Sunday, April 8th, 2007
New X-Prize for Super-Efficient Automobiles
The X Prize Foundation has announced several new X Prizes, and one of them is “To inspire a new generation of viable, super-efficient vehicles that help break our addiction to oil and stem the effects of climate change.”
The winner gets a HUGE amount of glory and, of course, $10 million. The gauntlet has been dropped, [...]
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
The White House Talks Green… With a Few Notable Exceptions
In his recent State of the Union address, George W Bush talked about, and seemed to support, many of the most promising areas of renewable energy. With the current global political climate, and our war in Iraq (that seems to be becoming more about oil every day), it is no surprise that the White House [...]
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Sunday, September 3rd, 2006
Giant Windfarm Proposed in Iowa
Iowa Winds LLC is working on a windfarm that would cover 40,000 acres and involve 193 Iowa landowners. This single project is a big step forward in the quest to be free of foreign oil, and will be a much more long-term and quickly profitable solution that drilling oil wells in the Alaskan Wildlife Refuge.
40,000 [...]
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2006
MTV Comes Through Again
Just when I think that all hope is lost, MTV always starts up a new responsible campaign. (Ok, I didn’t really think all hope was lost, but it seemed like a snappy way to start this post.) As with Live Aid and Rock the Vote, MTV is once again fighting the good fight, but this [...]
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Friday, April 28th, 2006
The Beginning
Everything has to start somewhere.
RenewNews is intended to be a community-driven, and ultimately community-run and maintained resource for information and discussion on Renewable Energy, and everything you need to know for when we run out of oil.
People will have different reactions to that statement/mission, but the intent is not to be alarmist or radical; the [...]
