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How the New Fuel Economy Standards Could Kill The Economy
2011-07-26 21:25:00 I?ll be upfront with this, I don?t believe that the White House?s soon to be proposed higher fuel economy standards are going to kill the economy. I just don?t think it?s realistic. In fact, I tend to be on the other side of the argument and believe the new standards would create jobs, largely due ...
Obama Flip-Flops On Offshore Oil Drilling ? And Kudos To Him For It
2008-08-02 21:06:00 More Flip-Flops From The Presidential Candidate; The “Shocker” This Time Is The Flip-Flopper Isn’t Senator McFlipFlop Of Arizona Panama — It’s... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the latest rantings of a gun toting liberal with a chip on his shoulder... harsh views, comments expressed.
Power to the People: Pride Goeth Before Ron Paul ?.
2007-10-31 15:07:00 Republican Congressman Ron Paul has been a member of the US House sporadically since 1976. He served terms of 1976 to 1977, 1979 to 1985, and 1997 to present, always serving different Congressional...
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The 5 Best Presidential Candidates to Address Climate Change
2007-10-30 18:19:00 With all respect (and perhaps some thanks) to Mr. Gore, taking action on climate change is now a major political issue as well as a moral issue. This is particularly true for U.S. voters this year,...
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Minneapolis Mayor First to Use Plug-In Hybrid as Official Car
2007-10-29 12:21:00 Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak may be the first mayor in the nation to drive a plug-in hybrid vehicle as his official city car. Since he was first elected in 2002, Mayor Rybak’s official car...
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Ethanol Incentives Contribute to Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone
2007-10-20 15:41:00 It looks like ethanol subsidies may imipede efforts to reduce the size of the Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico. A draft report from the EPA Science Advisory Board says that ethanol subsidies could...
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Virgin Atlantic Greens Up the Skies
2007-10-17 22:50:00 On the top of the rollercoaster that is environmentalism once again, we find that Richard Branson, everyone’s favorite billionaire, is greening up the Virgin Atlantic skies. His Virgin Group is...
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Power to the People: Dreams Of A Father
2007-10-17 16:00:00 In the early 1950s, Detroit owned the automotive world. Cars were big, heavy, and fast! They had huge, monstrously powerful gas-guzzling engines. A visionary auto executive at the nearly bankrupt...
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Weekend Review: The Future of Nature
2007-10-06 16:40:00 When I talk to people about thinking sustainably, they inevitably ask for books to read, and although there are several books I love about sustainability, they’re all very specific to one area...
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Report from Nobel Conference - Heating Up: The Energy Debate
2007-10-05 15:14:00 Every year, Gustavus Adolphus College in tiny St. Peter, MN holds a Nobel Conference, authorized by the Nobel Foundation of Stolkhom, Sweden. The conference brings together renowned experts to...
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Green taxis and Jatropha: Asia confronts alternative fuels
2007-09-30 05:10:00 Here in the rural Philippines, most people cook with LPG, i.e. propane. You see stores that exchange empty tanks for full ones everywhere, and any increase or decrease in LPG prices is front page headlines. Actually this is good, since the alternative, i.e. using trees for wood fires, can lead to both air pollution and deforestation. But ...
5 Ways to Reduce Your Dependence on Foreign Oil
2007-09-28 16:07:00 Trying to improve your gas mileage? Use biodiesel? Or just want to save a buck? With all the hoopla around different fuel and vehicle choices these days, it’s easy to be confused. Hybrids? ...
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Farmer's Doing it for Themselves
2007-09-27 02:58:00 A lot of the time I write on what needs to happen, on the lack of action being taken across the world, and how it is that, without said action, we?re all going to H-E-double-hockey-sticks in a hand...
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Power to the People: Which Way Ya Goin' Billy ...
2007-09-26 20:28:00 Ok, so I stole the title of this article from a song from that wildly popular Canadian pop group "The Poppy Family." It was a huge hit way, way, way back in 1969. But it truly does apply to...
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Stop Coal, Stop Global Warming
2007-09-23 20:36:00 Is it that easy? Does my headline belie the true problem that we are facing? Is there more to the equation than just ridding ourselves of coal as a power source? Well, according to Ed Mazria, the...
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Michigan and the Green State Dilemma
2007-09-23 20:12:00 For those of you who do not live in Michigan, or keep up on its politics, it may come as a surprise to find out that our economy is pretty much in the gutter. Our unemployment rate is the highest it...
