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Tough new green building requirements will be introduced in San Francisco, the city's Mayor has announced.
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New Mexico architect Edward Mazria has a proposal to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming. His target: buildings. Most people do not connect the two, but in the United States, buildings are the largest source of greenhouse gases. And half of...(more)
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After earning a degree in biology from Gettysburg College, Jack Gurley was working for an environmental consulting firm. Then one spring, as he was planting seeds at home, he had "one of those moments," and knew he was going to become an organic farmer. That...(more)
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T. Boone Pickens has played a lot of odd roles over the years. There was the geologist who made most of his early money by snapping up the stock of big, undervalued oil and gas companies, a practice known as "drilling on Wall Street." The...(more)
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SolarCity, California's No. 1 residential solar power company, today announced one of the nation's most affordable solar power financing options for San Francisco residents. SolarCity's SolarLease options incorporate incentives from San Francisco's groundbreaking GoSolarSF program, and can allow many San Francisco homeowners to use clean, renewable...(more)
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Tim O'Shea wants to do for fish what Niman Ranch did for meat. Niman Ranch revolutionized the traditionally generic meat marketplace by creating a premium brand of natural beef, lamb and pork from small family ranches. O'Shea's company - CleanFish - is trying...
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Researchers from McGraw-Hill Construction say it will be worth $12 billion to $20 billion this year, or 6$ to 10% of the market. If the interest in all things green is a fad, it's a fad with legs, according to builders included in a recent survey....(more)
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Organic farming can yield up to three times as much food on individual farms in developing countries, as low-intensive methods on the same land—according to new findings which refute the long-standing claim that organic farming methods cannot produce enough food to feed the global population.
Researchers from...(more)
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OK, this is a staged TV bit in which the tiny smart kicks the lard-ass of a hummer. But even thought its staged, it still illustrates the truth of matters and show how effective these little cars can be.
Personally, I'd be happier when no cars on...(more)
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Two California companies plan to build solar power plants 10 times larger than the largest now in service, creating the first utility-scale use of technology mostly confined to rooftops.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In 1973, when Bill Gross was 15 and cars were lined up at every gas station in Southern California, the aspiring engineer wanted to do something about spiking energy prices.
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Pacific Gas & Electric Co. went surfing Tuesday, becoming the first U.S. utility to buy electricity that's generated by the tumult of the sea.
The San Francisco-based company, which earlier this year proposed a test facility for producing power from ocean waves, said the electricity in its...(more)
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