave," one employee said. The company employs a little more than 1...
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Ge To Provide 300 Megawatts Of Turbines For Ill...
Sep 06 2011 06:00 AM | Hayden in Green Energy
General Electric Co. (GE), the world’s biggest maker of electricity-generating equipment, will deliver 300 megawatts of wind turbines for two projects that E.ON AG (EOAN) is building in northeast Illinois. GE will provide 188 of its 1.6-megawat...
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Ge's Electric Car “Experience Center” Under...
Sep 22 2011 07:00 AM | Hayden in Green Energy
GE Capital Fleet Services broke ground today on a customer experience and learning center that will showcase GE's comprehensive portfolio of electric vehicle deployment solutions and help GE commercial customers evaluate EVs and other alternative fuel...
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User Friendly Manual On Green Building Operatio...
Sep 22 2011 07:00 AM | Hayden in Green Energy
Siemens Industry, Inc., today announced that the Green Building Operations and Maintenance Manual: A Guide for Public Housing Authorities, developed in collaboration with Green Seal, Inc., is now available to the public online and free of charge. Click...
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Our Polluted World – An Infographic
Oct 03 2011 07:30 PM | Hayden in Green Energy
Info graphic with interesting facts about pollution around the world from Reusethisbag.com...
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In The Dutch Mountains
Oct 05 2011 08:00 AM | godarna in Green Energy
In The Dutch Mountains was a hit song of The Nits written in 1987. Can you imagine a mountain in Holland? When you think of Holland, you think of tulips, wooden shoes and windmills. A flat country with many watercourses, “the nether lands”...
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Food: Delicious Recipe Of The Week #2
Oct 06 2011 12:45 AM | gina in Green Energy
Grilled Portobello Sandwich with Roasted Red Pepper & Mozzarella Ingredients1 red bell pepper salt and black pepper to taste 1/2 cup olive oil 4 portobello mushroom caps, cleaned 4 slices onion 4 Kaiser rolls, split 4 teaspoons mayonnaise 1 teas...
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The Green Deals: Government Shakes Hands With D...
Oct 07 2011 11:00 AM | godarna in Green Energy
As from 2015 the Dutch government will determine what percentage of green energy suppliers have to provide to their customers. Each year the rate may be adjusted by the government. The suppliers will meet higher costs to increase the production of r...
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Food: Delicious Recipe Of The Week #3
Oct 13 2011 07:15 PM | gina in Green Energy
Mushroom and Spinach Ravioli with Chive Butter Sauce Hey Guys !! Sorry for the late posting of the weekly recipes I hope that you enjoy this one my family loves it. Prep Time: 2 Hrs Cook Time: 20 Min Ready In: 2 Hrs 20 Min...
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An Inhabitable Tower Of Trees Going Up In Milan...
Oct 18 2011 06:00 AM | mariaandrea in Green Energy
Urban environments are noisy and polluted. Trees can help mitigate those problems, but there's a limited amount of space available in the core of cities to plant them. The solution may be found by looking up. 27 stories up, to be precise. In Milan, I...
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German Trains To Run On 100% Renewables
Oct 17 2011 08:00 AM | cherrichiodo in Green Energy
Deutsche Bahn—Germany's railway operator—has set a target of raising its renewable energy consumption from 20% right now, through 28% as soon as 2014, to a full 100% by 2050. With 20% of its energy coming from renewables, Germany is already...
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What Is Your Ecological Footprint?
Oct 22 2011 12:00 AM | mariaandrea in Green Energy
How many acres of land does it take to feed you? How much energy do you consume? How do you travel and commute? Where do you live? Where do you shop? The answers to all of these questions -- and more -- comprise your ecological footprint. The footprint...
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The World Today... As How I See It.
Oct 24 2011 12:00 AM | Green Thumb in Green Energy
I wonder what our big chances are on putting things in place, to bring order and peace to the world, to save human lives and the planet earth. For an endless clean, green and fruitful living, knowing what the problem is, discovering the root cause of t...
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Reducing The Waste From Packaging In Landfills
Oct 26 2011 12:00 AM | mariaandrea in Green Energy
Not long ago, the checkout clerk at my local grocery store commented on the produce I was purchasing. "That's funny. We're seeing more and more people buying produce loose instead of putting it in plastic bags," she said, as she rang u...
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Federal Govt. Pushes Solar Energy In 6 Western...
Oct 27 2011 12:00 AM | cherrichiodo in Green Energy
I've often daydreamed about what we could do with all the open, government owned land here on the west coast. It seems our government has been dreaming big too! An article posted back in December 2010 stated that the Obama administration had pr...
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