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SolveClimate has a post on the bizarre efforts of the Republican party to kill what will probably be the largest source of new jobs in coming years – Senate Republicans Kill Renewable Energy and Job Creation Bill. Where’s McCain?. A Republican minority in the Senate today used procedural tricks to kill the Renewable Energy and [...]

I saw a demo of a desktop 3D printer today from 3D Printing Systems which I thought was worthy of a brief post. The printer produces items up to about 14 cm wide in each dimension, using rolls of ABS plastic as the input material (hopefully one day a suitable bioplastic input will be available [...]

The Guardian reports that Shell has pulled out of the huge London Array offshore windfarm project. Shell was accused last night of being greedy and irresponsible as it came under ferocious attack from politicians and environmentalists for its decision to drop a commitment to the biggest offshore wind farm in the world. Although the environment [...]

The Boston Globe has an interesting photo essay showing the Gulf of Mexico coast just after the BP oil spill and on the first anniversary of the spill – Gulf oil spill one year later. Looks like there is still plenty of oil floating around… Incoming search terms for the article:aftermath of bp oil spillbp [...]

EarthTechling has a post on a wind turbine design that works well in light winds – Gearless Turbine Gets Power From Light Winds. Windtronics has developed a new home wind turbine that could be a practical renewable energy option, even for folks living in areas with light or infrequent winds. The new product is called [...]

Jerome a Paris has a post at TOD on a wind farm in the Caribbean that he helped finance – Aruba’s New Windfarm. As Copenhagen ended, unsurprisingly, in confusion, I have the opportunity to give you a more positive tale, and show you it is possible for people – including even bankers amongst them – [...]

Did the fuel briefly achieve recriticality ? Its from Fox, so its hard to take it seriously, but its not aligned with their usual spin so who knows…

Green Building of the week from Inhabitat is this energy-positive house in Sweden – Energy Positive House to Supply Power to Grid in Sweden. Karin Adalberth, a doctor of building physics, partnered with local green utility company E. ON when she designed the plans for Villa Akarp, which is being built outside the Swedish city [...]

Inhabitat has an interview with Cradle To Cradle author William McDonough – INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Green Architect & Cradle to Cradle Founder William McDonough. INHABITAT: What inspired you to write ‘Cradle to Cradle‘ (the book) and launch the Cradle to Cradle system? William McDonough: From an early age, I was fascinated by differing attitudes towards resources. [...]

The February ASPO Newsletter is now out. The overall peak is still estimated for 2007. The item included below discusses their predicted scenario for the current financial system, which is definitely at the gloomy end of the spectrum. I’m still trying to work out if the collapse of an interest based / fractional reserve banking [...]