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Wanted: an eco prophet
None of it has a ring of renewed confidence. It’s an exceptionally inconvenient truth. Only one American in three believes that human beings are responsible for climate change: a polling result 10% down on where opinion rested the year before. Worse, the number of Americans who believe that climate change is a hoax or a scientific conspiracy – not doubting, just damned blank certain – has doubled since 2008.
Green Me
- Tuesday, March 9, 2010
George Monbiot's recent anti-micropower rant is seriously anti-green
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) In early March 2010 everyone in British green circles, from the eco-warrior to the likes of RenewableUK, has been talking about George Monbiot; but then that is more or less the way he likes it. Monbiot's words were that Britain cannot afford renewable energy and should and must got for the nuclear option. This really shows how clued up he is, NOT. He is also in favor of large, centralized wind farms and other forms of renewable energy, and sets himself firmly against micro-generation –which he caricatures as a middle class subsidy. The truth is
Green (Living) Review
- Sunday, March 7, 2010
REBIRTH OF UK MANUFACTURING: NORTH EAST ON BOARD
Clipper’s pioneering example demonstrates that it is possible to attract investment on the back of a world-class research institution, and co-ordinated action by a number of regional and central Government agencies.” In 2008 Clipper Windpower established a research and development facility at the New and Renewable Energy Centre (NaREC) in Blyth, 15 miles from Newcastle . Clipper Windpower to build the world’s largest turbine blade in Newcastle , initially creating 500 jobs Government pledges a further £8 million for offshore wind Number of UK companies entering supply chain set to grow BWEA (RenewableUK), the UK ’s leading trade association, welcomed today’s announcement from US company Clipper Windpower on plans to build the world’s largest turbine blade in Newcastle , for its proprietary 10 megawatt (MW) Britannia wind turbine.
Green (Living) Review
- Saturday, March 6, 2010
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Scientists Sucessfully Test World’s First Laser-Guided Wind Turbine
Tags: Wind Energy renewable energy wind turbine design wind turbine The Danish National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy has successfully tested the world’s first wind turbine with a built-in laser-based anemometer.
A A laser-based anemometer allows the wind turbine to “see” the wind before it touches the blades.
Green Living Ideas
- Friday, January 8, 2010
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Renewable energy rebates
Cost is a major factor preventing many from installing solar panels and wind turbines; but some governments are now offering generous rebates and incentives to help take the financial sting of renewable energy systems. Find out where to locate information on rebates in this articl
Green Living Tips
- Friday, June 12, 2009
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Environmental Activists Plant Seed Balls in Abandoned Lots
Tags: Garden and Yard Care Gardening Brooklyn guerilla gardening NY seed balls urban renewa I’ve long been fascinated by guerilla gardening, in which gardeners illegally under the cover of night cultivate plants in public spaces. Now, activists have a new tool for cultivating abandoned spaces: seed balls! Developed by Japanese Masanobu Fukuoka, a pioneer
Green Living Ideas
- Monday, May 18, 2009
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Eco-bling, and sexy insulation
Unfortunately, eco-bling is flavour of the month, and Liddell was particularly critical of new building regulations in some British local authorities that now require a minimum 10% of on-site renewable technologies — expensive and ineffective wind turbines on top of buildings, when they should be on remote, windy sites.
Tags: Carbon Footprint General Green Home and Household Green fuels Insulation Passive Housing Renewable Energy Sustainable buildin What’s a green building? One covered in solar panels and bristling with turbines?
Green Me
- Monday, May 25, 2009
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Understanding the “Smart Grid”
With all of the talk about renewable energy becoming “mainstream” as opposed to “alternative” over the course of the Obama years, the United States is rapidly growing its smart grid strategy and infrastructure to efficiently deliver electricity. Tags: Alternative Energy Home Energy Usage Videos Arnold Schwarzenegger Austin Energy CenterPoint Energy distributed energy resources DOE electricity electricity grid energy independence energy-efficiency techniques grid technology Load Management Technologies Oncor PG&E renewable energy smart grid technology U.S. Though a major cause for excitement among greenies for some time, many consumers do not yet [...]
Green Living Ideas
- Saturday, March 28, 2009
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Vintage Renewal
Name: Jeanne Connolly Shop Name: Vintage Renewal Shop Link: vintagerenewal.etsy.com Location: Denver, CO Ships To: Free Shipping Anywhere in the U.S. I begin my etsy shop just shortly after I started my business Vintage Renewal. Spending my days doing this type of work has really had an inspiring effect on my design process for Vintage Renewal and my own furniture. How did you get into your What materials do you use for your ECO friendly products? I redesign vintage furniture by taking an interesting piece (that usually needs some TLC) and stripping
Green Earth Journey
- Monday, June 22, 2009
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India Will Fund Renewable Energy with Coal Tax, Leaving US in Cloud of Smoke
If you want to reduce fossil fuel use and increase renewable energy, one idea is to do an Energy Robin Hood- tax coal and use the money to fund renewable energy projects. And that’s exactly what India is planning to do- the world’s fourth largest polluter is imposing a clean energy tax of 50 rupees [...] [ India Will Fund Renewable Energy with Coal Tax, Leaving US in Cloud of Smoke from Green Living Ideas ]
...Tags: Tags: Ethanol Money and Finance coal tax fossil fuel tax India renewable energy renewable energy fund renewable energy ta
Green Living Ideas
- Wednesday, March 3, 2010
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India Will Fund Renewable Energy with Coal Tax, Leaving the U.S. in a Cloud of Smoke
If you want to reduce fossil fuel use and increase renewable energy, one idea is to do an Energy Robin Hood- tax coal and use the money to fund renewable energy projects. And that’s exactly what India is planning to do- the world’s fourth largest polluter is imposing a clean energy tax of 50 rupees [...] [ India Will Fund Renewable Energy with Coal Tax, Leaving the U.S. Tags: Ethanol Money and in a Cloud of Smoke from Green Living Ideas ]
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Green Living Ideas
- Wednesday, March 3, 2010
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WIN: Moto w233 Renew Phone
There’s something I’ve been coveting at my local T-Mobile store for a while now and have read about everywhere: The Moto w233 Renew Phone. The winner will receive the Moto w233 Renew phone (Retail Value $59.99), but will need to activate it with a service plan at a T-mobile store nearest you.
Contests T-Mobile Renew Phone Wi It’s about time I give something techy away on this blog, right? It’s been getting tons of press lately for being one of the first truly eco-friendly cell phones to come to market that’s green from the inside out.
Daily Danny
- Monday, May 4, 2009
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Tres Amigas Proposes First Renewable Energy Market Hub
Any potential central superstation would need to both connect stranded renewable sources to consumers on the other side of the continent [...] [ Tres Amigas Proposes First Renewable Energy Market Hub from Green Living Ideas ]
...Tags: Tags: Alternative Energy American Superconductor renewable energy market hub superconductor electricity pipelines Tres Amigas triangular electricity pathwa Wind blows at night in the lonely Dakotas and down through the empty middle of the country. Nobody lives in our sunbaked deserts where afternoon solar
Green Living Ideas
- Thursday, October 15, 2009
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