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The so-called "conventional wisdom" has been pretty unremitting in deeming any sort of comprehensive energy reform legislation dead in the water this year.

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From effective masonry heaters to beautiful Danish wood stoves, the Scandinavians know a thing or two about heating with wood.

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As a rule, I am not one of these greenies that gets overly excited about new reusable bottles. I have an old reusable bottle somewhere, and it occasionally gets used when I venture out of the house—but I've always been a little confused by the amount of attention paid to fancy reusable bottles and their cousins, the reusable tote.

The Utah prairie dog. Photo by Dean Biggins, U.S. Geological Survey.

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Plague once struck mortal fear in humans, but it's a thing of the past, right?

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Cool Statistic of the Day
Who knew a hockey game could be so energy-intensive?

Missouri coal train, photo: Scott Granneman via flickr.

As Grist pointed out yesterday, the US now has 15 states with resolutions attempting to prevent limits on greenhouse gas pollution.

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If you are anything like me, you can be supportive of a particular piece of legislation. But that support doesn't always turn into action.

photo: John Schanlaub via flickr.

A new analysis of the United States' wind power potential for the lower 48 states has been released by AWS Truewind and shows

photo: Nic.McPhee via flickr.

A group of Democratic senators, led by New York's Chuck Schumer, is seeking to prevent further stimulus money going to renewable energy projects that are not made with 100% made in the USA parts.

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Relatively Fewer Car Trips
Data from the National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) for 2009 contains some encouraging transportation trends when compared to the previous survey done in 2001.