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Susanna, PF Web Maven How many energy experts does it take to unscrew a light bulb?

Slate writer Daniel Gross is a pretty lucky guy. He’s using the wisdom of the crowd to help him reduce this energy use in his home. It’s part of a larger project by Slate called The Hive, which is using the collective wisdom of their readers to come up with solutions to everyday problems.


Last night, Slate hosted a meeting of energy experts, journalist, bloggers, business… Continue

Added by Susanna, PF Web Maven on March 11, 2010 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

Cliff Travis The Story of Cap & Trade

Annie Leonard, the host of "The Story of Stuff" just completed a video to educate people in a VERY ENTERTAINING WAY about Cap & Trade, and the possibilities therein. It's a really fast paced, educational video that I think everyone would really enjoy and learn from...

http://storyofstuff.com/ ; (then hit "The Story of Cap & Trade" image)

The Story of Stuff: Gets into the lifecycle issues of products in a very entertaining and… Continue

Added by Cliff Travis on March 11, 2010 at 1:45am — No Comments

Kate Zaidan Clean Air Council's innovative anti-idling project, IdleFreePhilly.org

In an effort to reduce the harmful emissions and wasted fuel from idling trucks and buses, Clean Air Council has developed an innovative new tool – IdleFreePhilly - that allows Philadelphians to report when and where they witness illegal idling. By logging on to www.idlefreephilly.org or calling a toll-free number – 1-877-853-1552, residents will be able to help the City of Philadelphia and community leaders take action to target

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Added by Kate Zaidan on March 10, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Global Opinion Wall Street Journal: "Spoils will go to those who exploit the uncertainty the best."

Cross-posted from the Wall Street Journal

ECO:nomics: Creating Environmental Capital

By JEFFREY BALL


One thing is certain in the race for a cleaner energy system: Nothing is going to be certain for quite a long time.

Energy Secretary Steven Chu explains to WSJ's Robert Thomson why it takes so long to approve loans and take other s… Continue

Added by Global Opinion on March 8, 2010 at 5:18pm — No Comments

Susanna, PF Web Maven The Sun Also Sets: A Solution to the Intermittency Problem?

The world’s second largest solar array is being built on the back of the nation’s largest fossil fuel plant in the hopes to find a hybrid solution to the nation’s energy woes.

It's being dubbed the Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center and it's being built in Indiantown, Florida by FBL. The solar array will generate 75 megawatts of power, or a less than 2% of the adjacent plant’s generating capacity. The solar power will help to supplement the energy needed, especially in the sum… Continue

Added by Susanna, PF Web Maven on March 8, 2010 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Warming Poll Climate So Last Year, According to Younger Americans

Cross-posted from e360 digest

Although they have grown up during an era when global warming has emerged as a major issue, Americans between the ages of 18 and 34 are relatively apathetic about the threa… Continue

Added by Warming Poll on March 4, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Susanna, PF Web Maven Sex, Drugs and Climate Change: Global Warming Bumps Rock and Roll off list of Vices

Maryland and 14 other states have resolutions that deny the climate threat and seek to prevent limits on greenhouse gas pollution. In South Dakota yesterday, they passed a resolution “calling for a balanced approach for instruction in public schools relating to global climatic change.”

Brad Johnson of Wonk Room pulled together the resolutions, and finds language that characterizes global w… Continue

Added by Susanna, PF Web Maven on March 3, 2010 at 12:04pm — 11 Comments

Susanna, PF Web Maven Another Clunker: Minnesota's Energy Rebate Website Crashed by Consumers

Minnesota and Iowa launched their “trade in and save” programs today, designed to encourage home owners to trade in their appliance “clunkers” for energy-star models. The program has been so successful both sites have crashed.

The program would spend nearly $5… Continue

Added by Susanna, PF Web Maven on March 1, 2010 at 6:00pm — No Comments

David Raish Solar Incentive

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill into law today that doubles the amount of energy power companies will be required to buy back from customers with solar panels today. That means that customers will be able to sell back up to 5% of the energy they generate, double the old rate of 2.5%.


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Added by David Raish on February 26, 2010 at 4:59pm — 4 Comments

Lauren Martens Dispatches from the "Green" Olympics...or perhaps the "GOLD!" Olympics?


When planning the 2010 Olympic games, the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee (VANOC) committed itself to fulfilling a "triple bottom line" - an effort to ensure that the games are not only economically sound but socially and environmentally responsible too. A tremendous amount of media coverage has been dedicated to critiquing VANOCs success in meeting their stated objective. Sure, the lack of snow is the most obvious (and most documented) hiccup but VA… Continue

Added by Lauren Martens on February 25, 2010 at 11:41pm — No Comments

David Raish Facebook powered by coal? Dislike

With the news that Facebook has recently moved its data processing center to an Oregon office that will receive its energy primarily via coal has come great public outrage (most notably from Greenpeace).

