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SolarShare bonds let citizens make money by financing local solar

You’re an earth-friendly person and want to go solar, but a large tree shades your house; or you’re a renter;...

John Farrell Uncategorized October 10, 2011

Close coal: D.C.-area coal-fired power plant to close

Just a month after Michael Bloomberg used it as a backdrop for his $50 million donation to the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign, officials in Alexandria, Va., announced a plan to shut down the plant.

Miles Grant Energy August 30, 2011

CDM still a miserable failure

Since there seems to be resurgence of attempts to defend the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) offset system, it seems time...

Gar Lipow Uncategorized November 15, 2011

Canadian geothermal could produce a million times as much electricity as the country needs

The federal Geological Survey of Canada says that the total available geothermal resource in that country could produce a million times as much electricity as the entire country uses, or well more than enough to light up all of planet earth many times over.

Christopher Mims Technology September 19, 2011

German small solar cheaper than big U.S. solar

This post originally appeared on Energy Self-Reliant States, a resource of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s New Rules Project. The...

John Farrell Uncategorized September 27, 2011

He-said, she-punched-him-in-the-face: The imbalance of American party politics

There are aspects of contemporary U.S. politics that mainstream pundits and analysts have trouble facing squarely. One of them is...

David Roberts Energy November 2, 2011

Top 10 states ravaged by extreme weather in 2011

Memphis flood. Photo: Chris WielandBy many measures, 2011 was the most extreme weather year for the United States since reliable...

Climate Central Science December 30, 2011

Eaters, beware: Walmart is taking over our food system

Aubretia Edick has worked at a Walmart store in upstate New York for 11 years, but she won’t buy fresh...

Stacy Mitchell Technology December 29, 2011

A case study in how media bias works against clean-air rules

Political reporter John Broder had a long piece in The New York Times yesterday chronicling Obama’s decision to delay a...

David Roberts Health November 17, 2011

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