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Burning Man's Green Aspirations - Part II
2007-09-21 19:01:00 We’d been waiting for what seemed like hours, uncomfortably seated, shoulder-to-shoulder on a gritty lake-bed. Tense anticipation was rapidly dissolving into indifference, while the...
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Power to the People: We Aren't In Kansas Anymore, Toto!
2007-09-19 16:04:00 Kansas Senator Sam Brownback was born, raised, and lives in that great corn-growing state. Brownback’s official presidential campaign website describes him as: "Principled. Conservative....
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Greening the Golden Years Podcast: 2,500 Reasons Why Ethanol Is Eating Into
2007-09-15 17:35:00 "There’s no free lunch" is an old axiom that surfaces everytime I think something for nothing is coming my way. This time it’s ethanol, and you’re probably already aware...
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Burning Man's Green Aspirations - Part I
2007-09-13 18:55:00 Last week, 46,000 revelers finally broke camp and split the scene of this year’s Burning Man festival, The Green Man. You could call it the "biggest party in the world," though it...
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Ecotality Life: A Brand New Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bike
2007-09-07 22:38:00 Editor’s note: Congratulations to our friends at Ecotality on the beta launch of their new blog, Ecotality Life (and for snagging our own Michael d’Estries as Senior Editor). We’ll...
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Environmental Movement Gets a Jolt of 'Pope Power'
2007-09-07 19:25:00 The Vatican may be a key link in the mass shift toward environmental sustainability. Pope Benedict XVI is concerned by "the growing recognition of the need to preserve the environment," and...
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Eco-Effective Innovation: Sugar Technology and the Sony Bio-Battery
2007-09-05 16:01:00 Who ever thought that asking your neighbor for sugar could carry more connotations than that of baking necessities? Well, Sony is working on a product that will make your neighbor think twice about...
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Power to the People: Just Biden' His Time
2007-08-29 15:56:00 Editor's note: We're very happy to welcome Mike Garofalo and SmartPower to GO! Every Wednesday, Mike's "Power to the People" column will look at the energy proposals of the declared...
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Free Guide Shows Nike, Coke Fighting Climate Change
2007-08-24 18:16:00 Pepsi or Coke? Levi?s or Gap? Mac or PC? Our consumer choices make a difference for the climate. Choosing a Big Mac over a Whopper, or picking a Dell over an Apple may help to slow climate change,...
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SERIES A PIONEER IN FIELD OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS
2007-08-23 22:56:00 The innovation and leading-edge, relevant technology that is present in the American Le Mans Series continues to gain attention throughout the entire motorsports community. At the forefront in 2007 is the Series’ platform of alternative fuels which features Audi’s revolutionary diesel-powered R10 TDI.
Environmental Defense: Are Hydrogen Cars the Answer?
2007-08-22 01:55:00 The author of today's post, Sheryl Canter, is an Online Writer and Editorial Manager at Environmental Defense. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles got a big boost when President Bush made them part of his...
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Cost of Green Power Rising?For Good Reason
2007-08-21 14:48:00 The cost of doing green business in Silicon Valley could soon be increasing. The demand for renewable energy credits (RECs) is outpacing the amount of land needed to provide clean energy, and so...
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Grease is the Word: How to Convince Restaurant Managers to Give Your their
2007-08-20 23:11:00 Whether you own a biodiesel vehicle or just covert fryer grease into fuel for a furnace or other appliance, you know that grease is harder to come by than one might expect. Often times, restaurants...
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Study Says Bigger Renewables Not Always Better
2007-08-20 15:03:00 Photo Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory A thought-provoking new study by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) has found that locally-owned renewable energy projects generally...
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Climate Change Brings Farmers, Environmentalists Together Down Under
2007-08-17 14:59:00 Australian farmers have teamed up with environmentalists to create the Agricultural Alliance on Climate Change, a group that wants to cut emissions up to 60 percent by 2050. Although they may not...
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MTV's The Real World Goes Green?
2007-08-16 15:12:00 MTV just released information about the 20th (yes, 20th!) season of granddaddy of reality television shows, The Real World, and looks like RW will revisit the city of its second season, Los Angeles...
