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Inspiration: TED Talks On Green Issues

June 8, 2011

TED, an organization whose motto is ‘Ideas Worth Spreading’, is dedicated to generating high-level conversations led by visionaries in their respective fields. They talk about a variety of issues and green technology is often in the program as well. The editors of a website called Online College Courses have compiled a list of TED Talks [...]

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Anger As Amazon Mega Dam Gets Green Light

June 2, 2011

After years of fierce opposition and heated debates, the Brazilian government won the arm wrestling contest and is pushing ahead with the building of the Belo Monte Dam. The dam is expected to generate 11,200 MW of hydroelectric power when it’s completed in 2019 and will cost US$11 billion. Technorati Tags: Amazon Watch, Belo Monte [...]

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Greenlight for Amazon dam project in Brazil

August 30, 2010

We recently published an article on Brazil’s energy sector as part of our Amazon/Brazil series. The article mentioned a controversial hydroelectric project in the Amazon region called Belo Monte, which has met fierce opposition from environmentalists, indigenous populations and even celebrities like James Cameron and Sigourney Weaver. Technorati Tags: Amazon, Belo Monte, Brazil, Hydropower, Inigenous [...]

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Campaign seeks to offset Gulf spill damage

August 1, 2010

An organization dedicated to promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency has launched a website that appeals to the current anti-oil sentiment sparked by the ongoing Gulf tragedy. Technorati Tags: Community, Gulf spill, My Gulf Action, Website Related Posts:Gulp Oil Spill First Anniversary

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Solar power: the future, the present and the past

May 25, 2010

I recenty discovered a blog called Paleofuture which specializes in retro-futurism, visions of a perfect, high-tech future that never really was (or did not materialize as expected). Technorati Tags: Energy, Oil spill, Renewable energy, Solar, Solar power Related Posts:Non-profit takes solar-powered mobile technology to developing worldAustralian region kicks off the year with solar power feed-in [...]

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