Philips Betting On LED Lights
By John DeFore An item in the New York Times last week served as a good wrap-up of recent developments on the LED front, finding places (beyond traffic lights) where light emitting diodes are getting...
View ArticleDefinitions: megawatt | gigawatt
One megawatt of geothermal energy provides enough power to meet all the electricity needs of more than 1,000 homes. A gigawatt, which is 1000 megawatts, can power more than 1 million homes.
View ArticleSierra Club launches ‘My Piece of America’
From Green Right Now My Piece of America emphasizes public ownership of U.S. nature spots. As our population grows and energy needs rise (presumably), energy companies are increasingly beating on the...
View ArticleCoal museum goes solar
From Green Right Now Reports Coal. King Coal. It’s the single most dominant energy source powering electricity grids, from the US to Great Britain to China to Australia. Because it’s plentiful....
View ArticleIs the shale gas boom a bubble?
From Green Right Now Reports The U.S. shale boom, being touted as able to deliver 100 years of domestic energy supply, is nothing more than the latest investment bubble, asserts a report released this...
View ArticleChina offers best solar prices because of scale, not cheap labor, says study
Solar panels on a Walmart in Calif. Green Right Now Reports A study of China’s solar markets has produced findings that should hearten those who hope to see the solar industry take off in the U.S. The...
View ArticleThree key takeaways from Austin’s SXSW Eco Conference
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now I confess, I didn’t tweet while attending the SXSW Eco conference in Austin this week. This fabulous gathering of activists, artists, entrepreneurs, thinkers, doers...
View ArticleKeystone XL protest reveals discontent with a carbon-heavy future
By Barbara Kessler GRN Reports This past weekend, some 500 or more students protested in Washington D.C. against the Keystone XL pipeline, which is poised to carry a thick crude oil from the tar sands...
View ArticleKeystone XL — Americans are divided
GRN Reports: Dozens of national and regional groups — Sierra Club, 350.org, the Natural Resources Defense Fund, Greenpeace, Bold Nebraska, Tar Sands Blockade — have been fighting the Keystone XL...
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