A new television ad campaign by Sunrun, a home solar-power company, aims to tickle your funny bone rather than prick your conscience.
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May 14
Green Blog: Willing to Pay (a Little) More for Clean Energy
A poll suggests consumers are willing to pay somewhat more for “clean” energy, but not if that definition wraps in nuclear power or natural gas.
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Green Blog: Cracking the Smart Energy Market
While a research firm projects that 60 percent of American homes will have a smart energy feature by 2020, consumer adoption has been slower than hoped.
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Green Blog: Cracking the Smart Energy Market
While a research firm projects that 60 percent of American homes will have a smart energy feature by 2020, consumer adoption has been slower than hoped.
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Green Blog: A Higher Price Tag for a Nuclear Project
Delays in approvals may increase the cost of building two reactors by $900 million, Southern says.
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Green Blog: On Our Radar: Rhino Poaching
A suspected rhino poacher is killed in a shootout in a South African preserve.
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Green Blog: Assessing Whether Solar Panels Make Sense for You
Many installers will offer to put solar panels on your roof for no money down, but there are several factors to consider when deciding whether the deal makes sense for you.
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Green Blog: Is That Onions You Smell? Or Battery Juice?
No more crying over electric bills, now that an onion-processing company has a battery to store electricity at off-peak periods.
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Green Blog: Canada Is Slow to Act on Emissions, Audit Warns
The government has not undertaken the kinds of analyses that would be needed to reduce emissions sector by sector, the environment commissioner warns.
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Dot Earth Blog: From Bark to Bottle – a Cork Story
Students chronicle efforts to sustain the age-old use of cork to seal wine bottles and thus sustain the forest source of this versatile material.
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