Earth-Friendly Elements, Mined Destructively
New York Times - Sat Dec 26, 2:51 pm ETSome renewable energy technologies rely on a group of elements that mainly come from harmful Chinese mines.
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Some renewable energy technologies rely on a group of elements that mainly come from harmful Chinese mines.
China's national assembly Saturday signalled the country's commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by adopting a law supporting its renewable energy industry.
BEIJING, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- China's renewable energy law was amended Saturday to require power companies to buy all power generated from renewable resources.
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Dec. 26 (Bloomberg) -- China’s National People’s Congress, the country’s legislature, today approved new rules compelling utilities to buy power generated from companies using renewable energy sources, the official Xinhua News Agency said today.
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Some of the greenest technologies of the age, from electric cars to efficient light bulbs to very large wind turbines, are made possible by an unusual group of elements called rare earths. The world’s dependence on these substances is rising fast.
The San Juan Mountains, marked as they are by steep terrain and plenty of downward-hurtling water, hold significant potential for hydropower.
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Unemployment rates climb, the stock market drags and the federal deficit hits record levels.
On Saturday, people around the world with gather on beaches and highways, in cities and churches and atop mountains in an effort to mobilize world leaders to find effective solutions to reverse climate change.
Teacher Matt Wade and a group of students from Ridgway High School had a big idea. They saw a need for renewable energy education in Ouray County and they wanted to learn in a hands-on, innovative way. Their vision: To study solar energy through the installation of a 10-watt solar panel on the school, and to generate enough energy to power a student-made iPod listening station in the student ...
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein's desert-protection proposal is leaving solar energy out in the cold. From an aesthetic perspective, vast solar arrays stretching for thousands of acres across the desert aren't pretty. But what they do for the environment and for U.S. energy independence can be downright beautiful. Which is why, though we'd be happy to see about 1.5 million acres of the Mojave Desert ...