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  • Greening the economy: From ruin to revival

    Thu, Feb 26, 2009 5:29 AM by Robynne Boyd

    Dean of Yale's School of Forestry suggests cutting back, not buying in to 'green chic'. An MNN interview.

  • Solar stock plunges more than 20%

    Wed, Feb 25, 2009 9:54 PM by Shea Gunther

    The stock price of First Solar took a beating on news of the expectation that many of its customers would default on their 2009 orders.

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  • ABCs of HPF CFLs

    Fri, Feb 20, 2009 2:12 PM by Vanessa Vadim

    The problem with regular CFLs is the way they draw power from the energy grid.

  • Wind power 101

    Thu, Feb 19, 2009 6:15 PM

    MNN gives you everything you want to know about wind energy - how it works, where it is and where it's going.

  • Cheap oil winners and losers

    Thu, Feb 19, 2009 3:40 PM by Shea Gunther

    What is the upside and downside of cheap oil? Who is coming out on top and who is getting snowed under when oil is under $40/barrel?

  • Alaskans lovin' wind power

    Wed, Feb 18, 2009 5:03 PM by Shea Gunther

    The Alaskan state government has pledged $300 million towards local renewable energy projects as they discover the economic benefits of wind power.

  • Activists to protest U.S. Capitol Power Plant

    Tue, Feb 17, 2009 3:54 PM by Shea Gunther

    On March 2, thousands expected to march in a peaceful civil disobedience action at 99-year-old coal-fired plant located blocks off Capitol Hill.

  • Monday link drop: Energy

    Mon, Feb 16, 2009 9:20 AM by Shea Gunther

    Ex-gang members install solar; global warming happening faster than we thought; and "clean coal" funding is gone.

  • Scenes from the TVA coal disaster

    Fri, Feb 13, 2009 5:23 PM

    Photographs taken by United Mountain Defense in the days following the spill show the widespread impact on the surrounding community and countryside.

  • There's no such thing as free energy

    Fri, Feb 13, 2009 12:29 PM by Shea Gunther

    The Orbo, from Irish company Steorn, is supposed to break the laws of the conservation of energy. If only it worked.

  • Wind turbine breaks, obviously it's aliens

    Thu, Feb 12, 2009 3:51 PM by Shea Gunther

    A wind turbine broke down in England and locals are convinced it was caused by a UFO collision.

  • DIY wind turbine beats solar on price

    Wed, Feb 11, 2009 11:12 PM by Shea Gunther

    $150, a trip to the home improvement big box store, and a weekend is all that stands between you and this inexpensive, yet effective wind turbine.

  • The new economics of coal: Too expensive to build

    Tue, Feb 10, 2009 3:34 PM by Shea Gunther

    New coal plants are too expensive to build. Green is winning out through the market.

  • What is solar energy?

    Mon, Feb 09, 2009 11:21 AM

    Learn how solar energy works and why it is a natural, renewable, but intermittent resource.

  • LED + wind turbine = pure awesome

    Thu, Feb 05, 2009 2:08 PM by Shea Gunther

    Green should be fun. These little wind powered LED lights deliver that in droves and buckets.

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