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Network for New Energy Choices: Take Two Ritalin and Call Me in the Morning
2007-08-15 21:51:00 Editor's note: We're pleased to welcome the Network for New Energy Choices as a new non-profit content partner. Every other Wednesday, Shaun Chapman, NNEC's Communications Director, will have a new...
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Clean Energy Fastest Growing Sector in Massachusetts
2007-08-14 15:11:00 A recent study found that the clean energy industry is the fastest-growing sector in Massachusetts, easily beating out behemoths like financial services, healthcare, and communications. The...
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Eco-Effective Decisions: Eco/Green Labels Galore (Part 1)
2007-08-10 16:03:00 Gaining green credentials is of utmost importance to those in the consumer electronics industry. As the demand rises, each company is developing their own labeling system to tote their own...
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Eco-Effective Decisions: Eco/Green Labels Galore (Part 1)
2007-08-10 16:03:00 Gaining green credentials is of utmost importance to those in the consumer electronics industry. As the demand rises, each company is developing their own labeling system to tote their own...
By: Green Options
U.S. House Wraps Up Energy Bill
2007-08-10 13:06:00 The big news this week was that the U.S. House passed an energy bill that for the first time included a federal renewable energy standard (RES). This RES ? an amendment to the energy bill sponsored...
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U.S. House Wraps Up Energy Bill
2007-08-10 13:06:00 The big news this week was that the U.S. House passed an energy bill that for the first time included a federal renewable energy standard (RES). This RES ? an amendment to the energy bill sponsored...
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GM Announces Battery Partner for Chevy Volt
2007-08-09 23:12:00 Today was a big day for GM's concept Chevrolet Volt. First, they announced an official partnership with A123Systems for the creation of the Volt's batteries, then they told Reuters they had a firm...
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GM Announces Battery Partner for Chevy Volt
2007-08-09 23:12:00 Today was a big day for GM's concept Chevrolet Volt. First, they announced an official partnership with A123Systems for the creation of the Volt's batteries, then they told Reuters they had a firm...
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New Alternative Fuel Vehicle
2007-08-08 23:47:00 Right now, a uniquely modified pickup truck is making its way across the country. Starting from Detroit and heading to San Francisco, the vehicles developers are seeking to draw attention to an...
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Environmental Defense: The Lowdown on Plug-in Cars
2007-08-08 18:40:00 The author of today's post, Sheryl Canter, is an Online Writer and Editorial Manager at Environmental Defense. Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, or PHEVs, have been in the news a lot lately (and...
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Eco-Effective Decisions: Live in the First Cradle-to-Cradle Apartment Devel
2007-08-03 16:57:00 William McDonough and Partners is teaming up this year with a list of other local and international architecture, engineering, and design firms to form Greenbridge Developments LLC, a new company...
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Salty Biodiesel Crops May Be Grown at the Beach
2007-08-02 18:52:00 Researchers want to produce biodiesel at the coast. Building on last week's post, University of Delaware researchers are interested in developing a type of mallow, the seashore mallow, for biodiesel...
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Green Road Tours Bring the Fun to You
2007-08-01 23:47:00 Usually, summer is the season for road trips. The kids are out of school and the days are long, so many families load up the car for a vacation or trip to grandma?s. This summer, why not stay home,...
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Plastic Just Got Sweeter
2007-08-01 16:00:00 Two weeks ago, I wrote about a small sustainable plastic company, Metabolix, Inc. that had caught my attention in the previous months...but something happened that made their stock price jump up 5%...
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Climate Change, Energy Security and CAFE: With E85, the Country Has a Bette
2007-07-31 03:24:00 Editor's note: A few weeks ago, we published a guest post from the Network for New Energy Choices that was critical of American automakers for promoting corn-based ethanol and flex-fuel vehicles...
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The First Fair Trade Fuel
2007-07-30 18:10:00 Netherlands-based Max Havelaar, a European Fair Trade pioneer, is working to make sure economic justice and human rights are not forgotten in the rush to find a profitable and sustainable biofuel to...
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Turning Brownfields Into Biofuels
2007-07-26 15:25:00 What if you could use plants to turn industrial waste sites into fertile, productive cropland? Better yet, what if you could produce biofuels in the process? By marrying bio-remediation and crop...
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Business Leaders Serious about Global Warming Solutions?
2007-07-24 15:11:00 A large, old, rich, and impressive group of businesses leaders has called for more action to slow global warming. The Business Roundtable is an association of CEOs of 160 U.S. companies with $4.5...
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