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Understand how alternative energy and renewable resources are changing our world, from geothermal to nuclear.

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    How to save energy with home improvements

    Fri, Aug 03, 2012 12:35 PM by Matt Hickman

    How energy-efficient is your home? These energy saving tips will help keep your money from blowing out the window.

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  • Israel has enough natural gas to last 150 years, but getting it will be costly

    Fri, Aug 03, 2012 12:06 PM by John Platt

    Even with rich deposits, Israel currently faces natural gas shortages after pipeline sabotage.

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    Wed, Aug 01, 2012 9:21 AM

    Video: Trains and subways ground to a halt as more than 600 million people in India faced a blackout after half the national power grid shut down. Experts say the outdated grid cannot keep up with the country’s energy needs.

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  • What's wrong with India's electric grid?

    Tue, Jul 31, 2012 5:06 PM by Francie Diep, InnovationNewsDaily

    Limited sources of energy with an overburdened power grid may compromise India's growth and stability.

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  • Portable power generators provide electrical power to souvenir shops along Janpath Market, a popular tourist shopping area, during a power outtage in New Delhi on July 31

    Monster power cut blacks out more than half of India

    Tue, Jul 31, 2012 7:00 AM by Rupam Jain Nair and Ammu Kannampilly, AFP

    The power outage has affected public transit, hospitals, banks and mining operations.

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    How affordable is alternative energy?

    Fri, Jul 27, 2012 10:48 AM by Roni Robbins

    Technology is pushing down the cost of wind, solar, hydropower and other alternative energy sources.

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    What is green energy?

    Wed, Jul 25, 2012 2:41 PM

    Thanks to robust research, new green energy technologies are everywhere, lessoning our dependence on fossil fuels. But what is it and why is it any better than coal or oil?

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    7 surprising solar power ads

    Tue, Jul 24, 2012 1:30 PM by Chris Turner

    From an apocalyptic rain of batteries to a drawling 1980s Texan, here are 7 strange and startling commercials for solar power.

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  • Azza Abdel Hamid Faiad (Egypt)

    16-year-old discovers catalyst to turn Egypt's plastic waste into biofuel

    Mon, Jul 23, 2012 8:00 AM by Jenn Savedge

    Egyptian teen calculates that her method could generate $78 million in biofuels for country annually.

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  • Japan, TEPCO accused of ignoring nuclear accident risks

    Mon, Jul 23, 2012 7:21 AM by Hiroshi Hiyama, AFP

    A recent study says that officials were poorly trained to deal with the crisis after the plant's reactors went into meltdown last year.

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  • Fukushima nuclear plant

    Japan firm 'told workers to lie' about radiation dose

    Sat, Jul 21, 2012 5:57 AM by Agence France-Presse

    An executive at a construction firm in December told workers to cover their dosimeters, devices used to measure cumulative radiation exposure.

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    Brazil to build first algae-based biofuel plant

    Thu, Jul 19, 2012 4:40 PM by Agence France-Presse

    The factory will produce 1.2 million liters of algae-based biofuel annually.

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    New Cuban biodiesel looks to 'bellyache bush'

    Mon, Jul 16, 2012 3:55 PM by Agence France Presse

    Jatropha seeds produced by the "bellyache bush" are rich in oil, and its cultivation is feasible in areas of low or no agricultural value.

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  • San Onofre nuclear plant in 2011.

    U.S. nuclear plant problem worse than thought

    Thu, Jul 12, 2012 7:58 PM by Agence France-Presse

    Investigations found unexpected erosion on tubes that carry radioactive water in the San Onofre power plant.

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    Britain best in energy efficiency as U.S. lags

    Thu, Jul 12, 2012 4:31 PM by Agence France-Presse

    The report from American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy singles out the U.S. economy as a 'tremendous waste of energy resources and money.'

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