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Seattle City Lights new video contest targets “Energy Vampires”

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Halloween is just around the corner and Seattle City Light is holding a “Slay Your Energy Vampires” video contest to celebrate…



Isolated green buildings won’t save the planet

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

From CNN: Architect Joshua Prince Ramus talks about how new buildings should be energy efficient but that alone won’t save environment.

Read the full opinion piece here.



US energy use is dropping and shifting to renewables

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

A new report shows that the US energy economy has shifted away from coal over the last year at a pace faster than the declining economy would predict.



The Transformer – August 18, 2010

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

How green is my electron? Overcoming the smart grid’s color blindness
Energy journals and, increasingly, the popular media now teem with updates and predictions on developing “smart grid” technologies … how they will help smooth power demand, greatly improve efficiency and outage/service response, and reward consumers with lower bills.

This issue of The Transformer tackles the question of why the smart grid isn’t necessarily a green grid and, in fact, could actually foster greater demand for power from coal-fueled or nuclear baseload plants. It also presents one proposed means of dealing with the problem: buying green electrons…



Editorial: Columbia River salmon: The fishermen’s plan is starting to work

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Bob Rees of the Northwest Guides and Anglers Association has an editorial in The Oregonian today on how changes to the dam system recommended by scientists and fishermen are bringing back wild salmon. But we still have farther to go.