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Crowd-sourcing solar energy

Jan 6, 2012
A Maryland solar company is creating small power plants throughout a neighborhood as a means to pool financial resources and valuable roof space.
Posted In: solar, electricity, sustainability
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BP quits solar industry amid supply glut

Dec 23, 2011
Oil giant goes "Beyond Petroleum," but goes short on solar power.
Posted In: BP, solar
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First Solar CEO steps down

Oct 25, 2011
This final note today. More trouble in solar....
Posted In: Final Note, solar
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Chevron uses solar power to get more oil

Oct 5, 2011
And this final note. You know more often than not the debate over energy and the environment is framed as either/or. Oil and gas versus, say, wind...
Posted In: Chevron, Final Note, Oil, solar
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Solyndra loan controversy rumbles along

Sep 14, 2011
There is some squabbling in Washington over a $535 million loan made to a solar panel company called Solyndra LLC, which abruptly declared...
Posted In: energy, solar, solyndra, white house
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MID-DAY UPDATE: February job numbers, solar panels

Mar 4, 2011
We got big numbers today from the U.S. Labor Department. In February, U.S. payrolls increased 192,000 and the jobless rate fell to 8.9 percent --...
Posted In: construction, employees, employers, Greece, itunes, job applications, job seekers, jobless, Labor Department, mid-day update, solar, solar power
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Solar flare eruption recorded by NASA (Video)

Mar 1, 2011
A large solar flare was captured on video by NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory this week. According to the BBC, the eruptions lasted about 90...
Posted In: NASA, solar, video
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MIDDAY UPDATE: China raises interest rates

Oct 20, 2010
In this show we find out the reason behind China's central bank raising interest rates for the first time in nearly three years. India takes a...
Posted In: Barefoot College, China, credit report, foreclosures, interest rates, mid-day update, NFL, solar
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Teaching climate change or a Sharp sales technique?

Feb 3, 2009
(Photo credit: Jared Flesher, New York Times' Green Inc. blog) As a former teacher, this Green Inc. article caught my interest and raised a red ...
Posted In: Education, Sharp, solar
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Obama & co: Make 2009 the Year of Energy Efficiency

Dec 9, 2008
To face the long-term problem of global warming we need to be rooted in short-term reality. And the reality of the year ahead is a global recessi...
Posted In: Barack Obama, climate change, energy efficiency, global warming, Oil, solar, wind

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