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Hey Mr. Green, How Can I Tell if My Power Supply is Clean or Dirty?

By Bob Schildgen March 12, 2015

In this story: , clean energy, dirty energy, solar, wind

Hey Mr. Green, how can I tell if my power source is clean or dirty?

The 100% Club

While Congress dithers, corporate America embraces renewable energy

By Marc Gunther February 3, 2015

In this story: clean energy, wind, solar

Ikea solar panels: Neil Black works on the installation of South Florida's largest solar panel array atop the future IKEA store in Miami, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. This is Ikea's 40th solar powered project in the U.S. The 178,000 square foot solar array

America, You're Doing It Wrong

The U.S. rejects two big offshore wind farms

By Paul Rauber January 22, 2015

In this story: clean energy, wind

Capitalism vs. the Planet

Naomi Klein dares to discuss the C-word

By Steve Hawk December 3, 2014

In this story: books, climate change, clean energy, solar, wind

Leading Edge

Denmark supplies three out of four of the worlds offshore wind turbines, and it's on track to be free of fossil fuels by 2050

By Paul Rauber November 21, 2014

In this story: wind, clean energy

Offshore turbines are more expensive than those on land, so theres a fierce competition to make them more efficientlighter, simpler, bigger.

The Mayor of Wind

The Tea Party and the Koch brothers are trying to end Texas's wind energy boom. They didn't reckon with Greg Wortham.

By Bruce Selcraig June 3, 2014

In this story: clean energy, dirty energy, wind, green jobs, activism

Sweetwater mayor Greg Wortham-- foe of rattlesnakes, friend of wind.

Blade Runner

Lester Johnson, wind power team leader, is one of the faces of clean energy

By Suzi Parker April 2, 2014

In this story: wind, clean energy, activism, green jobs

The Art of Diminished Resistance

Tom Wylie wants to change the way ocean researchers commute to work

By Steve Hawk May 4, 2013

In this story: wind, clean energy

Tom Wylie in the workshop adjacent to his Canyon, California, home. The model in the foreground is of a Wyliecat 44. | Photo by Mitch Tobias

Corporate Climbers

Trading granite walls for giant turbines, mountaineers cash in on their rope skills to keep America's wind farms humming

Text and photographs by Andy Isaacson March 18, 2013

In this story: wind, adventure, climbing, clean energy

Mountaineers cash in on their rope skills to keep America's wind farms humming.

Look to the Fishes

Biomimicry provides design for cheaper, smaller turbines

By Edward Humes March 12, 2013

In this story: technology, wind, clean energy

CalTech biophysicist (and MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" winner) John Dabiri applied what he learned studying the fluid dynamics of schooling fish to design an entirely new wind turbine.

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