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The Pledge of Reason
Dispatches from a student-run clean-car campaign |
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23 Aug 2005 |
Dispatches |
| The Road to Detroit campaign is run by 11 student organizers from around the U.S., one big, beautiful biodiesel and veggie-oil bus, and many friends and allies. Road to Detroit is a campaign of Energy Action, a student and youth clean-energy and global-warming coalition. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 Tuesday, 23 Aug 2005 DETROIT, Mich. Yesterday evening, the Road to Detroit team of organizers joined up with our brave Drive the Future we ... |
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| Topics: biofuels, cars, Dispatches, education, energy, fuel efficiency, grassroots activism, Michigan, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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What's All the Bus About?
Dispatches from a student-run clean-car campaign |
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22 Aug 2005 |
Dispatches |
| The Road to Detroit campaign is run by 11 student organizers from around the U.S., one big, beautiful biodiesel and veggie-oil bus, and many friends and allies. Road to Detroit is a campaign of Energy Action, a student and youth clean-energy and global-warming coalition. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 Monday, 22 Aug 2005 DETROIT, Mich. In the madness of classic cars and signs reading "Burn Out," "Light Her Up," a ... |
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| Topics: biofuels, cars, Dispatches, education, energy, fuel efficiency, grassroots activism, Michigan, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Bio Logic
Rob Elam, biodiesel buff, answers readers' questions |
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19 Aug 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Rob Elam, Propel Fuels. I hear a lot about how biodiesel is better for the environment, but I'd like to hear some specifics. How do emissions from biodiesel vehicles compare to conventional emissions? -- Rachel Gross, Olympia, Wash. A number of studies show biodiesel's emissions improvements. There are variables: emissions depend on feedstock and application; light-duty vehicles will differ from heavy-duty vehicles; an ... |
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| Topics: InterActivist, interview, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Mind Over Motor
Dispatches from a student-run clean-car campaign |
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19 Aug 2005 |
Dispatches |
| The Road to Detroit campaign is run by 11 student organizers from around the U.S., one big, beautiful biodiesel and veggie-oil bus, and many friends and allies. Road to Detroit is a campaign of Energy Action, a student and youth clean-energy and global-warming coalition. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 Friday, 19 Aug 2005 DETROIT, Mich. We know you know about fuel-efficient cars. You may even own one. Peak oil, the rising price at the pump, an ... |
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| Topics: biofuels, cars, Dispatches, education, energy, fuel efficiency, grassroots activism, Michigan, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Changes of Engine
On biodiesel vs. straight veggie oil |
Umbra Fisk |
17 Aug 2005 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, I have the opportunity to convert a 1979 non-turbo Mercedes into a non-diesel. The question I have is: to which should I switch, biodiesel or vegetable oil? I can't seem to find out which one is best, just that these two are better than any petroleum-based fuels, which we already know (thanks for your earlier column on hybrids vs. veggie oil). Also, is it possible to switch from biodiesel to veggie oil, ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, biofuels, cars, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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We Wuz Rob'd!
Rob Elam, biodiesel buff, answers Grist's questions |
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15 Aug 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Rob Elam. What work do you do? I'm a cofounder of Propel Fuels, a biodiesel services and distribution firm. Biodiesel is a vegetable-oil based fuel for diesel engines. Using it significantly reduces greenhouse-gas and particulate-matter emissions. What does your organization do? Our mission is simple: fill tanks with biodiesel. We're approaching this in three ways: 1) helping retail station owners get biodiesel pumps u ... |
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| Topics: InterActivist, interview, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Nein Lives
Germany says auf Wiedersehen to nuclear power, guten Tag to renewables |
Michael Levitin |
12 Aug 2005 |
Main Dish |
| For a people as addicted to order as the Germans, this country is floundering in uncertainty. The economy has sputtered to a post-World War II record 5 million unemployed. Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's exhausted left-of-center coalition is close to coughing up the fall elections to conservatives. And soccer fans aren't even sure if their team can defend the country's pride when it hos ... |
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| Topics: Germany, nuclear power, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Hybrid Fidelity
Toyota plans 10 new hybrids, invites automakers to eco-summit |
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04 Aug 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Hybrid Fidelity Toyota plans 10 new hybrids, invites automakers to eco-summit Toyota is developing 10 new hybrid models and aims within the next few years to be selling 1 million of the gas-electric vehicles annually worldwide. That, says the company's U.S. head, Jim Press, will mean about 600,000 new Toyota hybrids each year on American roads, including hybrid versions of nearly every model it offers. The auto honcho p ... |
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| Topics: news, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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On the Gutting-Room Floor
Clean-energy measures dropped as Congress reaches energy-bill compromise |
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26 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| On the Gutting-Room Floor Clean-energy measures dropped as Congress reaches energy-bill compromise Working into the wee hours Tuesday morning, House and Senate negotiators finished crafting a compromise federal energy bill, in the process killing two provisions intended to curb America's fossil-fuel addiction. A Senate measure that would have required the president to find ways to reduce oil use by ... |
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| Topics: energy, news, politics, renewable energy, United States (all these topics) |
