Category: Green Building LEED News
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Spain Achieves Clean Energy Breakthrough: Wind Supplies More Power Than Any Other Source
Wind energy is now king in Spain, officials revealed in a recent report. Wind power narrowly beat out nuclear in 2013 as the top source of energy, according to Red Eléctrica de España (REE), the transmission agent and operator of the Spanish electricity system. Wind met 21.1 percent of the country’s demand, compared to 21 percent for nuclear.…
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Secretary Kerry Aggressively Pursues Major Climate Pact, Could Close Door on Keystone XL Pipeline
By Tina Casey The tubes have been buzzing over a new New York Times report on Secretary of State John Kerry’s aggressive pursuit of a new global climate agreement, which has some clear implications for approval of the controversial Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline. In a nutshell, things ain’t looking so good, and that…
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‘60 Minutes’ Attack on Renewable Energy Ignores The Facts
By Joe Romm Clean technology is booming by every key indicator—but you would never know that from Sunday’s absurd 60 Minutes piece touting an imaginary “Cleantech Crash.” As documented in the recent Department of Energy (DOE) report, “Revolution Now: The Future Arrives for Four Clean Energy Technologies,” the only thing in cleantech that is crashing…
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Ford Looks to the Future With a Solar-Powered Car
The concept car has concentrating solar panels that track the sun.
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2014 Resolutions: Share, Attend, Donate, Organize
It’s time to go beyond signing petitions and making real noise.