The Weekly: Obama Drills, the Grid Lobby Powers Up, ConAgra Sees the Light

Top News: This week, President Obama startled both his allies and critics with a plan to permit drilling for oil off the Southern Atlantic states and in the Gulf of Mexico. Meanwhile the Secret Service, in a stroke of karmic justice, denied the president’s request for a hybrid limo. […]

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April 8th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Clean Energy, Climate Change, Environment, Matter Network, The Weekly | Leave a comment

A Visit to India’s Largest Wind Plantation

At the southernmost tip of India lies the Muppandal Wind Farm, the biggest source of wind energy in India and one of the largest in Asia. I drove through it by accident a few days ago and and can report that Muppandal is as curious and multilayered as India itself. […]

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April 6th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Clean Energy, Environment, India, Travel | Leave a comment

Three Ideas in Wind Power That Might Actually Fly

The most visible class of finalists were those with ambitious plans for “kite power” — harnessing the powerful and consistent winds that blow high off the Earth’s deck. […]

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March 5th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Environment | 2 comments

A Refrigerator Powered by the Sun

The very idea of a solar refrigerator is a contradiction: Use the hot sun to keep things cold. How could such an oxymoron possibly work? […]

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December 14th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Clean Energy, Climate Change, Environment | 7 comments
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