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Yes, the economy could soon run on (mostly) renewable power

A study from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory demonstrates that an energy mix that is 80 percent renewable in 2050 could operate fine. If only we had the will to create it.

Philip Bump Energy June 19, 2012

The Exaggerated Promise of Renewable Energy

The continued existence and expansion of human civilization is wholly dependent on affordable sources of energy. The latest study just...

Biodiversivist Uncategorized July 15, 2012

Wasted milk produces as much CO2 as 20,000 cars

The time to start crying over spilled milk is NOW. According to researchers from the University of Edinburgh, wasted milk...

Jess Zimmerman Food and Agriculture May 15, 2012

Give Solar Panels a Break

When I helped Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger create the Million Solar Roofs Initiative in California a few years ago, we designed...

Terry Tamminen Uncategorized June 19, 2012

Tell EPA You Support Carbon Pollution Protections

At public hearings in Chicago and Washington, D.C. today, supporters, public health officials, and scientists are testifying in favor of...

Mary Anne Hitt Uncategorized May 24, 2012

Protests temporarily delay opening Alabama forests to drilling

Key word there: temporarily.

Philip Bump Energy June 8, 2012

Enough cheap coal: Using public lands for the public interest

Instead of auctioning federal land to coal companies, what if we used these taxpayer-owned spaces for something in the public interest -- like renewable power generation?

David Roberts Energy June 25, 2012

9-year-old’s lunch blog gets banned by politicians, then unbanned by internet outrage

Local politicians tried to ban Martha Payne's blog documenting her pathetic school lunches. The 9-year-old and her legions of internet fans, including Jamie Oliver, fought back and won.

Jess Zimmerman Food and Agriculture June 15, 2012

We Can Reforest the Earth

By Lester R. Brown Protecting the 10 billion acres of remaining forests on earth and replanting many of those already...

Earth Policy Institute Uncategorized July 31, 2012

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