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Waste Management Inc plans to produce its own LNG fuel

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 03:14:08 +0000

Photo courtesy Waste Management IncAn environmental issue about landfills is the landfill gas they invariably produce. Landfill gas is largely methane, and methane is a very potent greenhouse gas with 20x or more the greenhouse effect than car...

reikiman posted 44 hours ago from examiner.com

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Solar Power When the Sun Goes Down?

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 20:30:26 +0000

The Holy Grail of renewable energy is a solar power plant that continues producing electricity after the sun goes down. A California company has taken a step toward making that a reality.

Earth2Tech found this 4 days ago on greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com

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Steve Fleischli: Getting More Out of the Men's Room

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:26:29 +0000

The Metropolitan Water District is considering two competing projects to provide Southern California an extra fifty million gallons of freshwater per day. These two projects, however, take very different approaches toward addressing the problem of limited freshwater supplies in this arid region. For one project, Poseidon Resources wants to build a desalination facility in the San Diego area to tap the ocean for its seemingly limitless supply of water. For the other project, Coastal Restoration ...

TreeHugger found this 2 days ago on huffingtonpost.com

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Rice Solar Energy Project - Power Plant Licensing Case - Docket # 09-AFC-10

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 13:17:12 +0000

Docket Number: 09-AFC-10 (Application For Certification) Committee Overseeing This Case: Key Dates GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT Artist rendering of project Rice Solar Energy, LLC, (RSE) a wholly owned subsidiary of SolarReserve, LLC, proposes to construct, own, and operate the Rice Solar ...

Green Inc. found this 4 days ago on energy.ca.gov

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Water Use by Solar Projects Intensifies

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:30:04 +0000

Tensions over water use in the West are likely to increase with Pacific Gas and Electric's announcement Monday that the utility will buy 500 megawatts of electricity from two solar power plant projects to be built in the California desert.

Earth2Tech found this 11 days ago on greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com

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San Diego Solar Projects Get $154 Million Funding

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:00:21 +0000

A total number of 192 solar installation projects in the public sector of San Diego were awarded with $154 million in allocations through the Clean Renewable Energy Bonds (CREBs) program. Seven hundred thirty-nine projects were given $800 million in allocation by the IRS in all. The funding ...

EcoTech Daily found this 3 days ago on goodcleantech.com

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Small Modern Green Home in California

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 15:17:56 +0000

Michelle Kaufmann is continuing her work on a modern green home in Northern California. Located on a constrained lot, the 1,550 square-foot home will be prefabricated -- as currently planned -- with two modules. And although the home will be a lot smaller than the average new ...

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Wind Turbine Creates a Buzz

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:48:01 +0000

Engineering solutions can often be found by looking to nature, and that's what the designers at Green Wavelength did when creating their bumblebee-inspired wind turbine, the xBee Alpha Wind. A 19-foot prototype of the turbine was shown this week at the Perfect Pitch 2009 entrepreneur conference ...

Ecofriend found this 8 days ago on goodcleantech.com

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Tesla won't have to pay sales tax on equipment

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:05:00 +0000

Tesla will purchase the machinery, but title to the equipment initially will be held by the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority, which doesn't have to pay sales tax on equipment used to make advanced vehicles. The authority, a state government entity ...

Autoblog Green found this 9 days ago on sfgate.com

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.: U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works :: Hearings :.

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:50:00 +0000

Witnesses Opening Remarks Panel 1 Preston Chiaro Chief Executive Officer, Energy Product Group Rio Tinto John Rowe Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Exelon Corporation Dr. Willett Kempton Professor, Marine Policy University of Delaware Bob Winger President International Brotherhood ...

African American Environmentalist Association found this 12 days ago on epw.senate.gov

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Solar Power Potential Is Huge in Developing Countries

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:15:50 +0000

The developing world, where 44 percent of people lack access to electricity, could soon be one of the biggest markets for solar power , according to participants at the Solar Power International conference in California. To date, just 1 percent of solar panel production has been installed in ...

Worldchanging: Bright Green found this 8 days ago on e360.yale.edu

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Is Schwarzenegger side-stepping California's environmental policy for a football stadium?

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:54:44 +0000

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger apparently thinks that what southern California needs is a little more football. According to the LA Times, Schwarzenegger signed a bill last Thursday that clears the way for construction to begin on a proposed 75,000 seat NFL stadium. [[social-toolbar]]The stadium will be built in the warehouse-filled city of Industry, but the residents of the neighboring town of Walnut are very upset.

Ramsay Home found this 9 days ago on mnn.com

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Environmental Entrepreneurs: Home

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:55:36 +0000

Clean Energy and Climate Policies Lead to Economic Growth in the United States New analysis shows that adopting comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation could create up to 1.9 million jobs New economic analysis shows that clean energy and climate policies would create jobs, increase ...

Switchboard, from NRDC found this 10 days ago on e2.org

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California 350 Raven

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:21:00 +0000

Some of you may have seen Daniel Dancer's video last week on the blog. It captured two beautiful pieces of aerial art in the US, but Daniel thought it was a little long. He asked us to switch out the old video for the new, but the blog is moving fast these days for some reason, and ...

Strategies for Sustainability found this 12 days ago on 350.org

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Swartzenegger Big On Renewables

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:45:34 +0000

In September, there was a post to a solar industry Linked-In group suggesting that solar markets were declining and not very important. The evidence is GLOBAL and to the contrary in terms of dollars now moving in solar markets. Two of the world’s largest engineering giants, German ...

Mindzle posted 13 days ago from mindzle.com

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Kerry pushes climate change bill

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:20:58 +0000

Boston Globe: After days of focusing on his top foreign priority, Senator John F. Kerry returns today to an issue atop his domestic agenda -- global warming and alternative energy. Kerry, who has emerged as an influential voice in the debate over the US mission in Afghanistan, is pushing for his ...

Greentech Media: All Content found this 11 days ago on boston.com

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Super Heroes of Green Building

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 16:53:13 +0000

With unprecedented legislation, forward-thinking design and standards, and many active supporters, one might say that California is a leader in the green building charge. Friday’s 3rd Annual Green Building Super Heroes Award Gala, hosted by the U.S. Green Building Council – Northern ...

Ramsay Home found this 5 days ago on triplepundit.com

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Working Towards a Sustainable Chamber of Commerce

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 09:52:49 +0000

As I have profiled in The Secret Green Sauce, CEOs are emerging as leaders in adopting sustainability with over half of the Fortune 500 companies now tracking their carbon footprint. 85% of American consumers have now purchased a green product. Time will tell if the U.S. Chamber’s position is a ...

Ramsay Home found this 5 days ago on triplepundit.com

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New California Solar Power Energy Measures

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:00:59 +0000

California recently approved several new bills that will help spur growth in solar power. They affect how California’s power market works and encourage people to setup more solar panel systems. The first bill AB920 requires California’s utilities to buy extra solar power you ...

EasyEcoBlog.com posted 12 days ago from easyecoblog.com

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California green building code: a small step forward

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 20:10:22 +0000

California is on the cusp of adopting a state-wide California Green Building Standards Code (CGBSC), which outline both mandatory and voluntary energy efficiency, water efficiency, resource efficiency and air-quality building standards.

Ramsay Home found this 5 days ago on sustainableindustries.com

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