Facebook… Continue

Added by David Raish on February 23, 2010 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

Ron Nyberg Earth berming old homes and new homes save power

I do not know why we all think that we need something new to save our way of life! Our homes and business building waste power in massive amounts and there is no need for it! If we earth berm our older homes and replace windows with double pane ones in old housing we can lower the cost of heat and cooling by. around 40% and if we build new housing in earth berm style we can cut that cost by up to 60% These are not expensive things to do. Remodels like what we are doing now will pay it self ba

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Added by Ron Nyberg on February 23, 2010 at 2:07am — 10 Comments

Lauren Martens Dispatches from the "Green" Olympics...or perhaps the "Pink" Olympics?

Much has been written about the unseasonably warm weather Vancouver has been experiencing. While it has caused much peril and pain for Olympic organizers and athletes alike, the ordinary Olympic fan couldn't ask for anything more. I can attest as a Vancouver native that there is nothing quite as spectacular as the sparkling water and glistening mountains of this city on a sunny day. With temper… Continue

Added by Lauren Martens on February 22, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Susanna, PF Web Maven Wind is a Breeze

Here on Planet Forward the virtues of wind energy have been extolled in a Texas town, the future of wind has been explored with NREL, and you can watch a wind turbine getting built in Rhode Island. We’re infatuated with wind.

A new report just released estimates… Continue

Added by Susanna, PF Web Maven on February 22, 2010 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Susanna, PF Web Maven Ask Food, Inc Director Robert Kenner

Next Wednesday, Feb. 24, director Robert Kenner will be coming to the Planet Forward studios to discuss his controversial film, Food, Inc with our host Frank Sesno. This is your chance to submit questions you would like to hear him answer.

Submit your questions in the comments below!


We need your help! This is your community and your conversation, what questions would like to hear Kenner answer? Leave them in the comments below. Continue

Added by Susanna, PF Web Maven on February 19, 2010 at 6:00pm — 8 Comments

David Raish Solar that may not be so green

A recent article in the Seattle PI states that a proposed solar power plant near Cle Elum in eastern Washington is suffering some significant setbacks.

There is anger from the local community that the plant, the construction of which will require countless acres of trees to be logged, hurts the environment more than it benefits it. The power plant claims it chose its… Continue

Added by David Raish on February 19, 2010 at 4:00pm — 4 Comments

Lauren Martens Without Winter, There Can Be No Winter Games




It has been hard to escape the amount of coverage dedicated in recent weeks to Vancouver’s curious lack of snow. It seems that Vancouver is the first city in history to host the “Spring” Olympics. While Vancouver is known to be among the mildest climates in Canada, the lack of snow on the North Shore Mountains is actually highly unusual. Some media theories have claimed that Vancouver

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Added by Lauren Martens on February 18, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Cliff Travis EPA wants ideas on how to improve!

Now is the time to speak on both energy and environmental issues. Federal and state institutions are listening. On FB the EPA was asking for input on how to improve in a variety of areas, from transparency to participation to collaboration. Energy-Environmental issues are so tightly connected that it is important for us to address both together. Here's your chance to get your ideas heard! I've listed my submitted ideas below as examples.

Open EPA.gov:
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Added by Cliff Travis on February 18, 2010 at 2:56pm — 1 Comment

Cliff Travis Bill Gates on Climate Change & Fast Reactors

It looks like Gates is "all in" so to speak with respect to climate change. He has substantial investments in a new type of nuclear technology (that people on this website have been ranting about for about a year).

In an odd coincidence, the president recently "upped nuclear investment for climate fight."

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Added by Cliff Travis on February 18, 2010 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

Susanna, PF Web Maven Philly Gets Big Bike Bucks

16 miles of bike lanes will be built in the Philadelphia region using federal transportation moneys, totaling a $23 million dollar investment in bike/ped facilities in the region. This is one of the largest grants ever given to a bike/ped project in the US.

For the cyclists among us, this is great news, and it could have an impact on reducing Phila… Continue

Added by Susanna, PF Web Maven on February 18, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

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Russ Bailey commented on Susanna, PF Web Maven's blog post 'The Sun Also Sets: A Solution to the Intermittency Problem?'
The concept requires the gas turbine to be operating at less than optimum when the sun shines - meaning it is operating out of the most efficient range at least 25% of the time. Not a great solution.
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SAMUEL DAVIS, JR commented on Susanna, PF Web Maven's blog post 'How many energy experts does it take to unscrew a light bulb?'
People reduce their energy mainly to cut cost, and to be more energy efficient.
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