Posted on 31 October 2011 by Sustainability Digest
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This video (see below) gives an overview of the construction of Sheffield Wind, a 40MW wind farm in Northern Vermont, and of how it affected some of the locals. Keep in mind, the video was produced by the company that built the wind farm – it’s more a promo video than a documentary piece – so you won’t find anyone saying anything negative in it, which is unrealistic… You could be building a hospital for sick children and some people will still complain. But as long as you keep those caveats in mind, it still gives an idea of how a wind farm can positively impact the economy of a small community….Read the full story on TreeHugger
Posted on 27 October 2011 by Sustainability Digest
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Rick Perry says his jobs plan will put 2.5 million Americans to work. And oh the work they’ll do! Drilling for oil, building pipelines to transport that oil, drilling for gas, building pipelines to transport that … you get the picture. This campaign ad pretty much sums up his ploy: …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Posted on 22 October 2011 by Sustainability Digest
Opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline received even more support this week when Sen. Harry Reid came out against the tar sands oil pipeline, a 1,700-mile long project from the Canada to the Gulf Coast. Reid penned an Oct. 5 letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, first reported by the Washington Post, in which he calls the proposed project “unsustainable” and “dirty.” The first Keystone pipeline spilled 12 times in its first year.
Anti-fracking and tar sands activists, many of them self-described as organizers for Barack Obama in his first presidential campaign, are taking the President to task over his campaign promises about ending the tyranny of fossil fuels. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Authorities in Ohio are warning residents to remain inside their houses after dozens of exotic animals had apparently broken free of an area wildlife farm and taken to the streets and highways. Police haven’t said exactly which type of animals are on the loose, but the farm is home to such species as “lions, wolves, tigers, giraffes, camels and bears” reports the AP — and police say that so…Read the full story on TreeHugger
When we hosted a live chat with Solarcentury’s Jeremy Leggett, he was unequivocal in describing the relationship between fossil fuels and clean energy as nothing short of “civil war”. Interestingly, he also singled out many utilities as clinging desperately to the old way of doing things and a centralized, fossil-fuel driven business model. As <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/10/uk-conservat…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Algeria, one of the world’s major natural gas producers, is making a commitment to renewable energy that should be the envy of any nation. As Green Prophet reports, Algeria has announced that it will be investing some $20 billion into domestic renewable energy projects, on its way to a go…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Susan Luebbe’s testimony at last week’s State Department hearing on TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline was very moving. We’d already heard from college students, a union representative, environmental organization leaders (including me), and more – but to hear testimony from a land-owner in the path of this destructive and dangerous pipeline was …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Yes, the Exxon-Valdez oil spill occurred well over two decades ago, but the fallout can still be felt today. As Mother Jones’ Kate Sheppard notes, you can still find oil right on the beaches where the crude first made landfall in 1989. That’s crazy. Fish and wildlife populations have not yet recovered, and some are still threatened. But despite the fact that the oil spill was one of the most widely-publicized environme…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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