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Seaweed farmsOne seaweed farm may produce enough biofuel to supply 30% of Japan's fuel consumption. More on Seaweed farms.
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Heat PumpsAn incredibly efficient and technically elegant solution to heating and cooling. More on Heat Pumps.
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Arctic Ice Photos Arctic ice and
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Energy, power, solar energy 
"Transforming fossil fuels to electricity generates more loss than actual transformation. "
Dr. Robert Wimmer on Green Building
by Deb Powers
Philippine Sen. Adgardo J. Angara delivered a stirring speech to a gathering of the energy sector's domestic and international leaders. In it, he challenged the Senate to come up with a resolution that would serve as a guideline for the Philippines to turn from fossil fuel energy to sources that use the resources around them - ocean water, algae, the sun and the wind.
Read more: Philippines ready for green energy
"The demand (for solar) is so high, we can't get enough people trained fast enough to get the job done."
Orris Farnsworth, Utah Solar Assoc.
by Deb Powers
The local Sunday papers make for good reading sometimes. The Utah Salt Lake Tribune's feel-good story about a local Idea House has some great nuggets of information. Green jobs training at a local community college partnered with a Community Development Corp and the result: a foreclosed home refitted with green improvements, including insulation, greener appliances and a solar panel capable of generating all of its electricity - plus a class of electricians and technicians with new green job skills to add to their resumes.
Read more: Energy makeover illustrates green jobs concept
by Deb Powers
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