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Europe Cuts Coal Consumption 16.3%

Susan Kraemer — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:18:46 +0000

Europeans now get 46.4% of their electricity from non-carbon courses, if you include nuclear, which supplies most of the electricity at 28%. In 2009, they cut coal consumption drastically from 2008. Europeans’ hard coal production dropped 9.2% in 2009 from 2008, and Europe similarly reduced their production of natural gas which in 2009 supplied just [...]

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No Name Key’s Fight to Remain Off the Grid

Jennifer Lance — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:10:28 +0000

When you live off the grid, it becomes part of your persona. It is part of your identity; one way you might describe yourself to strangers. Off-gridders take personal pride in their ability to make their own power, be energy efficient, and live without the gadgets many Americans take for granted as part of life. When [...]

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The Crop Mob Unleashes Community on Sustainable Farms

Scott James — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:26:42 +0000

You may have seen a “flashmob” as part of a guerrilla marketing stunt in the last few years, where hundreds of people descend on an urban location to participate in a coordinated show that is a surprise to everyone but those involved. How would that marketing idea play out in the green world? The Crop [...]

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Solar Leasing Makes Solar Power Affordable

Scott James — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:09:32 +0000

Anyone I know who is interested in solar power usually has two thing that make them tilt their head, clench their teeth and do the breathe-in hesitation- high up front costs and maintenance. It can cost a lot of money to buy solar panels, and even more to keep them in optimal shape once you [...]

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Climate Counts Back-2-Cool Campaign

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:29:44 +0000

It won’t be long before we’ll start seeing Back-2-School advertisements again. Back-2-School campaigns seem like relatively harmless advertising campaigns, right? Maybe not. Back-2-School season actually creates more revenue for the US’ top 100 companies than any other time of year other than the holiday shopping season. And, as with all advertising campaigns, Back-2-School advertising campaigns [...]

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Could Obama Administration’s ‘Big Solar’ Grow Up to Beat Big Oil?

Susan Kraemer — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:26:01 +0000

One of the reasons that this nation is unable to pass meaningful legislation to get us off fossil fuels is that the Federal treasury has long relied on income from oil leases amounting in the billions per year. So it is hard for the US government to actually truly stand up [...]

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A McMansion Builder Tries Zero Energy Building

Susan Kraemer — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:59:33 +0000

Like many a true business breakthrough, Prairie Ridge Homes, a new subdivision of net zero energy homes, grew out of disaster. The traditional builder, Phil Reagan of saw a sharp drop-off in buyers of his traditional McMansion-model subdivisions after the worst recession since the depression. Having no experience in anything other than [...]

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iQ Cleaning Supplies: The Smarter Clean

Scott James — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:50:22 +0000

When you want to be eco-friendly in your household chores, every little bit helps. Many manufacturers are working to reduce packaging for their products, and iQ cleaning supplies has a simple and innovative approach to reducing packaging and transportation costs, while providing an eco-friendly cleaning product. They sell small cartridges of plant-based concentrate, and all [...]

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