In West Texas and Illinois, electric customers are being paid to use electricity. With the growth of wind energy in these areas, electric companies are producing more energy -- especially during off-peak hours -- than they can use with no way to store it.

Didn't think so. But what if it used 90% less electricity than a standard incandescent bulb, cut greenhouse gas emissions and saved you an estimated $280 over its 25-year lifespan? That's the challenge facing Dutch start-up Lemnis Lighting today.

Adding momentum to the revolt against the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Apple on Monday resigned from the business group because of its opposition to federal efforts to limit greenhouse gases. The move comes amid efforts by Apple to burnish its green image.

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With the most diverse array of alternative energy potential of any state in the nation, Hawaii has set out to become a living laboratory for the rest of the country, hoping it can slash its dependence on fossil fuels while keeping the lights on.

In the global race to develop green technology and stem climate change, China is now a leading producer of solar panels and wind turbines. It also dominates the lesser-known technology of solar water heaters, installed in over 30 million Chinese homes.

Seven thousand new wind turbines may rise from land and sea by 2020.. Ambitious plans to generate one third of UK electricity from renewables by 2020 form the centrepiece of government plans for a low carbon future.

After the first oil embargo and gas crisis in 1973, President Carter installed solar panels on the White House to show how to become independent of foreign oil. In 1980 Pres. Reagan took them down, saying "America didn't conserve its way into greatness".

A new lighting standard could save energy and money and reduce global warming pollution. Urge the new leaders at the Department of Energy to strengthen the proposed lamp standards and close the loopholes left behind by the Bush administration.

Benjamin Fulford interviewed on the Jeff Rense show and talks about Energy breakthrough technologies that may be introduced to the public.