Tag: Energy
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Democracy in Action as Fracking is Voted Down in Colorado Springs
BE THE CHANGE — Fortunately, the concerned citizens of Colorado Springs prevailed in convincing the majority of city council members that fracking is not safe. Now the city must …
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Rafea: Solar Mama
CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL — As luck would have it, Rafea is given a chance to travel to Barefoot College in India to participate in a program that trains illiterate women to become solar engineers. If successful, she’ll be able to provide electricity for her village and …
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FOIA-Matic: A Tool for Pollution Response Transparency
SKYTRUTH / LOUISIANA BUCKET BRIGADE— To help citizens find out how the Coast Guard and Environmental Protection Agency responded to pollution reports, we are proposing FOIA-matic, a new feature to be added to …
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New Solar Structure Cools Buildings in Full Sunlight
A team of researchers at Stanford has designed an entirely new form of cooling structure that cools even when the sun is shining. Such a structure could vastly improve the daylight cooling of buildings, cars and other structures by reflecting sunlight back into the chilly vacuum of space. Their paper describing the device was published…
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Fossil Fuel Subsidies: A Global Scandal
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND — Removing these subsidies would reduce carbon pollution by 13 percent. This would be a major step toward reducing the world’s carbon footprint. Maintenance of these subsidies is a global scandal, a crime against the environment and an active instrument against clean energy and …