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Denmark To Get Another Offshore Wind Farm: 207 Megawatts by 2010
The US offshore wind market is finally ramping up: Though no projects have been completed yet, Oregon, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey and Delaware all have offshore wind farms in various stages of development. Meanwhile
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Clinton Global Initiative Highlights: Old World Is Oil, New World Is Renewables
The Clinton Global Initiative’s annual meeting is in full swing in New York City. In Thursday morning’s plenary session, Integrated Solutions: Water, Food & Energy, Tom Brokaw moderated a discussion about the entwined issues of
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Gloomy Economy Doesn't Stop the Danes From Eating More Organic
While in Britain researchers have found organic sales suffering slightly as consumers feel the gloom of high oil prices and global economic woes, in Denmark organic food consumption,
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Russia Again Claims That More of the Arctic Should Be Its Domain
As more and more Arctic sea ice melts and it really starts sinking in that exploration for all the oil and natural gas trapped under that ice may be getting a whole lot easier sooner than we imagined, it's not too surprising
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68 Gigawatts of Offshore Wind Power in North Sea = No More Nuclear or Coal: Greenpeace
Norway may be planning on becoming Europe's battery, but based on what Reuters is saying about a new proposal from Greenpeace it won't just be Norway which supplies Europe with electricity, it will be the North Sea. The head of
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Copenhagen Chooses Low-Rise Over Skyskrapers in City Expansion
It only takes five minutes in the city of Copenhagen (especially when arriving by train) to wonder why all cities aren't developing in this same mold - plenty of open streets with wide pedestrian and bike lanes, bikes to easily
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Low Cost Housing in Elsinore By Tegnestuen Vandkunsten
There is more to Elsinore than Hamlet; it also has this interesting project by Architect Tegnestuen Vandkunsten that demonstrates a lot of the principles that we should adopt over here. Even though it is fairly low density and could be townhouses, each
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New Arctic Map Shows Just What Boundaries We'll Be Fighting Over For Oil
As global warming continues to heat our atmosphere and melt Arctic ice, boundary disputes in the region are likely to escalate as the nations bordering the region scramble to claim an estimated 90 billion barrels of oil which is currently
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Embassies Strut Their Stuff
As part of the London Festival of Architecture, 28 international embassies will be opening their doors to the public and holding displays about architectural projects in their country. This is a fascinating opportunity to get inside some of these
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Bicycles In The Spotlight
This week another Earth Policy Institute staffer joined those on our staff who bike to work.
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PJUX - Delux Danish Footwear
You might well have men crawling after you if you wear these beautiful shoes to walk down the street, but the PJUX line by Danish designer Agneta Rautio is not just for women to wear and men to admire, Rautio has got women down on the ground
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Shipping's CO2 Record Not So Shipshape, After All
Denmark may not be a huge player in the green global village, but it is a place that prides itself quite a bit on being...well, a little more eco than its Scandinavian neighbors. Traveling the tidy Danish countryside, the towering wind turbines
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FlowerPod Makes Energy Efficiency A Growing Concern
This nifty counter top vase is the prettier, visual version of the electricity meters Swedes are starting to lend out at the library. Designed by the Danish Designnord group, the FlowerPod is a semi-transparent screen with an electronic flower display
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Danish Power Plant by CF Møller Aalborg
Only in Europe would they have architectural competitions to design power stations; In North America Architects don't get a look-in at such things, the security and fencing consultant has more influence. In Skive, Denmark, CF Møller Aalborg wrapped 68
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Windy Payback Time: Wind Turbines and their Life Cycle Impacts
Somebody asked me the other day what the life cycle impacts of a wind turbine are and how long it would take to pay back the energy used to manufacture one of those tall majestic beasts. Considerable amounts of raw materials and energy are required to
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Study in Denmark Shows Environmental Factors in Early Life May Influence Risk of Testicular Cancer
In a study done recently, researchers found that the number of incidents of testicular cancer among first generation immigrants to the nation of Denmark was much lower than that among native males.
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RFID Lights Up The Blind Spot
Now that the Green RFID guy has stopped posting, it's up to us to give good examples of RFID technology in the sustainability realm. The Danish city of Grenå will pay to install battery-driven RFIDs (battery life is supposed to be about 6 years) in the
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Bike Art Screensaver Free at Cycle Chic
We love Copenhagen Cycle Chic for showing cyclists in the European style: all dressed up with everywhere to go. Now we love them even more for creating and sharing this beautiful bike art collage to enjoy everyday as a screen saver. My favorite is the
