Tag: Alternative Energy
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Investments in clean energy could reach $630 billion by 2030 (but probably more)
“Three years ago, we thought wind and solar would be cheap as chips, and they’ve even gone below that.”
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Debunking Paul Ryan's energy budget
Think Progress has a good debunking of eight energy-related issues in Paul Ryan's fiscal year 2014 budget.
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How the US Navy is going green
Mother Jones has a good feature on how the United States military is helping push the clean energy revolution forward.
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Different name, same liquid metal batteries!
Few technologies excite me more than grid-scale liquid metal batteries. They're not as fully developed as other green technologies such as plug-in vehicles, wind turbines and solar panels, but they have the potential to have a gigantic impact.
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Are building-integrated wind turbines still "folly"?
Are they there to generate electricity or to give a superficial green cred to a building? Alex Wilson revisits the question.
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Crowd-Funded Solar Projects Top $1 Million in U.S.
Is this a new key to a wave of clean energy development in the U.S.? Mosaic, the crowd-funded solar site, certainly hopes so.
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Sierra Club's Board of Directors Endorses Act of Peaceful Civil Disobedience
Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club, explains why the non-profit will add civil disobedience to its roster of tactics in an effort to curtail the "global crisis unfolding before our eyes."
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10 Environmental Victories of 2012
From clean air regulations to clean energy installations and requirements for better gas mileage, here's the year in environmental progress, according to the Sierra Club.
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Can the Power of the Sun Pour You a Cocktail?
Erik Trinidad travels to Singapore's solar gardens to answer the question: Can a solar-powered device pour a cocktail from 72 feet?
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Kinetic Sidewalk An Enlightening Feat At Olympics
A footbridge for pedestrians going from the West Ham station to Olympic Park will gather up energy from the steps of walkers.
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TreeHugger Radio #204: A BP Engineer is Arrested, Obama Acts Serious on Energy, and Discovery Skates Over the Science
Brian and Jacob talk about floating wind turbines, a kindler, gentler Burger King, and what the Discovery Channel left out of Frozen Planet.
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Powerpot Generates Electricity From Your Campfire
Perfect for charging your phone or GPS while you make your breakfast.
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Getting the Market to Tell the Truth
If the world is to move onto a sustainable path we need the market to tell the truth, through full cost pricing.
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'80s TV Icons Paint Picture of Coal's Dirty Deeds
The Sierra Club is out with a series of ads to go along with Obama's proposed greenhouse gas standards.
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Cleveland Indians Score Another Green Hit With Innovative Helix Turbine, A Baseball First
A 18-foot-wide helix turbine specially designed for urban spaces has been installed on the roof of Progressive Field, ready to begin churning out energy on opening day.
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World Wind Power Climbs to New Record in 2011
With its long list of attractive attributes—widespread and abundant, quick to scale, climate-benign, and zero fuel cost—wind power is driving the transition to a new energy economy.
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In The Netherlands, A Buried House Becomes A Mountain
Young Architecture firm designs an almost underground house that is always comfortable
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Tweetable, Interactive Algae Farm is Energy-Generating "Cyber-Garden" (Photos)
This fascinating installation where algae, bioluminescent bacteria, humans and smartphones interact may chart where a new generation of urban "cyber-gardeners" may go.
