Submit a Story!
Votes
topics:

vote down flag
Refrigerator Recycling Programs Take Off
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com - 8/4/2009
Refrigerator Recycling Programs Take Off
—
Programs that allow homeowners to trade in their old refrigerators and scoop up a rebate - a sort of "cash for clunkers" system for the fridge - are spreading quickly across the country.
energybulletin.net - 7/29/2009
A Nation of Farmers: Is Vermont Doing Its Share?
— energybulletin.net — New York state author, blogger , and homesteader Sharon Astyk discusses her new book, A Nation of Farmers: Defeating the Food Crisis on American Soil . Astyk sees the energy shortages of peak oil hitting us and our food system now, and she argues ... (more) A Nation of Farmers: Is Vermont Doing Its Share?

Comments vote down Casaubon's Book found this 7/29/2009found this
triplepundit.com - 8/12/2009
Vermont Small Businesses Stay Sustainable Amid Crisis
— triplepundit.com — By Makenna Goodman, Chelsea Green Publishing Vermont has a long history of birthing sustainable businesses. Perhaps it’s because of values seeping in from rural farms who still operate outside of the corporate world, or perhaps it’s ... (more) Vermont Small Businesses Stay Sustainable Amid Crisis

Comments vote down Chelsea Green found this 8/12/2009found this

Blog Reactions

Greenlight | OnEarth Magazine, from NRDC:  What's Happening: Beijing Again Smoggy, Is 'Clunkers' Green?, and more

Comments
Blog Reactions

What's Happening: Beijing Again Smoggy, Is 'Clunkers' Green?, and more
Greenlight | OnEarth Magazine, from NRDC — ... "Programs that allow homeowners to trade in their old refrigerators and scoop up a rebate — a sort of “cash for clunkers” system for the fridge — are spreading quickly across the country." [Green, Inc. - New York Times] ...

Related Content
Universal Food Stamps? Why More Food Stamp Recipients Prove the Failure of the Industrial Food System
sharonastyk.com 1/5/2009 — http://www.timesargus.com/article/20090103/NEWS02/901030330/0/SPORTS I think the above is an important story, one that demonstrates an increasing shift in our society’s relationship to its food. Vermont’s policy change on food stamps ...
House Passes Wind Energy Bill
environmentalleader.com 9/15/2009 — The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that will authorize a comprehensive program to improve the efficiency, reliability and cost-effectiveness of U.S. wind energy systems, reports North American Wind Power. The Wind Energy Research ...
Students dig into sustainable farming at Vermont college
usatoday.com 7/14/2009 — While other college students are in stuffy classrooms, about a dozen are earning credit tending a Vermont farm. For 13 weeks, 12 credits and about $12,500, the Green Mountain College students plow fields with oxen or horses, milk cows, weed crops and ...
Wind and Solar Entrepreneurs Arrange a Sales Call on the Vermont Legislature Starring Helen Caldicott
theenergycollective.com 4/10/2009 — Yesterday, the Vermont Legislature warmly received a non-nuclear energy salesperson and allowed her to continue her traditional tactic of emotionally telling negative stories about the competition. I know, that is a purposely provocative way to describe the event, but that is certainly one ...
Zero Emissions?
theenergycollective.com 3/18/2009 — The other day I ran across reports of a curious event, in which the Attorney General of the state of Vermont convinced Entergy , which owns or operates 11 of the nation's 104 active nuclear power plants , to back away from characterizing nuclear power as having zero emissions. Technically, of ...
Miss Vermont Goes With "Green" Gown - News- msnbc.com
msnbc.msn.com 1/6/2009 — COLCHESTER, Vt. - Miss Vermont will be wearing a green dress when she walks out on stage at the Miss America Pageant on Jan. 24. But, Ashley Ruth Wheeler is not talking about the hue of her dress. It's an environmentally friendly gown made from hemp, ...
Vermont FITs Become Law: The Mouse That Roared
renewableenergyworld.com 6/1/2009 — Vermont's feed-in tariff legislation became law at the end of business on May 27, 2009. H. 446 is the first legislation calling for a full system of advanced renewable tariffs in the US to pass the legislature and become law. The bill includes ...
Feed-in Tariffs for Solar Continue To Spread
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com 7/23/2009 — Variations on the "feed-in tariff" policy that jump-started Germany's boom in rooftop solar systems have spread to Sacramento, as well as to a handful of other places in the United States.
FTC finds no evidence of illegal activity after investigation of Western New York gasoline prices
theenergycollective.com 7/21/2009 — Apparently you just have to know who to ask. Yesterday, the FTC sent me a copy of the FTC letter to Representative Brian Higgins describing the agency’s investigation of Western New York gasoline prices last fall. (For background see this earlier post and here .) Be aware that here begins a ...
Sustainable suds: 5 greenest beers
supereco.com 6/26/2009 — Tap the bottle and twist the cap! Hand me a brew and pass the bottle opener. It's time to toast the start of summer with a cool sip (or twelve) of sustainable suds! Raise a beer goggle glass with me to bikini season, with a little help from America's greenest crop of locavore (locally ...