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Prince (Not the Musician) on Tour for Sustainability

Image from the Prince of Wales Prince Charles is going on tour. Not to promote his new CD, but rather sustainable living. He will be travelling in his train, run by bio-fuels and playing at such well-known venues as a senior citizen’s apartment in Nottingham and an allotment in Todmorden. And tickets are free. In his travels he will be visiting projects… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Massive New Wind Project Moves The Ball In California

photo via flickr Although it may be in some trouble, California’s aggressive goal of attaining 33 percent of its energy from clean renewable energy by 2020 is still on track–for now at least. In fact, wind energy in the state got a shot in the arm today when Terra-Gen Power LLC announced that it has secured $1.2 billion of financing to build four wind farms northwest of Los Angeles. All told, the complex could generate as much as 3,000 megawatts of electricity. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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London’s Green Olympics are Looking Brown

Image from London2012 : Olympic Park London’s 2012 Olympic pledge, to be the greenest Olympic Games ever, started with great enthusiasm. But some wondered about that goal when McDonalds was announced as the official supplier of food. Then came the stories of construction going over-budget and of course the recession kicked in…. Now it has been announced that a plan to build a massive wind turbine on site has been scrapped. It was supposed to have produced 20% of the Olympic Park’s ener… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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