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by Mitch Friedman on
You suck: and I mean that in only the nicest way. It’s true. There are things you do that suck carbon out of the atmosphere - where it’s doing harm - and beneficially store it down here. We need to do much more such sucking to save our natural heritage.
by KC Golden on
As dusk settled on Lafayette Park last Sunday, after the successful “encirclement” of the White House, Bill McKibben was at the mic, wrapping up last Sunday’s inspiring “encirclement” of the White House – a “hug” for the President, urging him to reject the Keystone pipeline. His voice was full of grateful pride.
by Bobby Hayden on
Facing uncomfortable classrooms and high utility bills due to aging HVAC equipment, Granger School District employed an innovative computer-based heating and cooling system.
by Bobby Hayden on
In an economic downturn, a community-based effort is helping create local jobs for contractors and improving energy-efficiency of local homes.
by Tom Osdoba on
The price of installed solar PV has plummeted and is approaching the point at which we no longer should even pretend that solar is a more expensive alternative than other forms of energy.
by Elizabeth Willmott on
In the September 15 issue of The Atlantic magazine, Brookings expert Bruce Katz called out a “metropolitan moment,” in which municipal and regional leaders are “adapting the discipline of private sector business planning…to the task of revitalizing and restructuring metropolitan economies.”
by Eileen V. Quigley on
Of late, a rising set of rational Republican voices can be heard affirming the assessment of 95 percent of the scientific community that the earth is warming at an alarming rate due to burning fossil fuels.
by Bobby Hayden on
How citizens on Bainbridge Island came together and created an option to change behavior through energy use, move closer to carbon neutrality and become a model for other communities. "We’ve seen a 50 percent decrease in our heating costs and our overall energy costs are down approximately 35 percent.” - Matt Olson, Bainbridge Island homeowner and RePower Bainbridge participant
by Rhys Roth on
RBI. I’m a baseball fanatic -- especially in playoff season -- and I was hoping that our new program could have that acronym.
by Bobby Hayden on
How commercial building owners use energy efficiency to become more competitive in a challenging market.
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