Solar school is a shining example
April 27th, 2012
A solar-powered internet classroom is on a road trip through Africa selling a new way of learning.
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Entergy Says Solar Power is in High Demand
March 15th, 2012
The number of homes that wants to power up using the sun is up 3000% in the past five years.
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Entergy Says Solar Power is in High Demand
Solar Panels Cause Controversy
January 12th, 2012
Solar Panels Cause Controversy
January 12th, 2012
Kid Genius Sparks Worldwide Solar Energy Debate
January 5th, 2012
13-year-old Aidan Dwyer developed a new way to collect solar energy, and along the way sparked a fierce debate among scholars and scientists. He joins the News Hub to tell his story.
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CSR Minute: Report by As You Sow Shows Beverage Brands Support Producer Responsibility for Recycling
August 17th, 2011
A report by As You Sow, a shareholder advocacy group, concludes that major US beverage brands would support new laws making producers financially responsible for collecting and recycling post-consumer packaging. The study, “Waste and Opportunity: US Beverage Container Recycle Scorecard and Report,” outlines new efforts by beverage companies to reverse lagging US bottle and can recycling rates. Of the 224 billion containers sold annually in the US, only 29 percent are recycled. As You Sow gave a letter grade of B minus to Nestle Waters North America, Pepsico, The Coca-Cola Company, and Red Bull for their sustainability performance to date. Nissan has launched a Web site dedicated to sustainability, www.theplanet-zero.com. The site features a game called “The Planet Zero” that allows players to control a character who roams a virtual Earth, interacting with icons for wind energy, solar power, and other elements of a zero-emission society. Aimed at high school and college-age youth, the web game offers a vision of a possible zero-emission world. Nissan is the manufacturer of the Leaf electric car. For more information on these and other stories, go to thecsrminute.com The CSR Minute is sponsored by Brown-Forman Corporation, producer and marketer of fine quality wine and spirits brands including Jack Daniel’s, Southern Comfort, Finlandia Vodka, and Casa Herradura Tequilas. Download Brown-Forman’s new corporate social responsibility report at www.brown-forman.com/responsibility.
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Israel unveils first of 50 solar power fields
June 15th, 2011
June 15 – Israel’s Arava Power Company unveils the country’s first commercial solar field in a bid to start a “Solar Revolution” in the mainly arid country. Jim Drury reports.
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Fox News Hates Solar Power?
June 9th, 2011
150+ Fox News Bias videos at www.youtube.com Fox News reporter Laura Ingle’s story about a New Jersey power company’s installation of 200000 solar panels on utility polls heavily concentrated on the views of critics, even talking to local critics while ignoring twice as many local residents gathered who supported solar panels, to falsely frame the issue as the people vs the power company and state mandates, as I show in this video. The clips I show of Laura Ingle, the residents of Dumont, NJ, and Paul Rosengren of Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) come from a longer segment of Fox News’ June 8, 2011, broadcast of “Happening Now” which is available online at bit.ly The image I use of my previous video titled “Fox News Hates Trains?” comes from the YouTube video player page at www.youtube.com The image I use of the PSE&G’s FAQs on solar panels comes from bit.ly
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CNN: iPhone, iPad powered by the sun?
January 12th, 2011
Apple is awarded its first patent for solar-powered portable devices. CNN’s Ali Velshi explains.
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Solar projects enlighten students -School District looking skywards for solutions
October 5th, 2010
COMOX VALLEY — The Comox Valley School District is hoping to enlighten students and the general public through new alternative energy projects it has on the go. The first is through the creation of the valley’s first solar powered sign, a project designed and manufactured through the physics and engineering students of Georges P. Vanier Secondary School. The sign, located on the front of the school’s property utilizes a large solar panel which harnesses the sun’s energy and stores it as battery power for night time illuminations. Engineering teacher Steve Classen said the project shows kids and the community the potential of solar energy, proving fossil fuels don’t have to be relied on anymore. The district had earlier completed a project on the roof of Highland Secondary in Comox. In that instance, water passes through large solar panels heating the water in order to cut down on the school’s hot water heating bills. The projects are considered a first step in “getting people excited about solar energy letting them know the district is committed to energy conservation” according to the district’s Manager of Energy Conservation, Fred McGregor
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