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California Approves New Renewable Energy Target: 33% by 2010 – Let’s Hope It Stands Past November

photo: Port of San Diego via flickr Seemingly on cue, just as a Congressional hearing is told that more Asian nations than China are soon going to be beating out the United States on renewable energy without stronger legislation, California regulators have voted to increase the state’s renewable energy standard to 33% by 2020. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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California Approves New Renewable Energy Target: 33% by 2010 – Let’s Hope It Stands Past November

Beetlecrete: Another Way To Use Up Mountain Pine Beetle Wood

A lot of people are trying to figure out ways to use up the vast amount of pine-beetle infested timber that is all going to rot away; (Bonnie wrote about it in Turning Beetle-Infested Wood to Good (Design) Use ). Now the University of Northern British Columbia has come up with an interesting idea: Mountain Pine Beetle Wood Concrete, or as others have called it, “Beetlecrete.” It was on display at the Green Building Festival/ IIDEX. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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