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Palin speaks her brains

Amy Suarez — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:56:37 +0000

A verbatim account of Sarah Palin discussing energy and the enviuronment with Rush Limbaugh

David de Rothschild loves life off the grid

Nick Rosen — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:24:41 +0000

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Possum Living-How To Live Well With (Almost) No Money

Wretha — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:27:44 +0000

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$35,000 gets free energy for life

isuru — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:24:00 +0000

By investing $80,000, and getting back $45,000 in subsidies and tax credits, a Massachusetts family has reduced its energy bill by $3500 a year. That means they will payback the investment within ten years (less if energy prices rise).

Grid fails in Brazil

Amy Suarez — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:43:39 +0000

Massive power cuts in several Latin American counties highlight the dangers of relying on centralised power production

2012 and the age of stupid

rooter — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:42:38 +0000

2012 is perhaps one of the stupidest movies ever made - it has no basis whatsoever- its just an experiment in computer graphics with a few false assumptions about the Universe

Getting canned

Wretha — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:45:18 +0000

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An Eco-village is born

Jo Hooper — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:29:24 +0000

A new eco-village won zoning by giving locals what they wanted

A Freegan Feast for 500

Alexbenady — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:06:36 +0000

Freegan Mark Boyle is marking Buy Nothing Day with a lunch for 500 that will cost him and his guests absolutely nothing.

Top “eco-hotties”

spy_vondega — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:50:01 +0000

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Peak Oil is now says IEA

Nick Rosen — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:12:52 +0000

THE world will have to find four Saudi Arabias by 2030 if it wants to maintain its oil consumption habit, says the International Energy Agency’s chief economist, Dr Fatih Birol.

Under the Dome – book preview

veg-head — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:33:03 +0000

Stephen King's latest novel is about a small town that is suddenly and mysteriously taken off the grid.

Scrap carbon targets – they’re unachievable….

Nick Rosen — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:51:30 +0000

UK carbon reduction targets are a fairytale, a fantasy, says report from influential Institition of Mechanical Engineers. UK would have to build 30 Nuclear power stations by 2015 to achieve planned carbon cut

States’ resources beat Fed grid

Amy Suarez — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:27:00 +0000

A new study by the Institute for Local Self reliance finds that most states could be energy self sufficient tomorrow if they had the political will. Thereport analyses 7 different forms of renewable energy state by state

Daryl Hannah interview

spy_vondega — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:59:07 +0000

Daryl Hannah talks about her eco career