Tag: renewable
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August 04, 2006 12:11 PM EDT --
In the popular movie, Forrest Gump, the title character tells everyone he meets, "Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're going to get."
Well, it seems chocolate is . . . more
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July 12, 2008 09:40 AM EDT --
Here on Gather, and throughout the wider society, we have recently embarked on a spirited debate regarding possible solutions to our current state of oil addiction in a situation of rising prices. On . . . more
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August 17, 2008 12:21 PM EDT --
From CNN.com:
LOWVILLE, New York (AP) -- John Yancey leans against his truck in a field outside his home, his face contorted in anger and pain.
John Yancey doesn't like the Maple Ridge . . . more
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February 15, 2006 02:10 PM EST --
What is "sustainability?" It boils down to this: don't eat your seed corn.
A time-tested concept, sustainability highlights the need to build replenishing systems that can supply the present . . . more
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October 31, 2007 09:34 AM EDT --
Over a year ago Congress told the Energy Department to harden the nation’s nuclear bomb factories and laboratories against terrorist raids, yet 5 of the 11 sites expect to miss their . . . more
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November 13, 2007 01:09 AM EST --
OK, y'all. I just saw a WalMart ad that touts their "green-ness" and exhorts us all to try putting just one compact flourescent bulb in each house. As commendable as this is, . . . more
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July 12, 2008 07:53 PM EDT --
Everyone who is yelling hysterically that we need to start drilling for more oil offshore and in ANWR needs to just back up a step and take a deep breath.... and then THINK.
Stop and consider. First, . . . more
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July 18, 2008 07:00 PM EDT --
Al Gore, you remember him, right? Former politician, winner of Nobel Prize, winner of Oscar, eventually convinced everybody that he was serious about NOT running for president in 2008 because climate . . . more
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May 20, 2006 08:28 AM EDT --
After 13 years of construction and the displacement more than a million people, China pours the final concrete on enormous Three Gorges Dam across the Yangtze River:
The Three Gorges Project, with 25,000 . . . more
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September 04, 2008 11:18 AM EDT --
In a search for alternative energy has lead many people to wind power. Wind turbines are situated in lands around farms making a rhythmic swoosh, swoosh noise that some are already tired of. The long propellers . . . more
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October 11, 2008 12:34 PM EDT --
That is my somewhat inexpert opinion as I confront the Wall Street meltdown and the sagging gas prices. I regard the current situation as a barrier to our efforts to leave oil behind and take a . . . more
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May 23, 2007 02:48 AM EDT --
Don't believe what you hear from the media and car companies! They claim that ethanol is soooo much better than gas and our first non fossil renewable fuel source for use in motor vehicles that . . . more
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August 06, 2007 07:17 PM EDT --
August 6, 2007
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS: The Illinois General Assembly has approved the Rate Relief and Reform Package, which will include a Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) and an Energy Efficiency . . . more
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September 19, 2008 04:56 PM EDT --
This morning's Detroit Free Press had an article about the sharp increase in electricity bills that Michigan homeowners will be paying thanks to new legislation. I understand the reason behind the . . . more
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March 21, 2008 02:49 PM EDT --
While looking into exchanging my rewards points on a credit card, I came across two unusual options that claim to support clean energy and offset your ecological footprint.
Family . . . more
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May 30, 2008 08:59 PM EDT --
That's the question that came to me as I read an article this morning in my local newspaper. Dominion Power here in Virginia is proposing to allow consumers to opt into a program to receive their . . . more
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April 18, 2008 10:37 AM EDT --
Many people this spring will be shopping for a water fountain for their garden or backyard. They will be confronted with a choice between a standard water fountain of the old days and the newer more environmentally . . . more
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November 28, 2007 11:18 AM EST --
NEW YORK, Nov 26 (OneWorld) - The Bush administration is pushing for plans to reuse spent nuclear fuel in power reactors across the United States, but key senators and nuclear analysts have raised economic . . . more
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October 09, 2008 09:56 AM EDT --
My "Ideal" president is one who can see that America should be a leader again. They should be someone who can motivate and lead people to accomplish great things. He does . . . more
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October 11, 2007 10:24 AM EDT --
We talk about getting our troops out of the Middle East, and in recent discussions a thread has come up regarding the sacrifices Americans made to help the war effort of our last LEGALLY DECLARED war, . . . more
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