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Green energy in Kentucky has problems
I have been playing with wind turbines and solar panels for around a year now. I have a 1,500-watt wind turbine and 12-100 watt solar panels hooked up to a large battery bank. Here are the problems with green energy. The wind turbines are basically dead...Tags: Wind Power, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Kentucky Legislature, Energy, Renewable Energy
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Allan Powell: Climate change is an enormous challenge
“The Third Industrial Revolution” has a much-needed educative value in equipping us to survive in a world of climate change. This book is a “must read” for those wanting to understand climate change, climate maintenance and their...Tags: Ecosystems, United Nations, Wind Power, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology
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Turbine blade plummets in Ocotillo
Staff WriterOCOTILLO — A massive blade from one of the 112 wind turbines recently installed was found near a tower base Thursday, after plummeting onto the ground overnight, triggering safety concerns among officials and some residents. No injuries were...Tags: Archaeology, Labor Legislation, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Arts and Culture, Wind Power
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A powerful use for spoiled food
What happens to the 40% of food produced but never eaten in the U.S. each year, the mounds of perfect fruit passed over by grocery store shoppers, the tons of meat and milk left to expire? At Ralphs, one of the oldest and largest supermarket chains on...
Tags: Whole Foods Market, Walmart, Energy, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology
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MetroTek moving ahead with solar systems in Northampton Area School District
Free of the last legal stumbling block, a Kunkletown company plans to move forward with building two controversial solar-power arrays for Northampton Area School District, the company's president said. MetroTek Electrical Services said it hopes to soon...Tags: Services and Shopping, Environmental Issues, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Electrical Services
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State's renewable energy fund lacks power to fulfill purpose
Five years ago, Illinois passed legislation requiring electric suppliers to buy more renewable energy such as wind and solar power and then pass those costs on to customers. The intent of the mandate was to have so-called green electricity accounting for...
Tags: Nuclear Power, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Credit and Debt, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois)
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It may be green, but it's probably not local
Illinois law requires that, if possible, renewable energy should come from Illinois or surrounding states. However, unless a municipality or business explicitly has stated it wants local renewable power, the power it receives is probably from outside...Tags: Illinois Governor, Employment Opportunities, Alternative Energy, McCormick Place, Pat Quinn
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Companies won't face charges in condor deaths
Federal wildlife officials took the unprecedented step Friday of telling private companies that they will not be prosecuted for inadvertently harassing or even killing endangered California condors. In a decision swiftly condemned by conservationists...
Tags: Tejon Ranch Corporation, Wind Power, Environmental Issues, Wildlife, Endangered Species
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Sunflower Elementary students use brain, solar power to generate boats
Staff WriterBRAWLEY – After six weeks of hard work and critical thinking, a group of sixth graders at Sunflower Elementary School were ready to test their solar-powered boats at the Lions Center pool here Friday morning. The boats, which were made of...Tags: Robert J. Lopez, Environmental Issues, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy
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Similar records, but L.A. mayoral candidates inhabit different worlds
He owns a sleek home in the hills of Echo Park that was renovated with recycled materials, is powered partly by solar panels and was once featured in a top design magazine. She lives in a ranch-style house at the end of a Studio City cul-de-sac, with...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, High Schools, Colleges and Universities, Schools, Radio
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Gardens grow vegetables, community effort
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Unity Gardens grows more than just vegetables, according to executive director Sara Stewart. It's growing more community, education and opportunity with each passing season, she said. The Unity Gardens grand opening for this season --...Tags: Healthy Diet, Whole Foods Market, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Government, Alternative Energy
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PUC forces NorthWestern to buy electricity from Clark wind farm
For the first time in South Dakota a small wind farm has succeeded in using a federal law to force a utility company to agree to buy electricity from the wind farm’s turbines. The state Public Utilities Commission made its final rounds of...Tags: Wind Power, Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy
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