Tag: News
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EcoWatch CEO Featured on National Google+ Hangout April 15 on Keystone XL
Join the People’s World for a Google+ Hangout. Stefanie Spear, founder and CEO of EcoWatch, and Tyson Slocum, director of Public Citizen Climate and Energy will be featured participants. Spear has been publishing environmental news for more than two decades, and works to educate and motivate people to protect human health and the environment. Slocum is an advocate of…
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RGS Energy, GRID Alternatives to Install 10 Solar Projects for Low-Income Communities
RGS Energy, a nationwide leader of turnkey solar energy solutions for residential, commercial and utility customers, and GRID Alternatives, the nation’s largest non-profit solar installer, have launched a new partnership to help bring solar power to low-income communities across the country. RGS Energy employees will volunteer throughout 2014 to installRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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National Solar Schools Consortium Aims to Bring Solar to Every School in America
Nonprofit organizations and solar companies from across the nation today announced the launch of the National Solar Schools Consortium at the widely-attended National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Conference, which began this week in Boston. The goal of the Consortium is to act as a unified voice for the growing solarRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Biomass Electricity More Polluting Than Coal
Biomass electricity generation, a heavily subsidized form of “green” energy that relies primarily on the burning of wood, is more polluting and worse for the climate than coal, according to a new analysis of 88 pollution permits for biomass power plants in 25 states. [caption id="attachment_329418" align="alignnone" width="500"] The report found that although wood-burning power…
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Study Finds Wildlife Conservation Fences Result in Ecological Meltdown
Wildlife fences are constructed for a variety of reasons including to prevent the spread of diseases, protect wildlife from poachers and to help manage small populations of threatened species. Human–wildlife conflict is another common reason for building fences: wildlife can damage valuable livestock, crops, or infrastructure, some species carry diseases of agricultural concern and a…