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Solar Versus Wind Power: Which Has The Most Stable Power Output?
Imagine yourself working for a major electric power utility or distributor, perhaps in the strategic planning department. Government is introducing mandates for renewable energy portfolios: a 5 to 20% required green power component is a certainty
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Green Jobs - The Future is Now
Every morning I wake up to more bad economic news--increasing concern that we're entering a recession, the credit crunch, and increases in energy prices.
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Big Utilities Eye Central Solar
The following narrative is borrowed directly from a conference promotion - directed at utility employees and financial types. It's rich with seminal ideas that we all need to assimilate.
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Annals of Great Ideas: Water Park in Drought-Stricken Region
Despite their assurances to the contrary, we can't help but think that building a "year-round watersports paradise" in a severely drought-stricken region may not be such a hot idea. Given that Phoenix, which sits in the middle of a desert, has been
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Integrated Sciences Needed For Global Warming Solutions
"If an issue involves the possibility of a species going extinct, for instance, and nobody knows about it, does it matter? It's only through our valuation system that a bird or lizard gets protected. Scientists need to communicate properly. Scientists
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Other States to Adopt California's Emissions Standards, Sue Pants Off EPA
The 11 other states that have clutched California's tough emissions standards against their legislative bosoms: Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey (whoo hoo!), New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
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Arizona Completes Cumulative Renewable Energy Projections
Arizona’s three largest utilities, Arizona Public Service (APS), Salt River Project and Tucson Electric Power (TEP), commissioned a renewable energy assessment to determine the availability of the state’s renewable energy resources. Black & Veatch was
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Greetings from Planet Bob
A join video production between Arizona State University's International Institute for Species Exploration and Media Alchemy Inc., Planet Bob wields humor to draw attention to the muy serious subject of biodiversity and the science of taxonomy.
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Michael Chertoff, Environmental Action Figure
That he is, a man of action protecting the environment with all the tools he can muster. The Director of Homeland Security's first action: build a fence along the Mexican border through the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area. After all,
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British Green Grocer Plans U.S. Rollout
In Europe, Tesco has
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US Presidential Candidate From New Mexico Thirsty For Wisconsin Water
Maybe winning the Wisconsin presidential primary isn't so important for Bill Richardson? Nor might be Minnesota's, Michigan's, or Indiana's? At least that's the impression one might get from an on-record statement from US Presidential Candidate Bill
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Off-Grid Assisted Living: Backing It Up Green
The generation that created the first Earth Day may not be ready for assisted living and senior centers. As that day comes for seniors in northern US states, however, winter comfort will, as in this example, sometimes be maintained by petro-diesel
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And Now for Some Good News: Ozone Layer Regaining its Health
Though rare, we do get the occasional story offering up something other than differing shades of doom and gloom on climate science. Case in point: according to a new study, the levels of hydrogen chloride (HCl) in the atmosphere - one of the chemicals
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AeroTrekking: Do We Need This In Wilderness Areas?
The snowmobiles that spread virus-like into Yellowstone each winter might be viewed as the working-man's version of the recently designed AeroTrekking vehicle pictured here. Because this is a rich man's toy, the usual argument for allowing snowmobiles
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Social Condenser By Blank Studio
We like the idea of a "social condenser"; every town should have one. This one, by Blank Studio, is in Superior, Arizona, an old mining town. It is described as a " public house". The project is envisioned to be "the living room of the community;
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Neat: Lizards Can Store Rainwater in Their Skin
The desert is one place you definitely don't want to be if you lack a ready supply of drinking water. For animals that call this ecosystem home, that means that they need to be able and ready to procure whatever small amounts of water they can muster
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What did the Wind Say to Coal?
"You're Fired!" The bad joke and the good news are thanks to Worldwatch Institute. In their latest Vital Signs Update, Worldwatch reports that global wind power capacity increased 26% in 2006, with the addition of 15,200 megawatts worldwide. According
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Trippin' the Green Fantastic: Looking for Green Inventors!
Biodiesel homebrewers, hyper-recyclers and solar gadgeteers: take note! "Trippin' the Green Fantastic" is a new (not yet broadcasting) show on The Science Channel that is seeking out and spotlighting grassroots green inventors -- everyday folks who
