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ZapRoot: Scurvy Green Seas

June 21, 2008 – 12:39 am

On this week’s episode: Greening the scurvy seas with SkySails cargo shipping. Renewzle makes DIY solar paneling your home easy. Michel de Broin’s Flintstones-like car goes to court.

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Macy’s To Install 8 MegaWatts Of Solar Power

July 2, 2007 – 5:53 pm

TreeHugger
Macy’s will be installing 8 megawatts of solar power in 26 stores throughout California. The installation will be performed by SunPower, a solar cell manufacturer. Macy’s will buy the arrays for 11 of the stores. For the other 15 stores, Macy’s will purchase the electricity produced by the solar panels from a third-party financier who [...]

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Greenpeace – Making Waves

June 25, 2007 – 1:15 pm

Greenpeace – Making Waves
San Francisco goes for smart energy
From the Sacramento Bee:
The city plans eventually to have at least 51 percent of its electricity supplied by renewable sources of energy — compared to about 13 percent for PG&E today. Those new sources could include a wind farm in Solano County, geothermal power from the desert, [...]

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