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Renewables Sector Sees Massive Jobs Growth
We've seen reports before that switching to renewables could create 2.7 million jobs, and might create a whole new wave of green-collar employment, but it's only now that nations around the
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Top 10 Nations With Clean Power - Hydropower, Nuclear or Small Populations Figure Heavily
Apropos of President Obama's intent to have 80% of US electricity come from clean power sources by 2035, GE has just released a graphic detailing to the top ten countries with the cleanest energy sources--a small version is above, click here for
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Procter & Gamble Builds a Wind Turbine at its Coevorden Plant (Video)
Photos: Youtube screen grabs Good Start, But Don't Stop There Procter & Gamble was founded in 1837, and since then it has grown to a market cap of over 180 billion dollars by making mostly consumer good, a lot of them of the disposable kind (paper
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Bjarke Ingels Designs Ski Hill Wrapping High-Tech Incinerator
Bjarke Ingels is the precocious young starchitect beloved of Fast Company (see their profile here) and who has now won an international competition to design a new waste-to-energy plant, or glorified high-tech incinerator. Abitare
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UK Town to Heat Public Pool with Neighboring Crematorium
According to the Guardian, a public swimming pool will be heated by the neighboring crematorium. While called "strange and eerie," the plan could save the city $23,000 a year in energy costs by using waste heat. It's not the first time we've heard of
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Should We Stop Freaking Out About China and Clean Tech?
TIME asks, "Should we stop freaking out about China and Clean Tech?" It brings up interesting points from the debate on partnering with and/or competing against China on clean tech innovation. Definitely worth a
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Global Labeling Scheme Launched for Products Made with Wind Power (Video)
From eco-labels on new cars to fuel-efficiency ratings on airplanes, green certification schemes are proliferating in some surprising places. In fact, there are so many labels out there it can be hard to know which ones to trust,
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Could Inefficiency Save Us From Peak Oil?
Whether it is activists claiming that a "globalized consumer society without oil is nonsense"or Richard Heinberg arguing that we'd best get used to life without growth when peak oil
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Wind Turbines Might Help Crops Absorb More CO2, Fight Fungal Infections, Etc
Photo: Flickr, CC Beneficial Microclimate Impact According to the preliminary results from research done by DOE and University of Colorado scientists, wind turbines built in the middle of crop fields might be doing more than just producing electricity.
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Join the Masdar Digital Dialogue: Debate the Clean Energy Future on Twitter
The World Future Energy Summit brings heads of state, clean tech pioneers, and businessfolk from around the world to the oil-rich capital Abu Dhabi to hold forth on the future of energy. That being the case, it also brings in a truckload of
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Does Peak Oil Mean an End to Economic Growth? Richard Heinberg (Video)
Image credit: The Nation Richard Heinberg has talked about life after economic growth before. Now, as part of its ongoing exploration of peak oil, The Nation magazine gives him a platform to expound his views to the world. It doesn't make for
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Vestas Wins $1.5 Million Clean Energy Award, Immediately Gives it All Away
The event drawing the most buzz on day two of the World Future Energy Summit was certainly the Zayed Future Energy Prize award ceremony. The show was held at the preposterously opulent Emirates Palace -- rumor has it that it's the 2nd most expensive
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Base Jumping Off Wind Turbines Is Insane (Video)
Not exactly hard green news, but this video of mental patients adrenaline junkies base jumping off wind turbines is pretty cool. Most of them seem to be jumping off the back of the nacelle, but some are actually going
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Incredible Sahara Forest Project Moves From Concept To Reality With Major Development Deal
There's great news for sustainable design innovation this week as the Sahara Forest Project gets backing from a development deal between Norway and Jordan. We wrote
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Climate Patriots Offer a Military Perspective on Climate Change (Video)
From many US generals and admirals warning that climate change is a threat to our security, to Iraq war veterans calling for energy independence, members of the military have better reason than most to promote green
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China Now the World Leader in Wind Power
According to a report from a wind turbine manufacturer, China has now installed more wind power capacity than the United States. Wind installation surged there last year, far outpacing the US, and now
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Locomotive Ran on Compressed Air at 125 MPH- Or Did It?
Mike once askedIs There a Future for Compressed Air Cars? Now, in this era of the rebirth of our railways, we might ask, "Is there a future for compressed air locomotives?"
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Renewables Law Unlikely to Tap Turkey's Potential
Just before the end of the year, the Turkish Parliament passed a long-pending renewable energy law that Energy Minister Taner
