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10% of U.S. Energy Now Comes From Renewable Energy Sources

16 October, 2008

photo credit: James Bird According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration renewable energy now accounts for more than 10% of the domestically-produced energy in USA during the first half of 2008. Most of the energy comes from renewable energy sources … Continue reading

ABC Refuses To Run Ad That Attacks Big Oil

10 October, 2008

ABC, the American Broadcasting Company, seems to be bought up by big oil and the coal industry as they refuse to run the Repower America ad from the We Campaign. The ad attacks the dirty coal and oil industry while … Continue reading

Al Gore Fights Big Oil with New TV Ad

18 September, 2008

Al Gore and the We Campaign is fighting big oil and their “drill, drill” message with a new TV ad. The new TV ad will be aired on national cable TV, and if they raise enough money they will also … Continue reading

Nuclear Energy is Expensive, Dangerous, Not Cost-Effective and Will Worsen Climate Change

9 September, 2008

According to a new report released by Amory Lovins and Imran Sheikh nuclear energy is still dangerous, not cost-effective, and too expensive and will even worsen climate change. “A widely heralded view holds that nuclear power is experiencing a dramatic … Continue reading

Record oil prices turn investors to wind power

5 September, 2008

Five French wind farm projects, totalling 77MW capacity came online in February 2008. Project France phase-2 was a €115 million project constructing a total of 42 turbines. This challenge was undertaken as a joint venture by EOLE-RES S.A, a French … Continue reading

2450 Green Tech Jobs Created in Colorado by Danish Wind Company Vestas

4 September, 2008

The sign says “Welcome to colorful Colorado”. Photo: Paraflyer. It seems that as for every day that passes more and more jobs in USA gets outsourced and shipped overseas to countries with cheaper labour. That’s why it must be great … Continue reading

The image shows the sun shining through the clouds on the Sahara desert in Morocco. Photo by: GETA.80.

Solar power from Africa could power all of Europe

7 August, 2008

The French President Nicolas Sarkozy earlier this summer launched, with the support of EU, a new Mediterranean union with the aim to “tackle issues such as regional unrest, immigration to pollution.” The new international body will include 16 non-EU states … Continue reading

Obama’s Energy Plan for America: 10% Renewables by 2012, One Million Plug-ins by 2015 and Efficiency Now

6 August, 2008

The Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama has released his “New Energy for America” plan. If elected some of the things in his plan are 10% renewables by 2012, one million plug-ins by 2015 and energy efficiency now. John McCain’s energy … Continue reading

Offshore drilling is not the answer to high gas prices

5 August, 2008

There have been a lot of discussions about the high gas prices in USA the past months and what exactly should be done to curb this trend. Some politicians, like McCain, Bush, and Gingrich, are taking advantage of the situation … Continue reading

USA is Now the World’s Largest Generator of Wind Energy

25 July, 2008

The statistics are in for the first half of 2008 and they show that USA, for the first time, generated more wind energy than Germany. This “milestone” wasn’t expected to be reached until late 2009. Germany still has more wind … Continue reading

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