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Pulling the Trigger: Increasing Home Energy Savings

Friday, July 20th, 2012

BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
Building energy use is responsible for about 40 percent of U.S. greenhouse emissions. Residential buildings account for nearly half of those emissions, and more than 85 percent of residential emissions are attributable to the 79 million single-family homes nationwide. California is home to more than 10 percent of such properties—approximately 8.4 million. If we are truly going to achieve meaningful energy efficiency (EE) and carbon savings nationwide, we must transform the residential marketplace.

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Increased Emissions: Climate Change, Lines of Evidence

Tuesday, July 17th, 2012

The National Research Council is pleased to present this video that explains how scientists have arrived at the current state of knowledge about recent climate change and its causes. This is part four of a seven-part series, available on the National Academies channel. – nationalacademies on YouTube.

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Posted in Accountability, Clean Air, Climate Change, Congestion, Green, Highway, National, Policy, Pollution, Show Us Your Infra

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Business Cycles: Catering to the Bicycling Market

Monday, July 16th, 2012

PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY: NOHAD A. TOULAN SCHOOL OF URBAN STUDIES AND PLANNING
Cycling is on the rise across the United States, and its popularity has grown beyond the usual leaders—Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; Davis, California; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Boulder, Colorado. Other cities making significant investments in bike infrastructure in recent years include New York City; Chicago, Illinois; and Washington, D.C.—all three have realized substantial growth in the numbers of people taking to the streets on two wheels.

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Tags: Biking, business, marketing
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Franklin, NJ: Solar Energy System Project

Tuesday, July 10th, 2012

– GeoPeakEnergy on YouTube

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Charging Forward: The Emergence of Electric Vehicles and Their Role in Reducing Oil Consumption

Tuesday, July 10th, 2012

ENVIRONMENT AMERICA
America’s reliance on gasoline-powered vehicles has long contributed to air pollution, including global warming emissions, and our nation’s dependence on oil. In the past decade, however, the automobile market has begun to change, integrating new technologies that are dramatically less dependent on gasoline. Hybrid electric vehicles, powered in part by energy stored in a battery, have become increasingly popular.

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Tags: car, Center for Automative Research, Chevrolet Volt, Electric Vehicles, Envrionment America, Nissan Leaf
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Lighting the Green Revolution: The Rise of LEDs and What it Means for Cities

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012

THE CLIMATE GROUP
Efficient lighting in our homes, offices and city streets is a key part of the Clean Revolution – a swift and massive scaling up of clean technologies to create a safe climate, boost economic growth, and secure a prosperous future for all.

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Gearing Up: Smart Standards Create Good Jobs Building Cleaner Cars

Wednesday, June 27th, 2012

BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
These proposed standards would reach the equivalent of 54.5 miles per gallon (mpg) and 163 grams of carbon dioxide per mile (g/mi) for the average new vehicle in 2025. Hereafter we refer to these proposed joint fuel economy and greenhouse gas pollution standards simply as “the proposed standards.” In this report, we analyze the macroeconomic impacts of the proposed standards with particular attention to the net gain in U.S. employment.

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Posted in Clean Air, Economic Stimulus, Employment, Environment, Green, Infra Views, National, Public Transportation, Smart Grid, Sustainability, Transit

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Green Scissors 2012: Cutting Wasteful and Environmentally Harmful Spending

Tuesday, June 26th, 2012

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH
For more than 18 years the Green Scissors campaign has been a collaboration between budget and environmental groups aimed at eliminating wasteful spending that is harmful to the environment. This year’s report is a collaboration between environmental organization Friends of the Earth, budget watchdog Taxpayers for Common Sense, and free-market think tank R Street. While each group comes to the Green Scissors project with a unique mission, a diverse constituency, and different opinions on the role of government, we join together around one shared goal: exposing and eliminating wasteful and environmentally harmful spending.

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Tags: Cutting Wasteful and Environmentally Harmful Spending, Friends of the Earth, Green Scissors 2012, R Street, Taxpayers for Common Sense
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Guest on The Infra Blog: David Owen, Author, “The Green Metropolis” and “The Conundrum”

Monday, June 25th, 2012

David Owen has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1991. Before joining The New Yorker, he was a contributing editor at The Atlantic Monthly and, prior to that, a senior writer at Harper’s. He is also a contributing editor at Golf Digest and one of The Fifty Funniest American Writers. He is […]

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Tags: Ann Hodgman, David Owen, Gold Digest, Green Metropolis, Harper's, The Atlantic Monthly, The Conundrum, The New Yorker
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Vantage, WA: Wild Horse Wind Farm

Monday, May 28th, 2012

This video was taken during a Puget Sound Mini road rally on August 28 2010 – From Issaquah WA to Wild Horse Wind Farm in Vantage WA. This video just pans back and forth to show the wind mills (turbines) at this facility. Each one is more than 300 feet tall and generates enough electricity […]

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Archive for the ‘Green’ Category

Pulling the Trigger: Increasing Home Energy Savings

Increased Emissions: Climate Change, Lines of Evidence

Business Cycles: Catering to the Bicycling Market

Franklin, NJ: Solar Energy System Project

Charging Forward: The Emergence of Electric Vehicles and Their Role in Reducing Oil Consumption

Lighting the Green Revolution: The Rise of LEDs and What it Means for Cities

Gearing Up: Smart Standards Create Good Jobs Building Cleaner Cars

Green Scissors 2012: Cutting Wasteful and Environmentally Harmful Spending

Guest on The Infra Blog: David Owen, Author, “The Green Metropolis” and “The Conundrum”

Vantage, WA: Wild Horse Wind Farm

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