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Renewables dominate new U.S. electrical capacity
Solar and wind rocked in February, accounting for 81 percent of new electrical power sources installed during the month.
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Good news for Seattle: These solar panels work best in overcast weather
Next time someone snarks, “Too bad solar panels don’t work in when it's overcast,” tell them this: SOME solar panels actually work BETTER when it’s cloudy out.
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Now you can get solar panels at Best Buy
SolarCity continues its drive to make installing solar panels the easiest green thing you ever did, by letting customers sign up while running errands.
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Watch this dry riverbed fill up in seconds
A crowd standing by Israel's dried-up Zin River got caught off guard by a flash flood and had to hightail it to avoid getting swept away.
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More problems for coal exporters: clean water protections
Ambre Energy and its financial backers at Resource Capital Funds received some more bad news this week for their efforts to build coal export facilities on the Columbia River. Earthfix reports: In Oregon, the state owns all the land submerged in water -– including riverbeds. In a letter sent Friday, DSL operations manager Lori Warner-Dickason […]
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Victory in Georgia: Students Continue to Make Progress Against Campus Coal Plants
I am thrilled for students at the University of Georgia: After more than four years of campaigning, gathering more than 5,000 signatures and 100 faculty endorsements, and a slew of community and campus events, the UGA Beyond Coal Campaign is seeing some serious results. Last week the UGA administration announced that the campus coal boiler […]
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Billions of pounds of sea life die every year to feed our seafood appetite
For every pound of sashimi or sea bass that you stuff into your mouth, you're basically spitting four ounces of marine life onto the floor.
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This smart air conditioner could make summer less expensive
This A/C unit is pretty, almost affordable ($300), and not a huge energy hog. Oh yeah, and you can control it with your smartphone!
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This island nation just banned all commercial fishing
There’s just one small burp in the plan: Palau only has one boat to enforce the ban in a 200-mile area.
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Trash from the K-Cups sold last year would circle the Earth almost 11 times
Kind of ridiculous for a company owned by a fair-trade, organic coffee brand, no?
