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Los Angeles Owns the Largest Wind Farm in the Country
By CarbonPign/a 02/12/2010 - 21:53 |
 
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Many people don't equate Los Angeles with being green, but, in fact, it's one of the most sustainable cities in the world. The Los Angeles District of Water and Power (Municipal Utility) derives a significant portion of the city's energy needs from the Pine Tree Wind Project. The... Read More >> |
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A Biased, but Interesting, Energy IQ Test
By Matt Oden
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I'm not supporting the group (energytomorrow.org) that puts this IQ test out, but it's good to know what the oil and gas industry is up to. Testing your knowledge on something is a clever way to disguise your intentions; very clever. ... Read More >> |
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My New Favorite Car - 500HP V8 plug in electric hybrid that gets 78MPG - thank you Porsche
By Matt Oden
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I have a new favorite thing for getting around. It's called a Porsche 918 Spyder and it was recently unveiled as a concept by Volkswagon at the Geneva Auto Show. I'll just list the stats. I think you'll get the picture:
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Getting Sued for Going Green
By Matt Oden
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In an absolutely absurd turn of events a couple in Orange is getting sued because their newly landscaped yard doesn't meet the standards set forth by the city that at least 40% of your yard has to have growing plants. The family had landscaped with drought-tolerant plants, bark, and some fencing to conserve water. I guess saving water isn't important to... Read More >> |
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Taking the Spring out of Your Step and Making it into Electricity!
By Matt Oden
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There's a new company named Pavagen Systems that is producing a new material that you walk on. Sounds pretty normal right? Here's the catch: With each step you are generating renewable energy. Some of the energy is used to power a light on the tile (aka "slab"), but some of it can... Read More >> |
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Solar Powered Stadiums could be the Future of the Sports Arena
By Matt Oden
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The brand new Sunshine Coliseum in Taiwan is setting a new bar for solar integration in sports stadiums. You can see in the photo that the entire periphery is adorned with solar panels. It will provide enough energy to power more than 3,000 stadium lights and 2 giant megatrons. Furthermore, when the stadium... Read More >> |
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Obama Launches New Climate Change Agency with NOAA
By Matt Oden
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The U.S. government, under the leadership of Barack Obama, announced that there will be a new agency dedicated to solving the climate crisis. The new website, www.climate.gov is the first step in establishing the new agency, which will be overseen by NOAA. The website will aggregate data sets from the following sources: ...Read More >> |
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VIDEO: CarbonPig Writer Matt Oden Tries Out to be on CBS Survivor Show
By Matt Oden
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That's it - wish me luck and we can bring the environmental messages to the mainstream! Read More >> |
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VIDEO: Acid Test; The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification (NRDC)
By Matt Oden
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The Blob Fish is Going Extinct!
By Matt Oden
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The blob fish might not be the poster child of the environmental movement, but it's good to keep in touch with one of our most critical issues; extinction. It is found off the coast of Australia and New Zealand and it's going extinct because commercial ships are overfishing the deep channels. This... Read More >> |
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How to modify your home to literally produce tons of produce and hundreds of pounds of honey
By Matt Oden
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They call it "The Original Modern Urban Homestead" and it lives up to it's name. They are "pioneering a journey towards self sufficiency, one step at a time" and they are right on track. The Urban Homestead was founded by the Dervaes family in the mid-1980s in Pasadena, California to try and create a self-... Read More >> |
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The Bloom Box May Power the Future
By Matt Oden
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Size DOESN'T Matter
By Mark Gordonn/a 02/25/2010 - 16:37 |
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Big buildings and companies look at the green movement as a free and/or cheap means to upgrade their facilities to reduce expenses on rising utility rates. Whereas,... Read More >> |
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The Living Climate Change Video Challenge
By Matt Oden
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Just wanted to give a heads up to check... Read More >> |
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The Lightning Has Stopped
By Matt Oden
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There is a place in Venezuela where there is a lightning storm every night with between 16 and 40 bolts per minute; that is until now. The famous Catatumbo lighting storms have come to an abrupt hault. Why? Drought. Why drought? El Nino weather patterns a hydrologic cycle that has been in effect for thousands of years. ... Read More >> |
