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Earth Talk: Making renewable energies competitive

Published date: June 25, 2012 | 1:39 pm

Updated: July 19, 2025 | 6:38 pm

Given the importance of abundant amounts of energy for Americans, the federal government tends to subsidize all forms of energy development, including fossil fuels and renewables. A recently released report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) found that in 2011 the federal government spent $16 billion of our tax dollars in subsidies for the development of renewable energy and increased energy efficiency, and only $2.5 billion in subsidies to the fossil fuel industry in the form of tax breaks

Earth Talk: Sustainable communities

Roddy Scheer

Published date: June 18, 2012 | 10:31 am

Updated: July 19, 2025 | 6:38 pm

Sustainable communities take a long-term perspective, focusing on “both the present and future, well beyond the next budget or election cycle” so that the needs of the current as well as future generations are met with adequate resources

Big Green Bus to make sole Virginia stop in Staunton

Chris Graham

Published date: June 15, 2012 | 10:17 am

Updated: May 20, 2025 | 6:19 pm

Thirteen Dartmouth College students touring the nation on the Big Green Bus with the goal of building enthusiasm for community involvement through environmental action will make only one single stop in the state of Virginia. That stop will be at Staunton on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Bill Ritter Jr.: EPA’s rules for new coal plants

AFP

Published date: June 11, 2012 | 8:57 pm

Updated: May 7, 2025 | 1:48 pm

Every day, we see the clear connection between the health of our citizens, the health of our environment, and the health of our economy. Unfortunately, national public debate is often dominated by the claim that we must choose between a clean environment and economic prosperity

Earth Talk: How green is your cloud?

Roddy Scheer

Published date: May 1, 2012 | 6:44 am

Updated: August 27, 2025 | 1:29 pm

Dear EarthTalk: Why is Greenpeace upset with some leading tech companies for so-called “dirty cloud computing?” Can you explain? – Jeremy Wilkins, Waco, Texas Leading tech companies like Google, Apple and Microsoft are now offering unprecedented amounts of data storage and access to “apps” on huge Internet-connected servers, saving consumers and businesses the hassle of…

Earth Talk: Fuel-efficient cars

Roddy Scheer

Published date: April 9, 2012 | 11:58 pm

Updated: July 19, 2025 | 6:38 pm

Dear EarthTalk: Which are the most fuel-efficient hybrid and/or all-electric cars available to consumers today (just the affordable ones, please!)? – Jack Madison, Chicago, Ill. Given increased environmental awareness, high gas prices and a continually slumping economy, it’s no wonder that more fuel efficient cars are all the rage these days. The best deal going…

Chris Graham: No more cheap gas?

AFP

Published date: April 4, 2012 | 10:42 pm

Drill all you want. The days of $2-a-gallon gas – hell, $3-a-gallon gas – are over. That’s just reality. Peak oil or no peak oil, we’re finding new sources of oil, which is good news, except that, bad news, it’s a lot harder (and thus more expensive) to tap these new finds like the ones…

Sen. Warner to tour Waynesboro Y on Friday

Chris Graham

Published date: February 29, 2012 | 10:16 am

Updated: May 13, 2025 | 4:13 pm

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner will visit the Waynesboro YMCA on Friday, March 2, to get a tour of the $100,000 thermal-solar installation project at the Y and be briefed on the details of the project by officials from the Y and project partner Sigora Solar. The project is the largest thermal-solar installation in the state…

Earth Talk: Inside Solyndra

Roddy Scheer

Published date: February 28, 2012 | 7:49 pm

Updated: July 19, 2025 | 6:38 pm

Dear EarthTalk: What caused Solyndra, a leading American solar panel maker, to fail last fall and what are the implications for U.S. alternative energy industries? – Walt Bottone, Englewood, N.J. Solyndra was a California-based maker of thin-film solar cells affixed to cylindrical panels that could deliver more energy than conventional flat photovoltaic panels. The company’s…

Pam Solo and Grant Smith: Solyndra and the real risk to American taxpayers

AFP

Published date: January 5, 2012 | 11:35 am

The bankruptcy of Solyndra, a solar company that received a federal loan guarantee, has made the front page because of charges of cronyism. But among the biggest risks to taxpayers, who underwrite federal loan guarantees, isn’t renewable energy. It is nuclear power. The Department of Energy declared its intent to conditionally issue a loan guarantee…

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Earth Talk: Making renewable energies competitive

Earth Talk: Sustainable communities

Big Green Bus to make sole Virginia stop in Staunton

Bill Ritter Jr.: EPA’s rules for new coal plants

Earth Talk: How green is your cloud?

Earth Talk: Fuel-efficient cars

Chris Graham: No more cheap gas?

Sen. Warner to tour Waynesboro Y on Friday

Earth Talk: Inside Solyndra

Pam Solo and Grant Smith: Solyndra and the real risk to American taxpayers

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