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Whole Foods: Living Green
Jul 18 2014 06:00 PM | eds in Green Living
Whole Foods Third & 3rd launches a bike delivery program and . . . partners with Peoples Cargo to develop a . . . Bullitt Cargo bike with custom cooler design and electric assist.
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Who Really "owns" The U.s.
Oct 14 2013 01:40 PM | eds in Green Living
At the end of July 2013, . . . foreign holders of U.S. Treasury securities, . . . totaled close to $5.6 trillion. 2013-10-14 Source: U.S. Treasury securities
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Who Believes In Climate Change?
Oct 29 2015 09:15 PM | eds in Green Living
Only 6% of registered voters named climate change, . . . as the most important issue that will decide their vote for president. In the Republican primary campaign, . . . usually support exploiting fossil fuels and fracking. On the Democratic side, the...
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Who Are The "greenest" Countries?
Oct 21 2014 02:05 PM | eds in Green Living
Most peoples perceptions of countries green economic performance, . . . dramatically exceed their actual performance, . . . on the [Global Green Economy Index].” 10-21-2014 Source: Who are the "Greenest" Countries?
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Who Are The "energy-Poor"?
Jun 09 2015 11:00 AM | eds in Green Living
The energy-poor, tend to be among the poorest people in their countries, and . . . cannot afford the high upfront costs of a quality solar solution. About 400 million people in India, live in remote villages, and . . . don’t have access to an electric...
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White House: Renewable + Storage
Jun 17 2016 01:05 PM | eds in Green Living
President Obama announced, . . . that he is putting forth actions that will, . . . accelerate grid integration of renewable energy, and storage. A new 7 megawatts PV solar system at a Navy base in California, and . . . many others.expected to add a...
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White House: Climate Change
Aug 04 2016 03:10 PM | eds in Green Living
White House orders every government agency to consider climate change. . . . The Obama Administration said the policy is . . . “intended to help agencies make informed and transparent decisions, . . . about the impacts of climate change associated with...
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White House Unveils New Agenda
Apr 23 2015 03:05 PM | eds in Green Living
USA, will take steps to: . . . Modernize our energy infrastructure, . . . Create a clean energy economy built to last, . . . Combat climate change, and . . . Increase reliance on domestic energy resources. 04-23-2015 Source; White House Unveils...
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Which Cost Less, Humans Or Robots Labor?
Oct 09 2012 06:55 PM | eds in Green Living
If you are going to build the worlds cheapest car, . . . would you hire a lot of cheap labor, . . . or buy a lot of robots, . . . to do the work in your factory.
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Where To Expand Renewable Power
Jun 30 2016 01:50 AM | eds in Green Living
Benchmarking Clean Energy Deployment 2016, . . . produced by Ceres and Clean Edge, . . . 4 utilities, serving . . . 9 states, each generated more than . . . 20% of their electricity from renewables, or a collective . . . 61.5 million megawatts, by year...
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Where Is The Usa's Economic Strength?
Mar 13 2013 12:25 AM | eds in Green Living
Joel Kotkin identified USA’s real economic strength is located. . . . From the Dakotas with almost no unemployment, . . . down through the energy belts of the Great Plains to Texas, . . . then Louisiana, Mississippi and Northern Florida. Source: nyt...
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When Will Carbon Emissions Peak?
Jul 02 2015 04:10 PM | eds in Green Living
Scientists say that carbon emissions need to peak globally very soon, . . . to avoid disastrous climate change. Every country partaking in the Paris climate talks in December, . . . is expected to submit its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution...
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When Leaders Actually Listen
Dec 27 2015 02:25 PM | eds in Green Living
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, and . . . Deputy City Manager Sadhu Johnston, . . . sat down with notepads on a stage, and . . . simply took notes of advice for ~30 minutes. In particular, they were looking at advice for how to achieve, . . . Vancouv...
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What’S Driving Climate Action?
Apr 05 2013 12:15 AM | eds in Green Living
German policy on solar feed-in tariffs, . . . drive large-scale Chinese production and dramatic global price reductions . . . . . . driving rooftop solar competitive with retail prices in many countries . . . . . . . . . including, interestingly, place...
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What's Your State's Economic Growth?
Jun 15 2013 10:55 PM | eds in Green Living
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, map of the United States. . . . showing % change and GDP. Source: Map
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What's The Knottiest Problem In Health Care?
Jun 06 2012 02:45 AM | eds in Green Living
How to look after an ageing and . . . thus sickening population efficiently? Now Britain has 27.4 doctors for every 10,000 patients. . . . India has just 6, . . . but India doctors surgeries cost less than $2,000 each, . . . about 1/15th as much...
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What's The Epic Challenge Of Energy?
Jan 04 2015 06:15 PM | eds in Green Living
The epic challenge of the 21st century is, . . . filling the gap between energy supply and demand, . . . with clean, reliable and inexpensive energy. While new sources of energy are gradually changing the landscape, . . . products made from fossil fuel...
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What's The Coldest Town On Earth?
Feb 06 2014 02:05 AM | eds in Green Living
Oymyakon, Russia, where the average winter temperature is . . . negative-58 Fahrenheit (negative-50 Celsius). 2014-02-05 Source: Pictures of how cold it is
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What Makes People Happy?
Apr 23 2013 12:55 AM | eds in Green Living
Psychologist Dr Mathew White provides an insight into research . . . that finds people report improved wellbeing when ? ? ?
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What Is Your Home’S Power/weight Ratio?
Oct 30 2014 09:30 PM | eds in Green Living
You know that a car with 300 hp and weighs 6K lbs, . . . will accelerate slower than a car with 150 hp and weighs 1500 lbs, . . . because each horsepower in the former car must drive 20 lbs,, . . . whereas each of the latter car’s horses must propel 10...
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What Is Sustainable Food?
Nov 04 2015 06:10 PM | eds in Green Living
The sustainability of the food system, . . . is dependent upon the long-term health of the soil, the land, and the water. Current models of agriculture: . . . . . . deplete the soils, . . . . . . impair local and global ecosystems, and . . . . . . deg...
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What Is Home Health Care?
Oct 07 2014 01:30 PM | eds in Green Living
Home health care, . . . is a wide range of health care services, . . . that can be given in your home for an illness or injury. Home health care, is usually: . . . . . . less expensive, . . . . . . more convenient, and . . . . . . just as effective, as...
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What Is Energy?
Jan 04 2015 04:40 PM | eds in Green Living
Energy is essential. . . . It is embodied in everything we use. . . . To compare sources of energy effectively, . . . . . . we need to understand what it is and how it works. 01-04-2015 Source: What is Energy?
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What Is Clean Energy?
May 23 2016 08:40 PM | eds in Green Living
The supply of solar energy is both without limit, and without cost, and . . . that it will continue to pour down upon us for countless ages Solar water heating, . . . makes an important contribution to renewable heat in many countries, . . . most nota...
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What Is Chp-Pnp?
Dec 12 2014 03:45 PM | eds in Green Living
Pre-engineered/pre-packaged, modular, . . . Combined-Heat-and-Power (CHP) products as a, . . . Plug-aNd-Play (PNP) appliance. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) . . . has worked to advance innovative energy solution...
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