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Teachers Union Leads Effort to Turn Around Poverty and Learning in West Virginia Schools
The American Federation of Teachers, vilified by critics as an obstacle to school reform, is leading an unusual effort to turn around a floundering...
Warren Buffett Buys $2 Billion Solar Farm
Billionaire businessman Warren Buffett is getting into the solar business by buying one of the world's largest solar PV plants -- the $2 billion...
13 Compassionate Americans Receive White House Medals
Recognizing their good deeds, President Barack Obama yesterday awarded the nation's second-highest civilian honor to 13 compassionate Americans for their decades of service helping the...
Students and Post-it Notes Help Schools Cut Their Energy Bills
Simple yellow Post-it notes with the message “When not in use, turn off the juice,” pointedly left on classroom computers, printers and air-conditioners, have...
FedEx Adds More Than 4,000 New, Fuel Efficient Vehicles
The world's largest express transportation company continues to bolster its fuel efficiency with a significant expansion this summer of lower polluting, energy efficient vehicles.
While...
New York Passes Historic Green Jobs Financing Law
An innovative financing mechanism for achieving the green jobs and carbon cuts mandated in New York was passed last week by the state legislature....
New Jersey: An Unlikely Leader In U.S. Solar Energy
The combination of a strong energy mandate passed by the former Governor Jon Corzine, and a generous carbon offset program has made New Jersey...
Top 10 Ways You Can Stop Climate Change
Ever wonder how your tiny carbon footprint really impacts the big picture of climate change? Though you might feel like your lifestyle is insignificant...
Solar Project Will Power 85,850 Homes for Los Angeles
The largest U.S. producer of crystalline solar power energy Wednesday announced plans to build a massive system to provide solar energy to tens of...
T. Boone Who? Warren Buffett is the New King of Wind
Warren Buffett, who knows a few things about investing, has arguably become the largest investor in the American wind power market. In his annual...
Wisconsin Workers Get Support from Poland’s Solidarity Trade Union
In a full page ad purchased in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, the iconic Polish trade union, Solidarity, expressed heartfelt support for Wisconsin workers who are...
Edison Signs Deals for Seven New Solar Power Plants
Southern California Edison has signed contracts with two companies for the construction and operation of seven solar power plants in the state, including one...
GM Teams Up With Hawaii to Push Hydrogen Cars
Hawaii may be the first state in the nation to successfully build a fueling infrastructure that will support thousands of hydrogen fuel cell cars.
This...
21 Extraordinary Acts of Heroism: Carnegie Medals Announced
21 people were named Wednesday by the Carnegie Hero Fund to receive the Carnegie medal, given to those who risk their lives to an...
First Community Owned Solar Garden Opens in US
A day for the solar history books.The country’s first community-owned solar installation began delivering clean, renewable electricity to the grid in El Jebel, Colorado....
40 Victories Since the First Earth Day: 40th Anniversary Timeline
Since the first Earth Day 40 years ago, America has become a cleaner, safer, more beautiful place with less pollution, more pristine rivers, fewer...
First Ted Turner Backed Solar Project Slated For New Mexico
Media mogul and long-time environmentalist Ted Turner is making good on his intentions to invest in a large-scale solar utility project in the Southwest...
L.A. Plans World’s Biggest Solar Farm in California Desert
An old battleground of California's water wars could turn into one of the largest solar farms in the world, with thousands of shiny black...
Molten Salt Project To Power Up To 75,000 Homes
NV Energy signed an agreement today to use Crescent Dunes in Nye County, NV, near Tonopah, as a source for alternative power driven...
GM Plans to Launch Plug-in Hybrid SUV in 2011
General Motors Co.'s product development chief says the company will introduce a plug-in rechargeable midsize sport utility vehicle sometime in 2011. ...