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CicLaVia is Back This Sunday & We’ll Be Rolling Against Coal!

Creative Greenius

My favorite part of this next CicLaVia is t he Bike Parade coming from my friends at Greenpeace and Sierra Club which they’re calling ROLL AGAINST COAL. It’s long been time to kick coal out of L.A.’s Participants will also get stylin’ Greenpeace and Sierra Club t-shirts!

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NRDC says Baard Energy agrees to switch from coal to natural gas for feedstock for proposed synthetic fuel plant in Ohio to avoid further permit challenges

Green Car Congress

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) issued a press release on Friday saying that Baard Energy had agreed to a settlement entailing their switching from coal as a feedstock for its planned coal/biomass-to-liquids Ohio River Clean Fuels plant ( earlier post ) to natural gas. Earlier post.). Therefore, what.

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CicLaVia is Back This Sunday & We’ll Be Rolling Against Coal!

Creative Greenius

My favorite part of this next CicLaVia is t he Bike Parade coming from my friends at Greenpeace and Sierra Club which they’re calling ROLL AGAINST COAL. It’s long been time to kick coal out of L.A.’s Participants will also get stylin’ Greenpeace and Sierra Club t-shirts!

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Baard Energy raises $2.5B for coal/biomass-to-liquids plant in Ohio; construction to begin late spring or early summer 2011

Green Car Congress

Baard Energy LLC, a company seeking to build a coal/biomass-to-liquids (CBTL) plant in Ohio ( earlier post ) has raised $2.5B from investors in the coal and energy markets and is preparing to begin construction of the nearly $6 billion Ohio River Clean Fuels Project by late spring or early summer. Youngstown Business Journal.

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Tesla Megapack project breaks ground, Arizona’s largest project yet

Teslarati

By holding onto excess power generated during lulls in demand, power companies can more easily address peak demand and, importantly, reduce costs. The Sierra Estrella energy storage facility, constructed by utility company Salt River Project (SRP) and energy system constructor Plus Power LLC, will be the largest of its kind in Arizona.

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IEEE’s Plan To Help Combat Climate Change

Cars That Think

The IEEE Life Fellow is also founder and chairman of BEM Controls , a software company in McLean, Va., For example, organizations such as the Sierra Club and the World Wildlife Fund aspire to make the world carbon-neutral in 30 to 40 years. If you use less electricity, you will burn less coal. It’s as simple as that.

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UCS proposes plug-in cars roadblock: What's wrong with Big Enviro?

Plugs and Cars

Stricker responded in disbelief with, "Are you saying auto companies should be held responsible for electricity generation?" And that reaction was from an auto company that is taking a "go slow" approach to using grid electricity as a "fuel" for cars. Instead, Big Enviro has gone down the rat hole of diminishing returns.

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