State of the Earth from National Geographic
21 Aug 2008
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Archive for August, 2008
Mayor Proposes Energy Initiative That Could Drastically Change Skyline of New York
20 Aug 2008
Mayor Bloomberg is proposing a “green” plan that has the potential to drastically change the New York City skyline and shores. It is part of his effort to make New York the most energy efficient city in the nation.
The mayor’s “windmill power plan” is the boldest environmental proposal yet from the billionaire independent who has [...]
Carbon-Neutral
15 Aug 2008
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The New Oxford American Dictionary’s word of the year for 2006 was carbon-neutral–counteracting the release of carbon dioxide–which gives you some sense of the fad that is carbon offsets. With the success of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, there is a rising wave of guilt about the carbon dioxide that we each produce [...]
The Answer to the Energy Problem
07 Aug 2008
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Distributed Power!
When it comes to energy independence, something is excellent in the state of Denmark.
Before John McCain and Barack Obama say another word about America’s energy future, maybe they should go to Denmark.
Denmark has done what other countries only dream of doing: achieved energy independence. While Europe’s overall energy imports rose 2.4% in [...]