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India’s National Solar Mission, 20 GW of Anti-Poor & Anti-Democratic Policy Implementation?

photo: technicolorcavalry / Creative Commons India’s National Solar Mission is certainly impressive in ambition: Over one gigawatt installed by 2013 and over 20 GW installed over about the next decade. So what’s not to like about it? If you listen the words of

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World’s Greenest Nation? Vatican City Has Most Solar Power Installed Per Capita

photo: Matthew McDermott Let’s leave differences about the Roman Catholic Church’s metaphysical teachings and some of their social stances aside for the moment, and recognize that

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World’s Greenest Nation? Vatican City Has Most Solar Power Installed Per Capita

photo: Matthew McDermott Let’s leave differences about the Roman Catholic Church’s metaphysical teachings and some of their social stances aside for the moment, and recognize that

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Study Claim: Up To 20% Of US Coal-Fired Generating Capacity May Be "Retired" Over Coming Decade

Boardman 550 megawatt, coal-fired power plant at Carty Reservoir, Oregon USA. Constructed in 1977, the Boardman plant is slated to be closed down by 2020 (43 year operating life). Image credit: Wikipedia A recently published study by the Brattle Group makes the claim that USEPA promulgated final regulations for controlling air emissions of SO2, NOx, particulates, and mercury, plus requirements for better control of therm… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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"Rocket Trike" Cleanly Travels From Colorado to D.C.

Photo: Kim Ream Tom Weis is not the kind of guy to back down a challenge. In fact, just last week he finished the type of feat few would ever attempt — riding a recumbent tricycle , called the ‘Rocket Trike’, some 2,500 miles across the United States, from Boulder, Colorado to Washington D.C., without consuming a drop of fossil fuels . For Weis, the biggest challenge facing America is to get everyone on board with a 100 percent

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Are Zero Carbon Homes Coming to Britain or Are They Not?

Image credit: SandTDesigns , used under Creative Commons license. Since way back in 2006 there has been much hype about Britain’s commitment that all new homes would be zero carbon by 2016 . But there has been confusion too. Last week I posted on George Monbiot’s assertion that the Government had backtracked on its zero carbon pledge , and was somehow arguing t… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Get to Know an Awesome Animal: The Galapagos Penguin

Photo credit: Collin Dunn When it comes to the Galapagos, most people think : Islands; tropical; Equator; volcanoes; some variation on those general ideas probably pops to mind, unless you’ve been here. If you have been here, you probably know that a few of the islands are home to the Galapagos Penguin. If you haven’t been here (or studied the islands, or just know a lot about it), you may be thinking one thing: What the heck are penguins doing on the equator?… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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‘Zero Carbon’ Homes Redefined – Government Reneges?

From the announcement that all new UK homes would be zero carbon by 2016 , through the big reveal of the first zero carbon home in the country , to the launch of a more commercially viable prototype for a zero carbon home , there has long been both buzz and confusion surrounding Britain’s future housing plans. Last year, Lloyd explained that the

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Today on Planet 100: Guide to COP16: Cancun (Video)

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Honeywell Windtronics Turbine Is Giant Generator

Image credit Lloyd Alter It was hard to find anyone to speak to at Greenbuild about the odd looking Honeywell Windtronics turbine; it was a busy booth. But I got to see it again at the Cottage Life Show in Toronto and it is actually very interesting; instead of the usual design where the blades turn a shaft which is connected to a generator, here the whole thing is a generator, with magnets at the tips of the blade whizzing past stator coils in the ring on the perimeter. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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