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New $2 Billion Bicycling & Walking Legislation

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:12:10 +0000

We know by now that bicycling and walking for transportation purposes are great ways to reduce climate change pollution, address the obesity epidemic and numerous other critical health problems, and create a sense of community. Additionally, there are huge economic benefits to bicycling and walking. Nonetheless, bicycling and walking are drastically underfunded in the US. “Ten [...]

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Community Solar Gardens Help Renters Go Green, but Solar Companies are Concerned

Jennifer Lance — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:18:41 +0000

If you live rent an apartment, own a condominium, live in a shady neighborhood, or simply don’t want solar panels on your roof, residents of Colorado have a solution: community solar gardens. What’s a community solar garden? It’s a unique idea to allow residents to purchase a share of a large solar array that would [...]

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Skeptical Science iPhone App: Overcoming Global Warming Deniers

Scott James — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:00:20 +0000

We’ve all been out at the pub getting a seasonal pint, or down at the deli getting a tea and some salad, when you overhear someone next to you say, “I don’t know, I just don’t think that global warming thing is real. At least, it’s not our fault…” Or maybe it’s the friend you’re [...]

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False-Flag AB32 “Implementation” Group is Dealt Another Setback

Susan Kraemer — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:00:50 +0000

A conservative economist at a state college who was paid $54,000 to write a false report on California’s global warming cap and trade bill has backed off his claims after Stanford University economists criticized the business-funded study as “very, very defective.” An industry group, falsely naming itself “AB32 Implementation Group” AB32IG.com paid Sanjay [...]

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iPhone 3G S or DROID: How Much Radiation Does Your Smartphone Emit?

Jennifer Lance — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:45:05 +0000

I got my first smartphone for my birthday, and it is true it has changed many aspects of my communicating life. I love my iPhone and have been so enthralled with its applications that I have not stopped to consider how much radiation it emits until a friend sent me the Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) [...]

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Waste for Life: Alleviating Poverty with Waste

Derek Markham — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:27:50 +0000

Turning trash into resources and helping to alleviate poverty at the same time is an audacious goal, but an organization called Waste for Life has taken it on. The group has been working in Lesotho, South Africa, and Argentina to transform discarded materials, chiefly non-recycled plastic waste, into both domestic products and building materials. Waste for [...]

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India Will Fund Renewable Energy with Coal Tax, Leaving US in Cloud of Smoke

Scott James — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:00:07 +0000

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 [...]

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Kenya’s Biggest Geothermal Project Planned: 280 MW

Derek Markham — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:04:09 +0000

For a country which can only supply electricity to about 10 percent of its citizens, Kenya has been able to do rather well as far as using renewable energy for its power. Some 90 percent of Kenya’s electricity is produced with hydroelectric dams, which are susceptible to droughts, and its current geothermal plants only produce [...]

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