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Flickr photo of Montana wind turbines courtesy of sita puddin pie.
We’ve written previous posts about wind energy and the NIMBY attitude, where people like [...]
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Flickr photo courtesy of Hesiem.
We’ve been reading a steady stream of news stories from the New York Times about the mind-bogglingly [...]
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Photo: The Phoenix Motorcars “SUT” electric pickup.
The New York Times has come up with an overview of what’s happening with the electric car [...]
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Flickr photo courtesy of psorgenfrei.
ABC News online writes about how car manufacturers are introducing hybrid models left and right, but few [...]
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A Wall Street Journal Energy Roundup blog post points out a new study showing that consumers are starting to become skeptical about the concept of going green.
“Even with all the talk today about consumers seeking to save energy costs and help the environment, the shaky housing market and other recent economic uncertainties prove that wallets [...]
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When I read in the Dallas paper about the Green Built Parade of Homes up in nearby Denton, I was excited. I had already visited the first Zero Energy home built in Frisco, which had a long list of impressive environmentally friendly features.
I was looking forward to what I’d learn about advances in green building [...]
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Flickr photo courtesy of fixedgear.
Do you hand wash your dishes because you don’t want to “waste” water and energy by using the dishwasher? [...]
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Flickr photo courtesy of kevinthoule.
Today’s Wall Street Journal reports about how solar panel manufacturers are dealing with record high prices for solar grade [...]
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Today’s Wall Street Journal writes about how the trend of using a clothesline for the eco-friendly reason of using less energy is running up against many homeowner association rules designed to keep a neighborhood looking “nice.”
The clothesline was once a ubiquitous part of the residential landscape. But as postwar Americans embraced [...]
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Today’s Wall Street Journal writes that General Motors is planning an entire family of electric automobiles that will share major components with their regular gasoline cars, which will save significantly on production and design costs.
To reduce costs, the company is working on a version of its so-called E-Flex architecture for electric [...]
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