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Philadelphia See The Light

Philadelphia, PA – The Department of Licenses and Inspections (L&I) has implemented two ordinances designed to encourage the use of solar panels systems in Philadelphia. Sponsored by Councilman Jim Kenney, the two ordinances amend the Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code to greatly reduce the costs of securing both electrical permits and building permits for [...]
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Single Release

The single, Born With It, is available as a free MP3 download or streaming multimedia. The songwriting session was recorded as a music video.
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Philadelphia Area Among Top 20 Cities

PHILADELPHIA (March 15, 2011) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that more buildings than ever have earned the EPA’s Energy Star certification in 2010. The Philadelphia-area added many first-time labeled Energy Star buildings in 2010, jumping to a national ranking of 14th up from 24th. Many of the most recently added buildings in [...]
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Forebodings of Doom

How much is a 1%/year decline ? Enough that if i had a hundred of anything, i would have fifty in seventy years. What are these anythings ? Phytoplankton in the ocean, who produce half the oxygen we breathe are declining at 1% a year. They die because the oceans change in a warming world. [...]
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Mines or Tombs ?

Let us say you are a large coal mining company. And that your regulatory agency has cited you for repeated safety violations, including ineffective dust removal. And that dozens of your workers have recently died in accidents. The regulators have finally ordered you to cease using ineffective dust scrubbers. Do you take steps to fix [...]
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Coming Home

Millions of gallon of oil spilled. Fishing industry ruined. Lives lost. Gulf of Mexico ? Not quite. Try Nigeria. “In fact, more oil is spilled from the delta’s network of terminals, pipes, pumping stations and oil platforms every year than has been lost in the Gulf of Mexico, the site of a major ecological catastrophe [...]
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New Robots Scrutinize Solar Cells

The race to build a better solar cell is looping through the National Renewable Energy Laboratory where new robots are fabricating thin-film cells and analyzing glitches faster and with more precision than ever before. How much faster? The robot working with silicon can build a semi-conductor on a six-inch-square plate of glass, plastic or flexible [...]
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Students to Help West Chester Businesses Save Energy

PHILADELPHIA, PA — In a ceremony today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded a $149,992 grant to the West Chester Area School District for a project to help local businesses conserve energy, save money and cut harmful greenhouse gases. The District’s Student Conservation Corps, made up of high school students concerned about the environment, will [...]
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Stronger,Higher,Faster

No, this is not about the Olympics. An interesting article about wind power and an economic analysis. A comparison of capital costs for a wind farm of larger vs. smaller towers: “25 towers @ 4 MW 25 towers @ $500k/tower = $12.5 million in structure + foundation 10 miles roads @ $1.5 million/mile = $15 [...]
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Cold January Temperatures Cause Energy Spike

Colder-than-normal U.S. temperatures in January, particularly in the Southeast, drove up the use of electric power and natural gas, according to DOE’s Energy Information Administration (EIA). In the South Census Region, where about 60% of households use electricity as their primary space heating fuel, residential electricity sales increased by about 12% in January, relative to [...]
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