Demonizing Facebook? (image from Oversocialized on Flickr)
Over the past week, news about the new Facebook data center in Prineville, Oregon has caused ripples across the entire country. Greenpeace challenged the social networking site to make plans to employ more renewable…
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Kingston TN coal ash containment disaster
Ever since a coal ash containment pond broke in December of 2008, spewing coal ash into a nearby river and over 300 acres of farm and woodland,the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA) has been rethinking…
Early sundown for PGE Coal Plant in Oregon
Exciting news in the renewable energy field. Oregon’s largest utility, Portland General Electric announced this week that it is shutting down the state’s only coal plant 20 years ahead of schedule. By 2020,…
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Elithis Tower-France
The first positive energy office structure was unveiled this week in Dijon France, to the amazement and delight of renewable energy lovers worldwide. A 54,000 square foot structure, Elithis Tower produces more energy than it consumes and is touted as…
Governor Corzine speaks to Green Jobs graduates
Last week New Jersey Governor, Jon Corzine, toured a very special construction site in the town of Hillsboro in central New Jersey. He came to inspect an energy efficient, accessible home being built by…
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Clean energy is blowing in the wind
Clean energy is blowing in the wind in the Pacific Northwest! That’s right, this month, the Bonneville Power Association reported that it reached a renewable energy milestone with respect to its utility customers in…
Can you generate electricity with your workout?
Students at the University of Oregon are working hard (literally) to find out the answer to a pressing question in today’s energy climate: can you generate electricity with your workout? What would you do…
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