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Clean energy progress hidden behind well-publicized failures
… like the Obama administration just got it wrong in attempting to promote clean energy: be it solar, wind, fuel-efficient car makers or other clean-tech businesses. Yet, two well-publicized … Grunwald tells the rest of the story — a story that is seldom enunciated — such as the solar industry’s tenfold growth since 2008, despite Solyndra’s failings. The loan program …
Seattle University to monitor 'world's greenest commercial building'
… who was primary coordinator of the first Earth Day in 1970 and directed the federal Solar Energy Research Institute during the administration of President Jimmy Carter. Launched in …
Recent oil spills reinforce Keystone pipeline as a crude option
… it at all. Leave that [four-letter word] in the ground and plant some wind turbines and solar panels over it.” May Boeve, a clean energy supporter and executive director of 350.org, said on MSNBC the same day, “You never hear about a solar spill. When you hear about a solar spill, we call it a beautiful day.” The final comment comes from a man who died 2,000 years …
United Nations creates World Water Day to address water crisis
… water and energy. They recommend replacing them with other forms of renewable energy, such as solar power and wind energy. Cawley's newsletter also provides a Freshwater 101 quiz to help us …
Pope Benedict’s politics defied ideological categories
… Vatican became one of the first carbon-neutral states in the world as the Holy See installed solar panels on various buildings within the small territory it holds on the bank of the Tiber. …
Presbyterian-run Catholic Worker house does things backward -- like Jesus
… housed in open coops between the two buildings; with 60 percent of electricity provided by solar panels; with a substantial portion of the food served grown in the backyard. Nick Pickrell, …
Environmental activists to rally to move forward on the climate
… his State of the Union speech on Tuesday. Although Obama vowed to work on behalf of wind and solar clean energy sources, he continues to support oil drilling and fracking as well, a real …
Going on a 'carbon fast' for Lent
… hear his willingness to take action even if Congress does not budge. His emphasis on wind and solar power was welcome. But I was disappointed he did not mention carbon or fossil fuels as the …
Benedict brought 'a theology of the earth' to the environmental movement
… projects during his pontificate. In September 2008, the Vatican began installation of 2,400 solar panels on the roof of the Paul VI auditorium. A year later, the city-state announced plans for building Europe's largest solar power plant, estimated to cost $660 million. In 2010, the Vatican newspaper declared Vatican City as the world's greenest state , producing 200 watts of solar energy per inhabitant. No doubt that its minute population (900) and small geographic …
Vatican newspaper: World will end, but not because of Mayan calendar
… -- because the sun's next dying phase as a hot, dense "white dwarf" will make the whole solar system uninhabitable, Benvenuti said. More immediate world-ending disasters could be …