By Lester R. Brown As fossil fuel prices rise, as oil insecurity deepens, and as concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy [ … ]
Tag: wind
Offshore Wind, Not Offshore Oil
By Janet Larsen The enormously devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is just one reminder that stretching out an addiction to a polluting and planet-warming fossil fuel poses [ … ]
Wind Power Soared Past 150,000 Megawatts in 2009
By J. Matthew Roney Even in the face of a worldwide economic downturn, the global wind industry posted another record year in 2009 as cumulative installed wind power capacity grew [ … ]
LA Community College System Heads for Energy Independence
By Leslie Berliant Originally published on June 17, 2009, at SolveClimate By the middle of next year, the nine campuses that make up the nation’s largest community college system plan [ … ]
Book Review: POWER FROM THE WIND, a practical guide to small-scale energy production
Tired of your increasing electric bills?ย Want to change your relationship with energy, making your own, renewable, local power while doing your part to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and lessening [ … ]
Wind Energy Jobs Surpass Coal Mining Jobs
Todd Woody reported last week that the wind energy industry now employs more people than coal mining. That is 85,000 jobs in wind – a 70% increase from 2007 – [ … ]
Earth Policy Institute: New Energy Economy Emerging in the United States
By Lester R. Brown As fossil fuel prices rise, as oil insecurity deepens, and as concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy [ … ]
New Facebook Application, Green My Vino, Helps Vineyards Go Green
I just generated 20 minutes of green power. It took me less than five minutes. How did I do it? I added the Facebook application Green My Vino to my [ … ]
Solar Night Industries Launches Modern Energy Plan Web Application
Regular readers of sustainablog know that I’ve become a big fan of St. Louis-based Solar Night Industries since company president and founder Jason Loyet first reached out to me in [ … ]