Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 2:57 am | Source: Grist | Category: Climate change, Energy, Environment | Comments Off
by John Farrell.
This post originally appeared on Energy Self-Reliant States, a resource of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s New Rules Project.
Want to go solar but you have a shady roof? You rent? You don’t have $40,000?
Last year, Colorado passed the first state law to create “community solar gardens” and the recent release of draft rules for Community Solar Gardens may open the floodgates, turning distributed solar power into democratic solar power.
A solar garden is a 2 megawatt or smaller solar photovoltaic (PV) project with 10 or more “subscribers” living in the same county. The solar gardens can ...continue reading
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Solar gardens to bring democratic solar power to Colorado
Monday, April 11th, 2011 6:01 am | Source: Business Wire | Category: Environment | Comments Off
The Goldman Environmental Foundation today announced the six recipients
of the 2011 Goldman Environmental Prize, a group of fearless emerging
leaders working against all odds to protect the environment and their
communities.
The recipients’ work is as diverse as their respective regions. From
dodging assassination attempts in the struggle against a huge mining
development that threatens El ...continue reading
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Goldman Environmental Prize Awards $150,000 to Six Heroes of the Environment
GE just made a number of big solar power announcements. In nice, clean bullet form:
Sunday, April 10th, 2011 12:17 pm | Source: Green Prophet | Category: Environment | Comments Off
These seven steps to creating more efficient cities could literally save the world.
Cities account for 80% of the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), 30% of which are generated in Canada and the United States. Both countries have massive sprawling cities, where the super-highway model reigns supreme. But having to travel long distances in order to achieve daily tasks or to work eats up fuel and contributes enormously to GHG emissions.
In his book Seven Rules for Sustainable Cities , Patrick Condon has outlined seven simple strategies that can make ...continue reading
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Seven Steps Required To Make Middle Eastern Cities Sustainable
Saturday, April 9th, 2011 2:00 pm | Source: United Nations | Category: Environment | Comments Off
From pandas to tigers, China is home to some of the most magnificent wild species and plays a prominent role in the conservation and sustainable use of the planet's biodiversity.
Thirty years ago today, China became the 63rd Party to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). It was the first multilateral environmental treaty that the country joined. This important anniversary is being marked by a celebration involving representatives of 31 Chinese Ministries and Departments in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
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China celebrates 30 years of conserving and sustainably using biodiversity through CITES
