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ZapRoot: Wind Powered Monster

August 23, 2008 – 2:13 am

On this week’s episode: The Strandbeest behemoth is unlike anything you’ve seen before. Ice in both poles is melting. Totally Useless Crap is back!

By Francis Scudellari | Also posted in ZapRoot, ice melt, video | Comments (0)

ZapRoot: US Record Decline in Driving

July 5, 2008 – 1:10 am

On this week’s episode: US driving is declining. Nantucket Sound wind power battle. Prius ads let you get away with murder. And check out the latest in weird stuff.

By Francis Scudellari | Also posted in ZapRoot, automobiles, prius, video | Comments (0)

ZapRoot: Greenwashing Disease

June 14, 2008 – 12:01 am

On this week’s episode: Australia is set to build the world largest wind farm in 2009. Greenwashing, these guys are full of **it!

By Francis Scudellari | Also posted in Australia, ZapRoot, greenwashing, wind farm | Comments (0)

Utility Will Use Batteries to Store Wind Power

September 16, 2007 – 12:31 pm

Climate Crisis Coalition
Utility Will Use Batteries to Store Wind Power
By Matthew L. Wald, The New York Times, September 11, 2007
“American Electric Power, a coal-burning utility company that is looking for ways to connect more wind power to its grid, plans to announce today [Tuesday] that it will install huge banks of high-technology batteries. The [...]

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Offshore Wind Deal for Delaware

June 13, 2007 – 12:17 pm

SierraClub

Photo courtesy of Bluewater Wind
“© 2007 Sierra Club. All Rights Reserved.”

In Denmark, which leads the world in wind power, many of the biggest wind farms are built offshore in the waters of the North Sea. The burgeoning wind industry in the United States has yet to venture off land, but if a proposed [...]

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