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By Lina Younes As 2012 comes to an end and 2013 is about to begin, I would like to share some thoughts with you for the new year. I don’t want to call them New Year Resolutions because those don’t seem to survive longer than the month of January.  So, how about talking about healthier [...]

  Recently, a supposed “peer-reviewed” paper on the effects of living near wind turbines was released. As has been the case for many years, there are a few opponents of wind energy (mostly in or related to fossil fuel or nuclear industries), and they’ve been trying to make wind energy out to be some big, bad, scary energy option that it simply isn’t. The main focus has been on the sound that wind turbines create. … Read More Wind Turbine Syndrome… Not! was originally published on: CleanTechnica

  The Stanford team that’s working on its next solar-powered car for the annual solar car race across Australia recently dropped a bunch of updates on its blog. From one of the updates, I’ll simply drop some of their photos and a video below — for text on what they’ve been up to, check out Update 5 or the home page of the Stanford Solar Car Project. Stanford Solar Car Updates was originally published on: … Read More Stanford Solar Car Updates was originally published on: CleanTechnica

  2012 has been a pretty notable year for electric vehicles. For one, more EVs have been sold this year than in any year in history — but that’s rather expected, isn’t it? Beyond that fact, which will likely be repeated for many years to come, let’s have a quick look at some of the other top EV stories of the year. 10. Recording-breaking year: Well, let’s start with the point above. Over 47,500 EVs have … Read More 10 Top EV Stories From 2012 was originally published on: CleanTechnica

  With control over 320 megawatts of solar power generating capacity, Florida-based NextEra Energy Resources already calls itself the biggest solar power company in the U.S. (at least for now), and it is about to add a whopping 750 more megawatts in one fell swoop if the Environmental Impact Statement for its proposed McCoy solar energy project in California passes muster. Among other issues, habitat protection for the Desert Tortoise is a key item. If … Read More Biggest Solar Power Company in U.S. Could More than Double in Size was originally published on: CleanTechnica

California has set the date and details for a second CO2 emissions allowance auction to be held February 2013, under the state's cap-and-trade system. Read More California Sets Second Cap-And-Trade Emissions Auction was originally published on: CleanTechnica

  New research has revealed that West Antarctica is actually warming nearly two times faster than was previously thought. This finding suggests, therefore, that sea levels may rise much faster than was previously predicted. The average annual temperatures in West Antarctica, at the Byrd research station, have increased an incredible 2.4 degrees Celsius (4.3F) in the years since the 1950s. This is one of the quickest increases in temperature in the world — it’s currently … Read More West Antarctica Warming Twice As Fast As Previously Thought, Research Finds, May Speed Up Sea Level Rise was originally published on: CleanTechnica

  Amp Electric Vehicles has decided to start converting the propulsion systems of delivery trucks to electric, and this time, they will be equipped to charge wirelessly. The company used to convert SUVs to electric propulsion systems, but it moved on from that and has now reached an agreement with Momentum Dynamics to convert delivery trucks, using one of the latest charging technologies: resonant induction charging. Momentum Dynamics is to develop the wireless vehicle chargers to make … Read More Amp to Develop Wirelessly Charged Delivery Trucks was originally published on: CleanTechnica