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UK Wind Power Exceeds Coal During Storm, Continues to Break Energy Records

UK Wind Power Exceeds Coal During Storm, Continues to Break Energy Records

As the UK cleans up after being lashed by the remnants of Hurricane Bertha, which brought summer flooding and travel disruption, it is also reaping the benefits of a boost to the country’s wind industry brought by the storm, with output hitting near record highs. A surge in wind power say clean energy outstrip coal […]

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    Germany’s Windiest State Set to Achieve 100-Percent Renewable Energy

    Germany’s Windiest State Set to Achieve 100-Percent Renewable Energy

    While some countries around the world try to figure out how to deploy more clean energy, one German state is planning on having enough renewables for exportation. Known as Germany’s windiest area, Schleswig-Holstein believes it could provide 100 percent renewable energy at some point this year, Renewables International reported. Producing as much renewable energy as it […]

    Don’t Be a Square—Be Circular!

    Don’t Be a Square—Be Circular!

    Sustainable fishing farms in Ghana, air-cleaning carpets and software that operate trains to save on energy. These are just some of the surprising headlines from our case study Sustainia100 that EcoWatch was among the first to report on last week. Over the last six months, we have researched more than 900 innovations, technologies and projects […]

    Sustainia100: Most Sustainable Solutions in Fashion and Resources

    Sustainia100: Most Sustainable Solutions in Fashion and Resources

    Editor’s note: This is the sixth and final part in a series on the various aspects of the Sustainia100. Here are parts one, two, three, four and five. Fashion offers a plethora of opportunities for sustainability, from the materials used to the amount of water and energy used to create clothing. The Sustainia100 recognizes the best of the best, from Levi & Strauss […]

    Meet Erin Brockovich, Consumer Advocate and Self-Proclaimed ‘Eco Warrior’

    Meet Erin Brockovich, Consumer Advocate and Self-Proclaimed ‘Eco Warrior’

    If the name Erin Brockovich only reminds you of a 2000 feature film starring Julia Roberts, you’ve got some catching up to do. The Lawrence, KS native is a consumer advocate and environmental activist who took it upon herself to create a national reporting registry map where Americans can keep record of various health concerns […]

    20 Sustainable Solutions for Information Technology and Education

    20 Sustainable Solutions for Information Technology and Education

    Editor’s note: This is part four of our look at various aspects of the Sustainia100. Here are parts one, two, three, five and six. The Information Technology and Education sections of the Sustainia100 are as geographically diverse and innovative as any. These solutions have deployed in airports, the classroom and more. They have impacted the lives of everybody from farmers to grade-school children. Bangladesh, […]

    Elon Musk and SolarCity Executives Announce Plan For World’s Largest Solar Panel Production Plant

    Elon Musk and SolarCity Executives Announce Plan For World’s Largest Solar Panel Production Plant

    Elon Musk’s alternate-energy aspirations don’t end with Tesla’s electric vehicles. Musk is also chairman of SolarCity, a firm responsible for three times the solar panel installations as its closest competitor. Along with executives Peter Rive and Lyndon Rive, Musk announced this week that the company will create a solar plant that would be the equivalent of Tesla’s […]

    Why Ohio’s Budget Update Will Further Crush Renewable Energy

    Why Ohio’s Budget Update Will Further Crush Renewable Energy

    Fresh off signing the nation’s first renewable energy freeze, Ohio Gov. John Kasich approved a biennial budget update that could further damage the state’s ability to harness electricity alternatives. Amid various tax cuts, House Bill 483 contains language requiring wind turbines to be about 1,300 feet from a property line as opposed to previous regulations that required […]