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How a simple renovation turned into the "Big Dig" of rehabs
Home Economics of the JP Green House, Part 1 0
Posted 3 days, 19 hours ago by Ken WardFrom an initial budget of $25,000 to a revised estimate of $200,000, the JP Green House has taken on Big Dig proportions -- but the new reality will mean a smarter eco-model in the end. Read More
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Placemakers
A surprising sneak peek at the clothesline revolution 32
Posted 1 week, 4 days ago by Katharine WrothAlexander Lee travels the country evangelizing the merits of clotheslines through his organization, Project Laundry List. He says the humble laundry tool can have a real impact on climate and energy -- he'd even like to see one at the White House. So why are so many people vehemently opposed? Read More
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Low Impact, No Publicity
Simple people 6
Posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago by Andrée ZaleskaCertain people get a lot of attention for living simply (ahem, No Impact Man, Sleeping Naked lady). But simple living is all around us, offering inspiration that doesn't come in the form of press releases. Read More
More Placemaking
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Of price and men
Making buildings more efficient: looking beyond price 2
Posted 1 day, 1 hour ago by David Roberts
The market for building efficiency is snarled with market and behavioral failures that prevent price signals from getting translated into action. Instead of merely raising prices further, policymakers ought to look into ways to correct some of those failures. Read More
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Jobs we can believe in
Merkley wants Senate jobs bill to help finance building efficiency retrofits 5
Posted 3 days, 3 hours ago by David Roberts
Last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid met with the chairs of six committees that might have some hand in developing the clean energy bill. The question at hand was whether the bill should be pushed back in favor of a short-term focus on finance reform, jobs, and the deficit. Though John Kerry argued vigorously that the clean energy is a jobs bill that won't grow the deficit, it looks like he lost out and there will be some kind of standalone jobs bill in the interim. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)… Read More
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They Nailed It
Slideshow: Reinventing the JP Green House 0
Posted 3 days, 20 hours ago by Andrée Zaleska, Ken Ward
Ken Ward and Andrée Zaleska are turning an old Boston store into a new model of eco-living -- here's a glimpse at the work underway. Read More
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The night I slept with Jim Hansen 15
Posted 1 week, 5 days ago by Ken Ward
College students in Massachusetts got tired of letting climate worries keep them up all night. Now they're sleeping soundly -- in the middle of Boston Common. Read More
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PBS NOW - Electric Car Dreams
The long and wind-powered road 7
Posted 3 weeks, 4 days ago by David Brancaccio
The Danes are hard at work cracking one of the great challenges of wind power: the fact that the wind blows when it darn well pleases. Read More
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How to Actually Solve Climate Change, Part Whatever
Energy Trust and the Big Hope 13
Posted 3 weeks, 4 days ago by Auden SchendlerOne glimmer of hope in the campaign against climate change is called Energy Trust, an organization in Oregon that, if widely copied, would move us well on the way to solving the problem. Read More
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Green Jobs Now
Weatherizing Portland 0
Posted 3 weeks, 5 days ago by Andrea Buffa
Clean Energy Works Portland is a groundbreaking new program that enables Portland residents to improve the energy efficiency of their homes and pay for the improvements over time through their utility bills. Read More
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Mass. religious, environmental leaders beseech Obama to take action
WWLD: What Would Lincoln Do? 2
Posted 3 weeks, 5 days ago by Ken Ward
Conjuring images of another world leader faced with a profound moral challenge, Massachusetts religious and environmental leaders call upon Obama to act on climate quickly. Read More
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Listen to the coal guy!
Why it’s better to invest in efficiency than to hold electricity rates down 9
Posted 3 weeks, 6 days ago by David Roberts
A utility representative, of all people, recognizes the important truth that it is better to give consumers efficiency than to give them cheaper electricity. Read More
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the rhymes they are a-changin'
Eve of Destruction (New Millennium) 5
Posted 1 month ago by Ken Ward
As a rallying cry for this weekend's Day of Climate Action, veteran activist Ken Ward rewrote a classic tune -- see him perform it with partner Andrée Zaleska here. Read More
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Interns saving the world
Climate Corps interns save Fortune 500 firms $54 million 4
Posted 1 month ago by Todd Woody
MBA students from the Environmental Defense Fund's Climate Corps identified energy efficiency measures that will save an estimated $54 million at Dell, eBay and 20 other Fortune 500 companies. Read More
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Yeah, we said billion
A $4 billion push to make affordable housing green 0
Posted 1 month ago by Katharine Wroth
Today brings news of a major investment in making affordable housing greener, and an ambitious call for an even bigger national conversion. Find out who's behind it. Read More
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For public transportation to survive, we all need to ... drive more? 4
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Weatherization will save us all 6
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4.5 things I learned at my energy audit 8
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The best part about climate change 1
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SolarCity makes electric cars an even smarter investment 19
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Obama’s absurd Olympic boosterism 2
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Therapy on the Titanic 4
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As Philadelphia goes, so goes the nation 1
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Does Schwarzenegger care more about tea partiers or the planet? 0
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Stockton Williams on urban retrofits, Obama, and the sexiness of caulking guns 1
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