Sustainable North

Established in 1995, the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency is an ongoing project of the North Carolina Solar Center and the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. To find out what incentives your state utilities and/or government offers businesses and individuals who use renewable power or [...]

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The first of a two-part series, “A Greener Future”, from the LA Times, September 14, 2008: Innovations in designing green chemicals are emerging in nearly every U.S. industry, from plastics and pesticides to toys and nail polish. Some manufacturers of cosmetics, household cleaners and other consumer products are leading the charge, while others are lagging [...]

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From the Washington Post, Saturday, September 13, 2008: As gardeners, we are at the forefront of the new Green Revolution. Knowing this, gardeners can take steps to promote sustainability in their landscapes. It involves how you use your property — everything you own.  Thirty years ago, most home landscaping consisted of lawn, foundation plantings, a [...]

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From The New Yorker Magazine, July 7, 2008: For the past decade or so, Samsø [Denmark] has been the site of an unlikely social movement. When it began, in the late nineteen-nineties, the island’s forty-three hundred inhabitants had what might be described as a conventional attitude toward energy: as long as it continued to arrive, [...]

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From adn.com on Friday, September 5, 2008: WASILLA — Backyard wind turbines are popping up around the Matanuska-Susitna Borough as energy prices rise and residents try to harness those notorious Valley winds.  Click here to read the whole article.

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From the New York Times, August 26, 2008: While the United States today gets barely 1 percent of its electricity from wind turbines, many experts are starting to think that figure could hit 20 percent. Achieving that would require moving large amounts of power over long distances, from the windy, lightly populated plains in the [...]

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About a new New York State campus that is using sustainable building practices. From the New York Times July 27, 2008: “Stony Brook Southampton will certainly be among a limited number of campuses with this level of commitment to sustainability,” says Judy Walton, acting executive director of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in [...]

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From the Fairbanks Daily Newsminer July 23, 2008 Air-quality and health officials said Tuesday that chronic air pollution presents long-term health risks for people in Fairbanks. They also said they’re still nailing down exactly where the pollution — a mix of soot, dust and other particles — comes from. Health specialists on the panel, which [...]

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