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Dose of Reality: Happy New Year

Dose of Reality: Happy New Year

“The science is beyond dispute… Delay is no longer an option. Denial is no longer an acceptable response.” I never thought I’d see the day [...]

by × January 2, 2009 × 4 comments

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Wind Farms: Beauty or the Beast

Wind Farms: Beauty or the Beast

I took this photo of the wind turbines in Palm Springs, CA I’ve heard the two windiest spots on our planet are the Coachella Valley [...]

by × June 3, 2008 × 14 comments

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Daylight Savings Time: Energy Waster

Daylight Savings Time: Energy Waster

Guest post by Brian Clark Howard, editor at The Daily Green Cartoon from “K City” by Bruno Pieroni Growing up in Central Indiana, daylight savings [...]

by × March 8, 2008 × 10 comments

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Nature Kids, Hot Water Woes, and Pellet Stoves

Nature Kids, Hot Water Woes, and Pellet Stoves

I want my child to connect with nature, but how can a suburban park be designed to both protect visitors from Lyme disease–carrying ticks and [...]

by × February 1, 2008 × 7 comments

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Eco Chick FINALLY Run on Renewable Energy!

Eco Chick FINALLY Run on Renewable Energy!

Since I run Eco Chick from my home office, and since up until last month renewable energy was NOT available from my electricity provider, this [...]

by × December 10, 2007 × 4 comments

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Rally for a Strong, Clean 2007 Energy Bill!

Rally for a Strong, Clean 2007 Energy Bill!

By Guest-Blogger Lorna Li This fall auto industry workers, environmental organizations and student groups rally hard for Congress to pass a 2007 Energy Bill that [...]

by × November 11, 2007 × 1 comment

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Green for All

Green for All

I’ve been reading quite a bit lately about Van Jones and his Oakland-based campaign, Green For All, and I’ve got to say, I’m intrigued. Premised [...]

by × October 18, 2007 × 5 comments

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How to Light Up Africa?

How to Light Up Africa?

In this image from the Smithsonian, you can see the lights of Europe at night, whereas most of Africa is dark. As an inveterate night [...]

by × September 4, 2007 × 5 comments

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Call Your Representatives About Renewable Energy!

Call Your Representatives About Renewable Energy!

Ok, normally I try not to post too much of this kind of stuff, but I can’t urge you all enough to contact your representatives [...]

by × July 30, 2007 × 1 comment

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Affordable housing development recently completed with solar power offset.

Affordable housing development recently completed with solar power offset.

I hope we see more stories such as this one in the news! A housing company in California (of course!), Satellite Housing, has just completed [...]

by × June 1, 2007 × 1 comment