Life-Cycle Analysis Shows Renewables Produce Only 5% of the Emissions of Coal

Source: Eco Geek

Renewables such as solar and wind produce far fewer greenhouse-gas emissions than coal, oil or natural gas while in operation. But the meta-analysis looked even deeper, at emissions estimates starting with ...
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The future of homes for rural Alaska

Source: Smart Planet Blog

Home construction has been going on for long enough that it seems like a fairly straightforward process. But designing homes gets a lot more complicated in places like Alaska’s Aleutian Islands where there are ex ...
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Media House a winner from all angles

Source: The Age

FAIRFAX'S Media House has won the 'gold logie' of the property industry, the Australian Development of the Year Award, at the 2012 Property Council of Australia/Rider Levett Bucknall Innovation and Excellence Awa ...
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Obama Silent On Climate Change In Big Iowa Energy Speech

Source: Think Progress

Of course, it would be hard for climate to be a campaign issue if the president doesn’t actually talk about it in public. After all, his challenger Mitt Romney seems unlikely to bring it up, having Etch-a-Sketched his posit ...
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To Drill or Not to Drill

Source: Term Paper Warehouse

Robyn L. Marell HUM/114 May 27, 2012 Esteban Soto To drill or not to drill, that is the question. I am of the opinion that we should not continue to drill but look for alternative methods in which to produce energy. Oil prices for a barr ...
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Dave Johnston mine gets Wyoming reclamation award

Source: Canadian Business Online

GLENROCK, Wyo. (AP) — The state of Wyoming is recognizing the reclamation efforts done at the Dave Johnston coal mine in Converse County. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality says the mine has received the 2012 State of Wyoming Reclamation Awa ...
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Developer drops wind turbine plans

Source: Boston.com

A developer has withdrawn his proposal to build two industrial-size wind turbines on northern Vermont dairy farms near the Canadian border. For more from BostonGlobe.com, sign up or log in below Access the full articles and quality reporting of The ...
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My Turn: Time to reset tensions over renewable energy

Source: Burlington Free Press

Whether we want to admit it or not, renewable energy in Vermont has a predicament. The current administration, renewable energy cheerleaders, and profit-focused developers would love to ignore it, but the fact is large-scale renewable energy develop ...
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Swiss Alps proposed as powerhouse of Europe

Source: Swissinfo

Image Caption: The Zervreilasee near Vals in the Canton of Grisons (Keystone) Snowy mountains, glaciers, streams and torrents tumbling down into the valleys, rivers that irrigate the soil of Europe: the Swiss Alps have always been one of the continent’s ...
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