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Detroit Bike Shop Circa 1912 (Vintage Photo)

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Detroit Bike Shop Circa 1912 (Vintage Photo)

Photo via Library of Congress , public domain. Now THAT is Old-School Amateurs of vintage bikes will like this one. Tthe caption for this photo at Shorpy says: “Detroit, Michigan, circa 1912. ‘Metzger bicycle shop. Detroit City Gas Co.’ This photo of a cycle (and phonograph) shop was taken to show off the gaslight fixtures.” I recommend you check out the high-resolution version (even bigger … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on 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

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on 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

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on 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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Humans Behind Deadly Shark Attacks in Egypt

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Humans Behind Deadly Shark Attacks in Egypt

The Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh has been hit by five shark attacks in two weeks. Photo: Robert Hornung / Creative Commons . A series of recent shark attacks — one of them fatal — on tourists at Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh resort have swimmers scared and authorities scrambling for an explanation. In what is surely the most bizarre theory, the governor of the region has suggested the Israeli intellige… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Cancun Climate Agreement Saves UN Process But Not The Climate

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Cancun Climate Agreement Saves UN Process But Not The Climate

In the plenary hall at COP16 last night… video: Adopt a Negotiator That title is a paraphrase of Greenpeace International’s climate policy director Wendel T… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Sierra Club Pulling Heads Out of the Sand in Cancun

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Sierra Club Pulling Heads Out of the Sand in Cancun

Photo credit: Sierra Club This week, I’m happy to introduce Justin Guay of the Sierra Club’s International Climate Program, who is in Cancun at the international climate negotiations. He helped write this post to explain more of the important work happening over the past two weeks. The Sierra Club has been busy building the momentum, and pressure needed to ensure that our politicians and leaders live up to international responsibilities and infuse positive momentum into the climate change negotiations in Canc… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Climate Scientist Takes on Big Oil Stooge in Congress (Video)

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Climate Scientist Takes on Big Oil Stooge in Congress (Video)

It’s a predictable cycle that goes something like this: Scientists’ research unearths new findings about ecology or human health that prove inconvenient to corporate interests. Industry ignores it. The body of research grows. Corporations bankroll (directly or indirectly) ‘experts’ to attempt to discredit research in Congressional hearings and other public venues. Conf… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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New Mexico to Reduce CO2 Emissions 25% Below 1990 Levels

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on New Mexico to Reduce CO2 Emissions 25% Below 1990 Levels

Photo: StuSeeger , Flickr, CC In a surprising turn, New Mexico may have just become the state with the leading clean energy plan — the state’s Environmental Improvement Board has just approved a plan that would bring its carbon emissions 25% below 1990 levels by 2020. That’s even better than California’s target . This is what the plan looks like: … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Top 10 U.S. States for Clean Energy Leadership

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Top 10 U.S. States for Clean Energy Leadership

Image: Clean Edge Who Has the Best Mix of Technology, Policy and Capital? Clean Edge , a research and advisory firm operating in the cleantech sector, has compiled a top 10 of the U.S. states showing the most “clean energy leadership” based on 80 different state-level indicators and more than 4,000 public and private data points across all 50 states. This isn’t just about which state has the biggest share of its energy produced by clean sources, or which state built the most clean energy capacity in the past year. They also take into account t… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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