Articles tagged “Clean Energy”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Reality Check: 101 Ways to Travel Without a Gas-Powered Car By Jeff Kart IN Travel & Outdoors Apr 21 2011 Quirky Boaz Frankel found 101 ways to travel across America without a car that runs on gas. And he's turned it into a reality show. + READ MORE

What are the Top 5 Eco Careers? By Jeff Kart IN Travel & Outdoors Mar 10 2011 Ecotourism and four other green careers that are growing. + READ MORE

Hit the Ski Slopes -- On An Urban Rooftop By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Feb 25 2011 Would you go go skiing off a rooftop if you could? How about in the middle of a major city? + READ MORE

NYC to Require Biodiesel Heat, and 3 Other Ways the Big Apple is Going Green By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Oct 12 2010 Starting next October, all heating oil sold in New York City will have to be at least two percent biodiesel. + READ MORE

Ed Begley Jr. on Wind Power, Gas Grill Cooking, and More By Blythe Copeland IN Home & Garden Oct 8 2010 Living with Ed follows Ed Begley, Jr., and his wife, Rachelle, as they green their home, family, and celebrity friends. But if you've ever wondered what kind of advice they'd give the rest of us, then the Ask Ed forum is your chance to find out. + READ MORE

England Town Flushes Toilets, Heats Homes By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Oct 5 2010 It takes just over three weeks: flush a toilet in Didcot, England and 23 days later, it has produced biomethane that heats about 200 homes -- through the national gas grid. + READ MORE

Distributed Energy Generation: A Global Solution By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Sep 7 2010 With locally-sourced, renewable energy, homes in remote and poor areas of the world could be powered sooner than current projections. + READ MORE

The Adventures of Greening Your Carpet and Building Factories From Recycled Parts: An Interview with Patrick Riley By Leah Lamb IN Home & Garden Aug 13 2010 Hero of the environment, Ray Anderson, is saving the planet one carpet at a time with his company InterfaceFLOR. We talked to Patrick Riley, Vice President - China at InterfaceFLOR Asia Pacific, about the role of sustainable design in flooring (and in the world at large). + READ MORE

Ed Begley Jr. Answers Questions about Reliable Wind Power, Solar Cooking, and More By Blythe Copeland IN Work & Connect Jul 23 2010 Living with Ed follows Ed Begley, Jr., and his wife, Rachelle, as they green their home, family, and celebrity friends. But if you've ever wondered what kind of advice they'd give the rest of us, then the Ask Ed forum is your chance to find out. + READ MORE

Pellet Furnaces Are Hot! By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Jul 21 2010 Pellet furnaces, like pellet stoves, are hot! But are they green? It appears to depend on where you live and how hands-on you are. + READ MORE

Nevada Nuclear Test Site Goes Solar By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Jul 8 2010 25 square miles of an area in Nevada once used for nuclear testing will now be dedicated to solar technology research. + READ MORE

Affordable Solar Lamp Four Times Brighter Than Kerosene Wins Ashden Award By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Jul 2 2010 The Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy have just announced the 2010 winners. Let the sustainable revolution begin. + READ MORE

Football for Hope, Clean Energy for Africa By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Jun 29 2010 Not only is a solar power company sitting alongside McDonald's and Coca Cola as a sponsor of the World Cup, it is also joining in the mission to use football for social change beyond the month of July and in more countries than South Africa. + READ MORE

How Farmers Can Slash Costs and Stop Using Propane By Rachel Cernansky IN Home & Garden Jun 24 2010 Corn kernels and rainwater barrels are saving farmers at the University of Missouri thousands of dollars in heating costs. Find out how. + READ MORE

Government Lends a Hand for Clean Rural Energy By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Jun 9 2010 There are at least two federal grant programs right now that could give a much-needed green boost to farm operations, as well as to rural areas in general. + READ MORE

How to Go Green: Alternative Energy By Blythe Copeland IN Tech & Transport Jun 1 2010 Using alternative energy to heat, cool, and provide electricity to your home may seem complex, but our How to Go Green Guide has all the information you need to get started. + READ MORE

Marin County Goes Renewable By Establishing Its Own Energy Authority By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport May 26 2010 Marin Clean Energy, an alternative to California's major utility company, is responsible for sourcing and purchasing the power while PG&E continues to deliver it. The MCE site boasts that the program "supplies nearly twice the renewable energy content that [Marin residents] currently receive - at the same rates [they] currently pay." + READ MORE

Community Solar Gardens to Brownfield Restoration: Five Exciting Trends in Solar Power Around the World By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport May 9 2010 With the effects of the Gulf oil spill looking worse by the day, the need for environmental catastrophe-free clean energy solutions is looking increasingly clear. + READ MORE

Why Did Google Spend $38 Million on Two Wind Farms in North Dakota? By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport May 6 2010 Google's recent $38 million investment in two North Dakota wind farms seems to be part of a larger plan to become an energy trader -- not for the sake of being in the business itself, but as a path to reliably increasing its use of renewable energy. + READ MORE

Electric Car Advocates Use Oil Spill As (Another) Reason to Call for A New Direction for U.S. Transportation By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect May 3 2010 With oil prices expected to exceed $100 per barrel and millions of dollars of catastrophic damage occurring to U.S. coasts, wildlife, and coastal economies, all due to the 2010 Gulf Coast Oil Spill, it is time for a new direction for transportation in America. + READ MORE