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There Is Hope For Energy Efficiency!
By Ralph Cavanagh November 26th, 2013 Switchboard NRDC Blog In the global competition for appealing clean energy solutions, a leading entry is the new West Village at the University of California at Davis (UC Davis), which today celebrated significant progress toward its goal of becoming the largest planned “zero-net energy” community in the United States.…
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The Sun Shines In Vermont!
U.S. Solar Power Testing Site to Be Built in Vt. Representatives from Sandia, IBM, and the U.S. Department of Energy joined Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, second from left, and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, right, to launch the regional center to help test solar technology on Monday, Nov. 4, 2013 in Williston, Vt. Officials announced the…
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Green Energy In Rutland
GMP Opens Energy Innovation Center In Rutland VPR November 20, 2013 By Nina Keck GMP’s new Energy Innovation Center in Rutland was created out of what had been two blighted downtown properties. Green Mountain Power’s new $2.75 million Energy Innovation Center opens today in Rutland. The facility was created out of what had been two blighted…
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Biomass Thermal: The Logs That Break the Forest’s Back
Biomass Thermal: The Logs That Break the Forest’s Back A sector of the biomass incineration industry claims to be turning over a new “green” leaf by building smaller, slightly more energy-efficient facilities focused on heating rather than electricity. Meanwhile, behind the smokescreen, biomass thermal advocates are supporting much of the same forest-raiding, climate-busting, and lung-searing…
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Push for Ethanol Production Carries Costs to Land
– by Dina Cappiello and Matt Apuzzo, November 12, 2013, Source: AP The hills of southern Iowa bear the scars of America’s push for green energy: The brown gashes where rain has washed away the soil. The polluted streams that dump fertilizer into the water supply. Even the cemetery that disappeared like an apparition into a cornfield.…
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Bills Show Rate Changes from Biomass Incinerator
– by Christopher Curry, October 30, 2013, Source: The Gainesville Sun The October bills for electric customers of Gainesville Regional Utilities show the first of two rate increases scheduled for this budget year with the biomass plant coming online. Bills sent out this month to residential customers show higher rates than in August and September. Still, they…
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250 Scientists Concerned about Post-fire Logging
250 Scientists Concerned about Post-fire Logging November 4, 2013, Source: Yuba.net In an open letter to the U.S. Congress, 250 scientists request that Congress show restraint in speeding up logging in the wake of this year’s wildfires, most notably the Rim fire in the Stanislaus National Forest and Yosemite National Park. The scientists raised concerns that currently…
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$10 Million Taxpayer Money to Convert Beetle-Killed Trees to Biofuel
$10 Million Taxpayer Money to Convert Beetle-Killed Trees to Biofuel – by Ashley Sanchez, November 6, 2013, Source: ABC Fox Montana The University of Montana is awarded part of a $10 million grant to find ways to turn beetle-killed trees into biofuel. Pine beetle infestations have impacted more than 42 million acres of U.S. forests for more…
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Wood – An Imperfect Biomass
Wood – An Imperfect Biomass – by Jack Dini, November 12, 2013, Source: Canada Free Press The largest, so-called renewable fuel used in Europe is not solar power or wind power, but wood. As The Economist reports, “In its various forms, from sticks to pellets to sawdust, wood (or to use its fashionable name, biomass) accounts for about…
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EPA Bans Most Wood-Burning Stoves
EPA Bans Most Wood-Burning Stoves – by Tara Dodrill, October 2, 2013, Source: Off the Grid News Wood-burning stoves offer warmth and enhance off-grid living options during cold weather months, but the tried-and-true heating devices now are under attack by the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA has banned the production and sale of the types of stoves…
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