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A new renewable energy project has been planned for Scotland to employ a series of tidal energy turbines. The 98 foot tall turbines will be immersed 30 feet below the surface of the ocean in areas with strong tidal currents. The constantly moving water will drive the 66 foot turbine blades slowly enough...

gwynedd gal, thanks for your reply. Your credentials are above reproach; my credentials for this forum are limited to my efforts to live a greener life and my career as a writer. Since you've read this entry, I guess it's safe to assume you're interested in the environmental safety of commonly...

When we bought our house last year, we knew the old AC system was inefficient and would need to be replaced at some point, but frankly, there just hasn’t been room in the budget for such a major expense. As luck would have it, the AC condenser failed just when my mother-in-law arrived for a week-long...

If they can do it Ireland, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Thailand, Australia and South Africa, why can’t we do it here? Each of these nations have either banned plastic shopping bags outright, or taxed the consumers who use them. Ireland began their efforts to limit the use of plastic bags in 2002...

Just like millions of other Americans, I'm desparately but optimistically searching for an electric car that I can afford and that will be available before 2010 when most manufacturers are promising to be in production. No luck so far, but I'm learing a lot along the way. For instance, I've...

Stay tuned. There are other electric options out there, and I'll be researching and featuring them one by one. For right now, it seems the biggest challenges are affordability and availability.

If you've been looking for an alternative to your gas-guzzling, Co2-spewing auto, the NmG might be the American-made electric car just for you. That is, if you can get by with a single seater and get a kick out of driving a funny-looking car available in a bunch of fun and funky colors. The NmG was...

Like most Americans, we are a two-car family. Most of our driving is done in a 2002 Volvo V70 station wagon that gets about 19.5 mpg during city driving; 30 mpg highway. Unlike most Americans, my husband rides a bike to work three or four days a week, but after work he rides home and hops into a 1992...

changing how you eat is a great way to change how you impact the environment! one thing that does multifarious harm to the environment as we know it is the use and overuse of agricultural chemicals. (a quick and incomplete list: contributes to groundwater pollution; helps pests develop into resistant...

Rock Port Missouri recently became the first city to be powered by wind energy. Wind power plants on a nearby bluff produce an estimated 16 million kilowatt hours. The city's 1,400 residents consume an average of 13 million kilowatt hours. The excess energy is sent out to neighboring towns. Since...