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Between the Devil and the Deep Green Supercenter
Wal-Mart building two experimental green stores |
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21 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Between the Devil and the Deep Green Supercenter Wal-Mart building two experimental green stores Mega-giganto retailer Wal-Mart is conducting an experiment. No, not the world-domination experiment, a different one: It's constructing two "Supercenters" with green-building features designed to reduce energy and water use. The first, in Texas, will have solar cells embedded in skylights; runoff waste wate ... |
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| Topics: business, news, renewable energy, Wal-Mart (all these topics) |
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The Offal Truth
Promising clean-energy company may have to leave U.S. to succeed |
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20 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Offal Truth Promising clean-energy company may have to leave U.S. to succeed Certain folks take it as quasi-religious doctrine that strong green regulation is bad for economic growth. Tell it to Philadelphia's Changing World Technologies, a burgeoning clean-energy company that may have to leave the U.S. precisely because of lax environmental laws. Every day, CWT turns 270 tons of turkey offal -- the bon ... |
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| Topics: business, news, renewable energy, United States (all these topics) |
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Urbana Renewal
Illinois commission votes to expand state's clean energy sources |
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20 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Urbana Renewal Illinois commission votes to expand state's clean energy sources The Illinois Commerce Commission has approved a sustainable-energy initiative designed to increase the state's reliance on renewables, especially wind power. The plan is voluntary, but if it is fully embraced by all of the state's utilities Illinois could see 8 percent of its electricity produced via clean energy sources b ... |
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| Topics: energy, Illinois, news, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics) |
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Easy, Breezy, Beautiful
On micro-wind |
Umbra Fisk |
20 Jul 2005 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, Are there any worthwhile resources or models that would enable me to generate my own electricity in a cost-effective way, using wind power? This is on a one-household basis. Matt Pines Toronto, Canada Dearest Matt, In jargon-land, you are interested in micro-wind. Little did you know! Because you are a blessed Canadian, you have an excellent resource, the Canadian Wind Energy Association's small-wind calculator. Just en ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, Canada, energy, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics) |
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We Must Increase Our Gust
On wind farms ... again |
Umbra Fisk |
18 Jul 2005 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, In your response about opposition to wind farms, you neglected in your enthusiasm to say how much electricity from wind would actually be used and what effect, if any, the farms would have on our overall energy use. Can you cite an example of actual reduction of fossil- and nuclear-fuel use brought about by existing wind farms on a general grid? And if so, couldn't conservation bring even more benefits, witho ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, energy, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics) |
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These Aren't the Hybrids You're Looking for
Newer hybrids emphasize engine muscle instead of fuel efficiency |
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18 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| These Aren't the Hybrids You're Looking for Newer hybrids emphasize engine muscle instead of fuel efficiency Some of the newest hybrid car models are not notably more fuel-efficient than their conventional brethren, but still qualify buyers for a "clean fuels" tax credit, causing greens no end of mixed feelings. In the case of the Honda Accord, the 2005 hybrid model uses electric-motor technology to boost the ... |
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| Topics: news, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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One Tree Shill
Sierra Club touts new Ford hybrid SUV |
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13 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| One Tree Shill Sierra Club touts new Ford hybrid SUV The Sierra Club has long criticized Ford Motor Co. for its environmental offenses, primarily the industry-worst average fuel economy of its fleet. So members may be surprised when Ford's hybrid Mercury Mariner SUV is prominently featured in an upcoming club newsletter and on SierraClub.org. When the green group first offered to promote a Ford ... |
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| Topics: business, news, placemaking, renewable energy, Sierra Club (all these topics) |
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A View to a Killing
Silicon Valley investors putting big bucks into clean-tech start-ups |
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22 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| A View to a Killing Silicon Valley investors putting big bucks into clean-tech start-ups Silicon Valley's venture capitalists are seeing green in clean energy -- and we're talking gobs of profit, not the whole planet-saving thing. Investor interest in clean-energy tech firms has jumped in the past year, fueled in part by escalating global demand for electricity and the rising price of oil. This month, a consor ... |
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| Topics: business, California, news, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Obrador's Heaven
Ambitious new bus rapid-transit system hits the road in Mexico City |
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21 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Obrador's Heaven Ambitious new bus rapid-transit system hits the road in Mexico City Mexico City mayor and popular presidential hopeful Andrés Manuel López Obrador hopes to clear some of his city's legendary smog and gridlock with an ambitious pilot transport project -- a bus system with a hint o' subway. Eighty new low-emission Volvo jumbo buses have replaced about 350 older, smaller ... |
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| Topics: Mexico, news, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Can't? Well ...
