Renewable Resources

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• M&M’S® and MARS Going Green? New Solar Garden at Headquarters in New Jersey

  
  CleanTechnica — Authority: 624
  Candy giant MARS, parent company of M&M’S®, DOVE®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, 3 MUSKETEERS®, and TWIX®, turned on a huge new solar array (a “solar garden”) at its headquarters in New Jersey today. No matter what you think of candy food like this, it is good to see such a company going solar. Popular with ...
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• Blog tips from HubSpot, Newpapers and Al Gore

  
  Life of a Founder: The Story of Collarfree.com — Authority: 122
  Last night I caught Al Gore was discussing climate change issues on Jon Stewart . Today I watched Hub Spot ’s tutorial on advanced blogging for B2B. Here are the results. The Stewart/Gore interview started out shaky but Stewart was eventually able to hone in on the key issue with climate change and the lack ...
  5 days ago

• The Repower America Wall: Voice Your Support for Clean Energy and Climate Action

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 612
  The Repower America Wall , a new multimedia campaign from the Alliance for Climate Protection,  invites you to join thousands of people across the country in voicing your support for action on clean energy and climate change.  The virtual wall is a stunning and powerful visual testament to strengthening national ...
  6 days ago

• Senator Chuck Schumer Attempting to Block Federal Funds From Chinese-Backed Wind Farm

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 612
  About a week ago, we told you about a joint venture between Chinese and American companies to build a huge wind farm in Texas, using Chinese turbines, and funded by Chinese banks, as well as loans and grants from the U.S. government. Up to speed? Good. The story seemed pretty cut and dry, but nothing ever really is, ...
  6 days ago

• China Forgets “China-Only Wind Turbines” Policy, but Why?

  
  CleanTechnica — Authority: 624
  A couple weeks ago, I wrote about China’s new policy to focus on buying (almost entirely) “ China-grown ” wind turbines and wind turbine technologies with Chinese patents. That policy wasn’t a big hit internationally and China is back-tracking. However, is it changing its stance out of international moral ...
  1 week ago

• Video: Al Gore Praises the Copenhagen Conference

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 612
  Al Gore, former Vice President and current environmental hero, sat down with Katie Couric yesterday for her online program @KatieCouric to discuss all things environmental and green. He even had a few things to say about one of our current favorite topics here at TakePart, the Copenhagen Conference on Climate ...
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• Cereplast’s Algae-Based Bioplastics Reduce Petroleum Use by 50%

  
  The Green Optimistic — Authority: 136
  Cereplast has already developed some new technologies before, being able to make plastic from renewable materials such as corn starch, tapioca, wheat and potatoes.
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• BioBytes: What are Biofuels?

  
  BIOtech Now — Authority: 114
  Dr. Targan explains how biotechnology is helping to reduce our carbon footprint through the production of biofuels, which are  manufactured from various renewable resources found  naturally in our environment.
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• DESERTEC $555 Billion Renewable Energy Project Moving Forward

  
  Green Options — Authority: 146
  The huge project to build a $555 billion renewable energy “ belt ” in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, funded largely by German companies, moved another step forward a few days ago. The articles of association for the DESERTEC Industrial Initiative (DII) were signed by the joint venture group of ...
  1 week ago

• Emission Admission: An Eco-Friendly Music Video

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 612
  You’re probably putting the last minute touches on your green Halloween costume , and chowing down on some tasty vegan Halloween treats , but before you head out to trick-or-treat , I just wanted to share with you a catchy and clever eco-friendly music video.  Emission Admission is an animated short film ...
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• Oil Generator Recycles Plastic Into Fuel

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 612
  sheasphotos Flicr photostream/Creative Commons The first industrial-scale, commercially viable oil generator that can recycle plastic into fuel has been successfully demonstrated in Deerwood, Maryland recently.  The prospect of converting 10,000 tons of any type of plastic a year into a valuable fuel and keeping ...
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• Hawaii Follows California with a Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff

  
  CleanTechnica — Authority: 624
  Earlier this month, Governor Schwarzenegger signed legislation to buy solar power from relatively small private generators for rates above market value. Hawaii is next in line with this European-style tariff — the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission and Governor Lingle just recently set a similar initiative ...
  1 week ago

• ScrapHouse: San Francisco: Home, Sweet Recycled Home (Video)

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 612
  ScrapHouse: San Francisco documents the creation of a home built entirely of recycled and salvaged materials as part of a World Environment Day challenge, and the film is now available to watch online for free until October 31st.  I’m always impressed when designers and architects find creative and stylish ways ...
  2 weeks ago

• Obama Announces New Recovery Act Smart Grid Funding — $3.4 Billion

  
  CleanTechnica — Authority: 624
  Obama discussed a big project long overdo and sorely needed today — modernizing the US electric grid. But it is more than discussion. $3.4 billion in Recovery Act funding is going towards this new project. This is the most money ever awarded for clean energy in a single day from the American Recovery and ...
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• 350.org International Day of Climate Action (Photos and Video)

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 612
  takvers Flickr photostream/Creative Commons This past Saturday was the International Day of Climate Action organized by 350.org, when people from 181 countries gathered at 5,200 events worldwide to call for serious action and bold leadership for the climate crisis.  Photographs and videos of the day’s events ...
  2 weeks ago

• $3.4 Billion Smart Grid Investment Will Create Tens of Thousands of Jobs

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 658
  The nation needs jobs—big time. So it’s good to see that a $3.4 billion smart energy grid investment announced today by the Obama administration also will generate many new jobs. In addition to saving energy and empowering consumers to cut their electric bills, the move will create tens of thousands of jobs in 49 ...
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• Tell Starbucks To Switch To Recyclable Cups In 2009

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 612
  tompagenets Flickr photostream Starbucks plans to switch to 100% recyclable or reusable cups by 2015 , and while the goal is admirable, the timeline is too long, so it’s time we tell Starbucks to make the change by the end of 2009 .  Starbucks has taken some significant steps to reduce their environmental ...
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• Burning The Future: Coal In America (Trailer)

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 612
  Burning The Future: Coal in America, a documentary from director David Novak, investigates the raging conflict between the coal industry and residents of West Virgina, and by examining the devastating health and environmental risks created by mining, debunks the myth of “clean coal”.  Just by watching the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Update: More “Zero Waste” Recycling Strategies (Video)

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 612
  As we continue to look for ways to reduce our ecological footprint for No Impact Week , I wanted to bring you all back to the concept of “Zero Waste” recycling, which I discussed earlier in the week .  The folks over at Newsy have put together a video that synthesizes recent news stories about strategies to ...
  2 weeks ago

• India and China Sign Their First-Ever Climate Change Agreement

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 612
  India and China, countries which combined account for approximately 112 percent of the world’s population, have come together to sign their first-ever agreement to join forces to fight climate change , and to create a unified front during international negotiations on a climate change treaty. The two nations have ...
  2 weeks ago

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