OK...as I sat here last night watching the weather forecasts, in great anticipation, of another storm hitting New England in three(3) days I contemplated on what I should do! Naturally, as we all know, it may be...
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Construction on a 65-metre (213 feet) tall wind turbine is set to start on Wednesday, according to the newspaper Metro. The turbine was approved by the District of North Vancouver in October 2008 in a close vote which ended 4-3. The project was delayed in July due to safety...
Senator Barbara Boxer, the chairwoman of the Senate’s Committee on Environment and Public Works, recently brought added attention to the nuclear industry when she said, "there will be a nuclear title in the bill"...
Hurricane Felicia that peaked as a Category 4 hurricane in the Pacific Ocean last week lost strength and turned into a tropical storm before its scheduled landfall near Hawaii on Sunday. As a precautionary...
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China has launched what they are calling a 'green revoultion', in a plan to use wind and solar power to reduce their carbon emissions by 20% by 2020, which would match the goal set by the western world. A fifth of China's energy needs would come from renewable energy sources...
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The world's largest wind farm has been given the green light to be built 12 miles off the Kent coast in the UK, and it will be operational before the Olympics in 2012. There will be 341 wind turbines over a 90 mile...
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Lake Ontario Waterkeeper’s comments on Bill 150, the proposed Green Energy and Green Economy Act, highlight several provisions that may have effects outside the scope of renewable energy development in...
Industrial countries currently generate most of their electricity through large centralized power plants, but the process is evolving. Large centralized facilities became the dominant form of developing...
“We are opening our doors not just to oil and gas and coal, but also to the wise development of solar, wind and wave, biofuels, geothermal, and small hydro on America’s lands,” Department of the Interior...
With so many different players in the Ontario energy game, its hard to believe they all play by the same set of rules. This week on the show, we’ll speak with Bruce Cox, Executive Director of Greenpeace Canada,...
Palma del Mallorca, Spain - Cruise ship passengers have had to be rescued from the sea after stong winds caused a gangway to collapse on Thursday. An eighty year old Egyptian man is being treated in the...
Victoria, Australia is staring another possible ''Black Saturday'' in the eye, with emergency services and the State Government warning of immenent danger to everywhere in the state.
The state, which has only just begun the long road to recovery after February 7th's Black...
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It feels like stepping onto another planet. Some 90% of all the ice on the globe is locked into Antarctica. If all of it melted, the oceans would rise by 70m (230ft). That might not be on the cards, but fundamental...
Strong winds of up to 140 km/h (87mph) have severely hit northern and western France and shut down power supplies and transport services. Both main airports serving Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Orly - are closed...
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Spain's wind power companies is currently third in the world for producing alternative energy sources, and they are expecting a steady growth this year, despite the economic worries of a long-term investment....
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