Senate adds eco-friendly provisions to energy bill |
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17 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Can't? Well ... Senate adds eco-friendly provisions to energy bill The Senate put a surprisingly green cast on the energy bill yesterday, approving an amendment that would require power companies to generate 10 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020, and another that would direct $14 billion in tax incentives to alternative fuels and energy efficiency. Another green-friendly amendment, from Maria Cantw ... |
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| Topics: news, politics, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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The Matt Came Back
Matt Petersen, CEO of Global Green USA, answers readers' questions |
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17 Jun 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Matt Petersen, Global Green USA. What communities have had the greatest success with adoption of sustainability indicators? What sustainability tactics are the most successful? My county is seven years into a morass of choosing what steps to take. -- Bill Lavery, Saline, Mich. Don't give up, Bill. Soon you'll get through the morass and into the promised land of viable sustainability indicators! I ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, climate, green living, InterActivist, interview, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Going to the Matt
Matt Petersen, CEO of Global Green USA, answers Grist's questions |
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13 Jun 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Matt Petersen. What's your job title? President and CEO of Global Green USA, the U.S. affiliate of Green Cross International. What does your organization do? What, in a perfect world, would constitute "mission accomplished"? When founding Green Cross International, Mikhail Gorbachev presented a challenge: We must foster a value shift that reconnects humankind to the environment. Planet Earth ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, climate, green living, InterActivist, interview, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Just a Viscous Rumor
Kenneth Deffeyes' Beyond Oil forecasts a fast-approaching petroleum peak |
Jennifer Weeks |
07 Jun 2005 |
Arts and Minds |
| Mark your calendar: annual world production of crude oil will reach its peak this coming Thanksgiving, Nov. 24. At least, that's the tongue-half-in-cheek prediction of Kenneth Deffeyes, who starts his latest book by suggesting that readers stop and give thanks for a century of plentiful supplies. Beyond Oil by Kenneth Deffeyes, Hill & Wang, 202 pgs., 2005. After the Pri ... |
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| Topics: energy, oil, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Bye Bye Nukie
Sweden starts shutting down nuke plants, despite some reservations |
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01 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Bye Bye Nukie Sweden starts shutting down nuke plants, despite some reservations At midnight last night, technicians at Sweden's Barseback-2 nuclear reactor hit the off button (or something), shutting down the country's oldest nuclear power plant for good. Vattenfall, the state-owned company that operated the facility, will now funnel $1 billion toward building northern Europe's biggest wind farm. The country ... |
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| Topics: news, nuclear power, renewable energy, Sweden (all these topics) |
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DestiNY's Child
Mega-mall in upstate New York could give birth to a clean-energy awakening |
Amanda Griscom Little |
20 May 2005 |
Muckraker |
| Could a mall mogul's dream project give a big boost to renewables? Image: DestiNY USA. As the Senate deliberates over the Bush-backed energy bill and enviros send out another round of distress signals over America's obdurate fossil-fuel dependency, who would believe that the next big thing in renewable energy is being driven by a tenacious commercial developer with stro ... |
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| Topics: green living, Muckraker, New York, politics, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Apollo Creed
New Apollo Energy Act contrasts sharply with 'Jurassic' GOP energy bill |
Jay Inslee |
18 May 2005 |
Soapbox |
| New Apollo Energy Act contrasts sharply with "Jurassic" GOP energy bill By Jay Inslee 18 May 2005 On April 21, Congress stepped back in geologic time when the House of Representatives passed an energy policy of the dinosaurs, by the dinosaurs, and for the dinosaurs. This energy bill is truly a "Jurassic" piece of legislation that relies on a limited energy source derived from creatures and plants that died millions of years ago. In fact, 93 percent of the $8 bill ... |
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| Topics: energy, Jay Inslee, politics, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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