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  • Putting the brakes on the coal train

    Tue, Mar 24, 2009 1:13 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Environmentalists in Montana are fighting over coal-fired power plants.

  • Does daylight saving save energy?

    Tue, Mar 24, 2009 12:48 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Indiana is actually upping energy use during DST, as opposed to reducing.

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  • Wind warrior

    Tue, Mar 24, 2009 12:45 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Energy expert Randy Swisher says that wind energy is poised to explode as long as federal tax incentives don’t disappear.

  • The Festival of the Winds in Montana showcases alternative energy

    Tue, Mar 24, 2009 12:09 PM by PlentyMag.com

    A local fair highlights the state’s future in wind farms.

  • Nuclear energy: Good or bad?

    Tue, Mar 24, 2009 11:46 AM by PlentyMag.com

    A primer to atomic power's hottest topics.

  • Kite power potential soars

    Mon, Mar 23, 2009 5:36 PM by Shea Gunther

    Saul Griffith is on to something. He wants to build large kites in the sky to generate electricity; it could just be the Next Big Thing in green energy.

  • Wind is putting Michigan to work

    Fri, Mar 20, 2009 3:52 PM by Shea Gunther

    Green jobs in action: A wind factory in Michigan is employing 100 people who lost their jobs in the auto industry meltdown.

  • Not shocked: Shell drops green investments

    Thu, Mar 19, 2009 2:17 PM by Shea Gunther

    Royal Dutch Shell, a company that made a billion dollars a week in profit in 2008, now can't afford to invest in renewable energy.

  • When wind turbines attack

    Tue, Mar 17, 2009 1:24 PM by Shea Gunther

    My favorite ubergeeky web comic imagines a future where wind turbines break loose and attack us all. It will still be better than coal.

  • Ed Begley, Jr. hits The Simpsons

    Mon, Mar 16, 2009 4:41 PM by Shea Gunther

    Begley showed up on 'The Simpsons' last night and was nearly hit by a solar-powered train while driving a solar-powered car during a solar eclipse.

  • End o' the week links: Energy

    Fri, Mar 13, 2009 7:57 PM by Shea Gunther

    Ashley Judd chats about mountaintop removal mining, wind power is growing worldwide, and a wind farm gets one step closer to offshore Cape Cod.

  • Ashley Judd chats about mountaintop removal mining

    Wed, Mar 11, 2009 3:50 PM by Shea Gunther

    Ashely Judd, newly minted foe of mountaintop removal mining, will be chatting live about the evil practice in about an hour on Daily Kos.

  • New coal ash spill threatens Washington, D.C.

    Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:36 AM by Shea Gunther

    A 4,000-gallon coal ash spill in the North Branch Potomac River should serve as a nice reminder to politicians of the need to stop burning coal.

  • Tennessee Valley Authority police arrest activist

    Tue, Mar 10, 2009 4:11 PM by Shea Gunther

    Matt Jones was arrested by TVA police after driving home elderly residents from a community meeting discussing the coal ash spill.

  • Friday links: Energy

    Fri, Mar 06, 2009 2:28 PM by Shea Gunther

    More people are realizing that "clean coal" is a boondoggle, Google writes an energy plan, and Maine looks at upgrading the state energy grid.

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