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Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton adamantly refuted the accusation that she accepted donations from the fossil fuel industry at an event in Purchase, New York.
Clinton Faces Sanders Supporters At New York Rally, Sanders Confident In Sweeping Home State Primary
Photo: Richard Webb , Geograph, CC Most Americans are hardly aware of what coal ash (also commonly called fly ash) is — though plenty became more familiar with the stuff around two years ago when a massive slurry of the stuff was unleashed upon Tennessee . The often toxic byproduct of burning coal for electricity, fly ash is usually captured from the chimneys of power plants. Then, it’s stored in containment sites — or dumped. The following video documents the impact that coal ash… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Valley Devastated by Coal Ash Waste (Video)
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95% of roofs in America are asphalt shingles that are cheap, fossil fuel based, heat absorbing and don’t last very long; then they are hard to get rid of. They have been called “a disposable roofing system that is difficult to dispose of.” But did we say they were cheap? Dow Chemical decided if you can’t beat’em, join’em and has developed the Powerhouse solar shingle, which John showed us last year. It … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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PowerHouse Solar Shingle Is Clever. But Is It A Good Idea?
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Image credit: Solarcentury (Creative Commons) Solar panel manufacturing has some toxic byproducts , yet more and more people are interested in solar as a clean(er) alternative to fossil fuel dependence. With renewable feed-in tariffs driving massive solar sales in the UK, one watchdog group has set out to find out which solar panels offer the consumer the cleanest conscience, al… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Part of terrific info-graphic in the Globe and Mail Here Tom Rand, green entrepreneur and author of Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit:10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World , practices what he preaches. He and hostelier Anthony Aarts are opening what is being called “North America’s greenest hostel” this month and it makes Pablo’s answer to the question
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"North America’s Greenest Hostel" Opening in Toronto Soon
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Image credit: Ecotricity When I asked whether environmentalism was socialist or not , I argued that legislative and fiscal support for renewables like cap and trade or feed-in tariffs were “little different to the direct and indirect subsidies that were used to get the fossil fuel, automobil… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Subsidies for Renewables "Dwarfed" by Fossil Fuel Support
photo via flickr There’s news out of Canada, home of this week’s G20, about fossil fuel subsidies. Reports say that at the behest of the USA, the group of the 20 largest economies in the world have agreed to r emove language that says that cuts in subsidies should be “voluntary. ” The result could be greater price party for renewable energy sources. The movement seems to be the result of the Gulf oil spill, which continues unabated. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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photo: Sara Lauderdale via flickr In many ways the Amish live up their reputation of living greener lives–low-power technology, non-existent consumerism, strong sense of community and DIY ethic–but when it comes to agricultural practices, just because you replace fossil fuel energy with the sweat of your brow doesn’t always mean you’re eco-friendly. Which is where the EPA comes in. The
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Amish Farming Methods & Manure Runoff Raising EPA’s Ire
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