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Archive for February, 2009

Drilling Down: What Projects Made 2008 Such a Banner Year for Wind Power?

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

A little less than three months into the year, the dust is still settling on the largest batch of new wind power construction the U.S. has ever seen. In 2008, the U.S. wind industry activated over 8,300 MW of ...

Renewable Energy World Call for Papers

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

The Advisory Committee of Renewable Energy World Asia – the leading power generation conference & exhibition in Asia – is now accepting paper abstracts for the POWER-GEN Asia and Renewable Energy World Asia 2009 Conference.

Tinted Windows Could Help Save Air Conditioning Costs

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Stuff | Comments Off

A new product may soon emerge from the race to create better materials for green building. Sage Electrochromics, based in Faribault, Minnesota, recently raised $20 million from investors to continue its development of tinted windows, which ...

National Award for Smart Growth Achievement: Now Accepting Entries

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in Community, Green News | Comments Off

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced the call for entries for its eighth annual National Award for Smart Growth Achievement. The contest recognizes both public- and private-sector applicants who have used principles of smart growth ...

What Does Beauty Have to Do With Sustainability

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Sustainable Development | Comments Off

Today on the Streetsblog Network, we step back and take a look at a philosophical question, courtesy of Kaid Benfield at NRDC Switchboard.Can we make beauty a criterion for preservation? Photo by Sarah Goodyear. As we ...

Nasa to Launch Earth’s First Carbon Dioxide Tracking Satellite

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in Emerging Technologies, Green News | Comments Off

UPDATE: Launch Mishap Ends OCO Mission View Mishap Press Conference here. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory will map where greenhouse gas is concentrated around the world. An artist's impression of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory Photograph: Nasa By Alok ...

Solar Panel Prices to Fall by up to 40 Per Cent by Year End

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments Off

The long-awaited drop in prices for solar photovoltaics (PV) appears to be close at hand. Soaring demand for PV and high prices for silicon have kept PV prices up for the past several years, but ...

Aussie Firefighters Connect the Dots

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in Climate Change, Green News | Comments Off

Why can’t Americans? Blame the press. The recent series of bushfires in Australia are being called the continent’s worst natural disaster in over 100 years. The death toll is expected to rise above ...

U.S. Congress Begins Talks On Energy Bill

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments Off

Just days after U.S. President Barack Obama delivered a gift to the renewable energy industry - a multi-billion-dollar stimulus package - leaders in both Congress and the Administration discussed plans Monday for an energy bill that ...