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The 10 Greenest American Colleges
Each year Sierra provides complete comprehensive green rankings on America’s institutions of higher learning. Here are their top 10 which they call “America’s Coolest Schools.” 10. Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina ASU has America’s longest-running program (it’s existed since 1984) for the study of “appropriate technology”—eco-positive advances on a small, local scale. Students get [...]
In Focus: Folding Solar Panels
Are lightweight and portable devices, used for charging rechargeable batteries, cell phones, GPS, computers, satellite phones, 12 Volt car battery, portable USB power packs and laptops. The solar panels are generally less than 5 pounds and are less than 2 inches thick when folded. They are designed to use for outdoor purposes. These are foldable [...]
Obama Stops Keystone XL Pipeline
On November 10, 2011, President Obama stood up for Americans and put the future of the planet ahead of Big Oil. Citing climate change President Obama sent the Keystone XL pipeline project back for review until at least 2013. The announcement is a reflection of the President’s commitment to clean energy. The State Department will [...]
Hybrid Thin Film Solar Cells by Silevo
Silevo, the solar startup formerly known as Sierra Solar Power (Sierra), has developed a “hybrid cell,” so called because it is a combination of three materials: crystalline silicon n-type substrates, thin-film passivation (non-reactive) layers that allow higher voltages, and a tunneling oxide layer. Sierra is the owner of record of several published patent applications, including U.S. [...]
Sierra’s Top 100 Cool Schools
Sierra’s fourth annual Coolest Schools survey was sent to 900 colleges anduniversities across the United States. A total of 162 schools respondedto the questionnaire and detailed their sustainability efforts. This year, after consulting the Club’s conservation experts, Sierra shiftedthe weighting of its survey question. The new ranking system now givesmore weight to each school’s energy [...]
Limbaugh Blames the Sierra Club for Oil Spill
The leaking undersea oil well in the Gulf of Mexico isan environmental disaster of epic proportions. Most thinking people areattributing blame to those who caused the incident (BP, Transocean andCameron International). However, some conservative American leaders arepointing their fingers in the most unlikely directions. Paradoxically, conservatives tend to blame the "enviro-nuts" for supportingrestrictions on drilling. [...]
eSolar’s Sierra SunTower named renewable project of the year
Power Engineering announced the selection of eSolar’s Sierra SunTowerfacility, a state-of-the-art solar thermal power plant, as the winnerof "Best Renewable and Sustainable Project" at the 2009 Projects of theYear Awards. Each year, Power Engineering magazine editorsrecognize the world’s best projects in four major categories:gas-fired, coal-fired, nuclear and renewable. The award comes less thanfour months after [...]
Survey: Latinos Like Clean Energy
A vast majority of registered Latino voters support clean energy innovation, protecting public lands and cleaning up toxic pollution, according to a new national survey. Even more of them believe they have a moral obligation to do something about it. 86% of the 1,131 Latinos surveyed would prefer the US government to invest in clean, [...]