In another fine example of local government demonstrating leadership skills far beyond that of its federal counterparts, the city of Denver, Colorado is initiating a project to build one of the first muni-owned solar power plants in the US.
Plans are for a facility that will generate enough juice to power more than 1,000 homes. […]
The man, the mystery…Shea Gunther is the fellow who organized this little blogathon that’s going on right now.
Shea has got a new venture set to launch next month that he’s been keeping fairly quiet about. He just did a post on his blog that sheds a bit more light on it though.
OffsetMyLife.com is obviously […]
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s administration launched a new website last week - Green California - to provide resources to state and local government agencies and California businesses looking to ‘pump up‘ their green endeavors. From an announcement at Treehugger…
The site is based on the Governor’s vision of a greener and more energy efficient California. […]
Deep down in the farm fields of Oxfordshire in southeast England, there’s a very cool renewable energy project underway. On land owned by organic farmer Adam Twine, a community owned wind farm is going to be built.
From an article at HippyShopper…
The co-op plans to finance and purchase five 1.3 MW wind turbines through a […]
Here’s a great website that’s been put together by someone living the off-grid dream. Chris Niner took off to a 5 acre parcel of mountain land in southern New Mexico in 1997 with nothing but an Airstream trailer. He’s now built himself an off-the-grid life and he’s shared his adventures at GreenMountainSolar.com.
Chris writes […]
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) has announced the 20 collegiate teams who have been selected to compete in the 2007 edition of the Solar Decathlon.
The Solar Decathlon is an international competition in which student teams compete to design, build, and operate highly energy-efficient and completely solar-powered houses […]
This past week, Mason City, Iowa became the first town in that state to allow windmills anywhere. The City Council unanimously approved the new ordinance in hopes of encouraging the use of wind turbines, regardless of whether they’ll be in commercial, industrial or residential zoned areas.
From an article in USAToday…
A few generations ago, almost […]
Tom’s of Maine, my favorite provider of natural personal care products, has announced that they are now using 100% renewable energy for their manufacturing and fulfillment facility in Sanford, Maine.
Tom’s will be purchasing 1.15 million kWh of renewable energy certificates annually from the Ainsworth Wind Energy Facility in Nebraska to offset the electricity consumed by […]
The Cape Wind Project - a 130 turbine, 420 MW offshore wind farm planned for Nantucket Sound off of Massachusetts - is in danger of not happening yet again. This time it’s because of an amendment that Alaskan Congressional-critter Don Young has introduced to the Coast Guard Reauthorization bill.
The amendment would ban offshore wind […]
Steve from Green-Trust.org recently took delivery of an interesting little device called the Kandle Heeter Candle Holder. It’s billed as an Energy Conservation Device and I’ve got to admit, I think it’s cool.
The Kandle Heeter has a ceramic radiator that sits on a solid steel frame suspended over the candle. The radiator collects and […]
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