NewsRack: flenvcenter/Energy_Independent

"We Were Wrong" - Coal Burning For Electricity Is A Poor Indicator Of Motive For Opposing Cap & Trade - TreeHugger

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

"We Were Wrong" - Coal Burning For Electricity Is A Poor Indicator Of Motive For Opposing Cap & Trade

Scientists say they've found the most efficient way yet to turn carbon dioxide back into fuel - TreeHugger

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Scientists say they've found the most efficient way yet to turn carbon dioxide back into fuel

Three Simple Checkpoints on the Road to a Clean Energy Future - Small Business | GreenBiz.com

Kelly Vaughn — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

In the midst of a gold rush of clean technologies, some observers believe we're still years from making a dent in the national carbon footprint. But these three shovel-ready technologies show a low-carbon future is already within sight.

Renewable energy effort needs wind to get momentum rolling again - Science / Technology News

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Early last year, wind energy appeared poised for new heights, buoyed by a new administration, a push to cut greenhouse gases and dependence on foreign oil, and a Congress with comfortable Democratic majorities.

Write on - Green Left Weekly issue #780

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

‘Clean coal’ will never be feasible, say scientists - Green Left Weekly issue #780

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

When a respected scientific journal carries a peer-reviewed article branding the key technology behind “clean coal” as “profoundly non-feasible”, you’d think governments and coal corporations would react in some fashion.

James Hansen and climate solutions - Green Left Weekly issue #780

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

James Hansen, director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, admits he’d prefer to spend his time out of the public eye, building on the decades of scientific research that has won him a reputation as the world’s top climate scientist.

Cuba’s green revolution — achieving sustainability - Green Left Weekly issue #780

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Cuba's successful models of sustainable development — in areas of food, housing and health — are now being widely replicated throughout Latin America.

Azeem Ibrahim: The Tumor At The Heart Of Our Afghan Campaign - Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

Azeem Ibrahim — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

If we are to avoid the kind of victory that is a disservice to those who fought for it, we must rein in the excesses of Afghanistan's increasingly undemocratic President.

Crowdsourcing the Most Energy-Efficient Life - TreeHugger

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Crowdsourcing the Most Energy-Efficient Life

Eco-Dentists Aim to Clean and Green - GreenBiz.com

GreenBiz Staff — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

With 500 members in 42 states and 11 countries, the Eco-Dentistry Association has launched a certification program for green dental practices and named its two inaugural recipients.

Peter Bosshard: China's Green Leap Forward - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Peter Bosshard — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Improving its energy intensity by one fifth would be a proud achievement for any country. Yet in China, such gains are not sufficient to outpace growing demand.

Three Simple Checkpoints on the Road to a Clean Energy Future - Business Operations | GreenBiz.com

Kelly Vaughn — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Hydrocarbon development threatens the Amazon - Alternative Energy and Fuel News - ENN

dotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdot — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Hydrocarbon development threatens the Amazon

Good News: EU Is On Track To Meet Its Renewable Goals - TreeHugger

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Good News: EU Is On Track To Meet Its Renewable Goals

Jonathan Kim: Petition to Kill California's Anti-Pollution Legislation Is Off to a Rocky, Slimy Start - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Jonathan Kim — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

With only a month to get almost 434,000 signatures, the anti-AB 32 petition drive is off to a rocky start. But one thing that's for sure is that you should never, ever count the Republicans out.

Rob Perks: Mountaintop Removal Redux: Bobby vs. Blankenship II - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Rob Perks — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

In a reprise of the debate between NRDC's Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Massey Coal CEO Don Blankenship over mountaintop removal coal mining, the Washington newspaper The Hill published dueling pieces by both adversaries in today's edition.

Ontario Power Authority Will Pay Citizens to Generate Green Energy - ENS

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Ontario Power Authority Will Pay Citizens to Generate Green Energy

On March 15, Take Action to Stop Dumping Mine Waste Into Our Water - AlterNet

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

This post was co-written by Mary Anne Hitt, deputy director of the Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign. There is nothing clean about destroying homes and communities to get coal out of the ground. Mountaintop removal coal mining is a dirty secret in our nation’s energy supply. More than 470 mountains in Appalachia have been destroyed by [...] ...

The People's Nuclear Posture Review - Truthout.com

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Who decides our national and nuclear policy? (a) REQUIREMENT FOR COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW. "In order to clarify United States nuclear deterrence policy and strategy for the near term, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct a comprehensive review of the nuclear policy of the United States for the next 5 to 10 years." So says Section 1070 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2008. This clarification of our policy is to be prepared primarily by the Defense Department, in spite of its vested interest in the outcome. read ...

Is Creating Green Jobs a "Sensible Aspiration" for Governments? - TreeHugger

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Is Creating Green Jobs a "Sensible Aspiration" for Governments?

Eco-Dentists Aim to Clean and Green - Resource Efficiency | GreenBiz.com

GreenBiz Staff — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

With 500 members in 42 states and 11 countries, the Eco-Dentistry Association has launched a certification program for green dental practices and named its two inaugural recipients.

Three Simple Checkpoints on the Road to a Clean Energy Future - Energy & Climate | Greenbiz.com

Kelly Vaughn — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Allan Clear: US drug policy at the UN. Is the glass becoming more than half full? - Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

Allan Clear — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Here's the good news: From what I'm seeing here on the ground here at the 53rd annual UN global drug policy meeting in Vienna, the...

Time-Lapse Shows Mountaintop Mining Depleting Forests Over 25-Year Period (VIDEO) - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Gazelle Emami — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A series of satellite views of a Boone County, West Virginia coal mine in the Appalachian Mountains, taken from 1984 to 2009, offer scientists much-needed...