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People Shooting at Wind Turbines in Michigan, Elsewhere

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on People Shooting at Wind Turbines in Michigan, Elsewhere

A pistol at the shooting range. Paper targets, not turbines. Credit: Foxtongue via Flickr. So I heard a TV news report about gunfire that shut down a wind turbine park in Michigan’s Thumb. And I went looking for more information on the Internet. It wasn’t an easy find, though. Seems shooting bullets at wind farms is nothing new. The Michigan incident is just the latest episode of upset people taking out their anger on defenseless nacelles, blades and, in this case, transformers. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Virgin Media Launches Sustainability Website

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A lot of companies out there tend to slap the words green, sustainable, etc. on their labels without backing those claims up with any legitimately sustainable practices. Virgin Media is trying to show people that it’s not one of those companies, and it recently launched a website dedicated to promoting its efforts on sustainability. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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First Filibuster Reform, then Climate Action

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on First Filibuster Reform, then Climate Action

Photo: Marion Doss , Flickr, CC The fact that we currently need 60 votes in the Senate to pass any kind of legislation at all is just plain crazy. For the vast majority of US history, this was simply not the case — a simple majority was enough to pass a bill. Yes, the filibuster — which allows a dissenting senator to hold up a vote on any bill by taking the floor and talking continuously, until overruled by a vote of 60 senators — has long existed. But it was designed as a failsafe, not a rule to be routinely used, as it is now. Now, the filibuster is inv… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Creative, Colorful Climate Protests of Cancun 2010 (Photos)

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Biggest Solar PV Farm in U.S. Goes Online in Nevada

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Photo: Sempra Energy 48 Megawatts of Goodness It’s 10x smaller than the planned 500 MW solar PV farm that Sempra is trying to build near Phoenix, Arizona, but the 48 MW Copper Mountain Solar facility, located in Boulder City, Nevada, has the benefit of not being just a plan anymore. Construction began in January 2010 at the 380-acre desert site and up to 350 workers installed nearly 775,000 thin-film PV solar panels. Now that it is finished, the Copper Mountain Solar farm is the l… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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US Southwest May Enter Into Permanent Drought-Like Conditions by Mid-Century

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on US Southwest May Enter Into Permanent Drought-Like Conditions by Mid-Century

photo: Kevin Dooley / Creative Commons If you closely follow the water issues that plague the US southwest, the precipitation predictions for the region, and have a notion of the development patterns there that headline may seem obvious. But if you haven’t this is the thumbnail sketch of the situation, with some help from The New Y… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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US Exported $723M More Solar Power Products Than It Imported in 2009: New Trade Balance Report

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photo: Oregon DOT / Creative Commons Next time someone bemoans the fact that even all the renewable energy manufacturing is heading overseas, point this next report out: According to new industry analysis carried out by GTM Research for SEIA , the US is a net exporter of solar power products, to the tune of $723 million in 2009. Here are more of the key points from the

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Weekday Vegetarian: Mashed Potato, Rutabega and Parsnip Casserole

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Weekday Vegetarian: Mashed Potato, Rutabega and Parsnip Casserole

Photo: Kelly Rossiter My husband is involved with an non-profit organization in Ontario that preserves historic buildings. Every year they have a silent auction as a fundraiser and one of the things people bid on is dinner for four at our house. Everything I serve is from Ontario, down to the wines, so I usually suggest to purchasers that dinner in the spring or early summer will provide a bit more choice in terms of produce. This year our guests chose to have dinner in December, so that meant root vegetables would be on the menu…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Designo Patagonia On The Importance Of Local Materials And Designing Things That Don’t Make You Stupid

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Photo: Designo Patagonia. Manu Rapoport is head designer at Designo Patagonia , a studio based in the south of Argentina whose products we’ve featured before . Trust Design has an interesting audio interview with him in which he… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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From Transparent Frogs to Blind Ants: Incredible New Species Discovered in 2010 (Slideshow)

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Photo credit: Javier García Even though species are lost at a rate of one every 20 minutes , science still manages to identify new plants and animals every year. This list of 10 of the most strange and wonderful creatures discovered in 2010 includes pale and blind ants, transparent frogs, hairy lobsters, and more.

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