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Since I’m on a renewable energy in Europe kick this week, thought I’d share one more piece of good news. The largest offshore wind farm in the world was launched in the UK last week. This $1.2 billion wind farm, called the Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, consists of 100 V90 wind turbines from Danish wind energy [...]
Yes, more European countries are showing that they are very serious about addressing climate change, while the U.S. does,.. well,.. not much. It was just the other I wrote about Northern Ireland and Scotland‘s big renewable energy targets. I’ve got more good news out of Europe. Germany’s 2050 Renewable Energy Target — 60% Germany, has [...]
According to a new field poll in California, support for legalizing marijuana for adult use continues to grow. Now half of likely voters in the state favor proposition 19, the measure that would regulate, tax and legalize cannabis. There is also much speculation that the pot ballot initiative will motivate many more young people to [...]
You know the bad news already: water wars are heating up globally, fresh water sources are being polluted, tons of water are wasted daily, and in various regions of the United States municipalities, industry, and agricultural sectors compete for reduced water resources. The good news is that we don’t have to find new water sources [...]
This is an interesting project. A project in Portland, Oregon – Eco Flats — will rely on its occupants to keep it at net zero (meaning, zero electricity use from the grid). The 20,000-square-foot mixed-use development (that’s a mouthful, eh?) “will use a common hydronic heating system and 3,000 square feet of photovoltaic and thermal collector panels [...]
