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Some city leaders of San Francisco are soon to release the findings of an urban wind farm study lead by the city’s mayor to determine whether or not rooftop wind turbines are feasible.
Many city officials, local business leaders, and some environmentalists actually support this idea compared to the many eco-initiatives Mayor Newsom has proposed over [...]

As the U.S. moves towards more renewable sources of energy, the federal government has been conducting surveys of publicly owned land to determine whether or not it is suitable for development. Recently, the U.S. Interior Department has begun to look into two dozen potential areas in the Southwest for commercial solar development.
But, in a “truth [...]

After  months of delay, postponing, discussions, committees, and recess, U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D – Calif.) and John Kerry (D – Mass.) have stated that they are ready to introduce the new Climate Bill to the U.S. Senate on Wednesday.
However, this is by no means the end of the story but possibly just the beginning [...]

As Copenhagen draws near, China and India seem to be more than willing to relax some hard-line stances and try out new emission reduction techniques. Currently, both China and India have begun to either amend policy or launch new emission trading schemes in an effort to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
Whether or not these countries [...]

In Jersey City, New Jersey citizens can find a 41 year old coal-fired power plant owned by PSEG, a local power company, that is currently responsible for 7% of all toxic emissions release in the state of New Jersey. But, after a  U.S. EPA settlement operations are about to change.
After several Clean Air Act violations [...]

A delegation of Maine officials and executives returned from a European trip this week in which Gov. Baldacci and the rest of the delegation toured renewable energy facilities and met with renewable energy developers.
The trip seems to have been extremely fruitful and Gov. Baldacci is extremely excited about Maine’s future investments into renewable energy.
Baldacci and [...]

You may not know it, but you could be living near one of the hundreds of coal ash dump sites located throughout the country.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recently released reports on the “ash ponds” located across 35 states.
Coal Ash Dump sites seem to have fallen through the cracks at the U.S. EPA. [...]

The State of California’s air regulators approved a first-of-its-kind carbon fee on 350 California-based utilities, oil refineries, power plants, raw material sourcing, and other greenhouse gas polluting companies.
The California Air Resources Board voted 9 – 0 on the new legislation that is intended to fund the bureaucratic expenses to meet the state’s 2006 global warming mandate of [...]

It does not seem at all possible, but the town of Bundanoon with a population of 2,500 people about 1.5 hours southwest of Sydney, voted almost unanimously to remove bottled water from stores at stop all sales of it. The amazing 355 – 1 vote and decision has garnered attention from all over the world.
Starting [...]

This week’s G-20 Summit meeting in Pittsburgh has seen a lot of rhetoric pertaining to greenhouses gases, carbon emissions, and alternative energies. But two companies actually made a firm commitment. Florida Power and Light and Duke Energy both announced yesterday a $600 million commitment for green utility vehicles.
FPL and Duke Energy are two of the [...]