Tag: News
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Firestone Building Products Demonstrates PLATINUM PV Program
Firestone Building Products Company LLC, a manufacturer and supplier of a comprehensive “Roots to Rooftops” portfolio of products, announced today the completion of the installation of its PLATINUM PV Program on its polyiso manufacturing plant in Bristol, Conn. In 2011, […] — Solar Builder magazine
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State Department Considers Oil by Rail in Keystone XL Decision
By Carol Linnitt A decision on the proposed northern half of the Keystone XL pipeline—under review since 2008—hinges on a final environmental review by the U.S. State Department now taking into consideration the importance oil-by-rail transport might have on growth of Alberta’s tar sands. [caption id="attachment_309741" align="alignnone" width="500"] Could oil by rail realistically provide an alternative to the…
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Real Goods Solar Completes 2.2 MW Solar Farm in Vermont
RGS Energy, the commercial and utility division of Real Goods Solar Inc., and St. Albans Solar Partners LLC have completed a new 2.2-MW solar farm ahead of schedule. The energy produced by the PV system in Vermont is expected to […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Robert Stone Must Now Film Fukushima
We are in desperate need of documentary filmmakers at Fukushima. The Japanese government is about to pass a national censorship law clearly meant to make it impossible to know what’s going on there. Massive quantities of radioactive water have been flowing through the site since the March, 2011 earthquake/tsunami. A thousand flimsy tanks still hold thousands of…
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Wolf Slaughter Is Not American
By James William Gibson “Fed Up in Wyoming” reads the caption under this stunning photograph posted on a hunter’s Facebook page (reproduced here under Fair Use). The photo is yet more evidence that, two years after political reactionaries led a successful campaign in the House of Representatives and then the Senate to remove the North Rocky…