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Military Base Solar Takes Aim At Gird Parity
Environment  (tags: energy, environment, conservation, Sustainabililty, solar, solar power )

Michael
- 3 hours ago - earthtechling.com
Can the U.S. military use solar power to run a base for less than the cost of the grid power provided by a local utility?
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You Don't Know Frack: A Quiz About Fracking
Environment  (tags: environment, energy, habitatdestruction, pollution )

Patricia
- 7 hours ago - action.foodandwaterwatch.org
An interesting quiz about fracking.
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Morocco Building 500 MW Solar Power Project
Environment  (tags: climate-change, climate, climatechange, CO2emissions, globalwarming, globalwarming, Morocco, solar, energy, solar energy, Sustainabililty, government, world, conservation )

Michael
- 11 hours ago - ecogeek.org
Morocco is a country that is bursting with solar power potential -- it gets 3,000 hours a year of sunshine -- but it relies heavily on the import of fossil fuels. That may be turning around with plans for a 500 MW solar complex.
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Obama Taps Environmental Scientist From George Mason University to Head Nuclear Agency
Environment  (tags: energy, GoodNews, government, NRC )

Kathy
- 1 day ago - thehill.com
President Obama nominated George Mason University Professor Allison Macfarlane Thursday to serve as chairwoman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
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10 Eye-Opening Facts That Every Meat Eater Should Take the Time to Read
Environment  (tags: climate, climate-change, energy, globalwarming, water, animals, contaminants, bacterial contamination )

Marika
- 1 day ago - thisdishisvegetarian.com
The 500 calories of food energy in a one pound steak requires 20,000 calories of fossil fuels, the majority of which is consumed through the crop cultivation process. (As an interesting and slightly related 'aside', half of America's entire water supply..
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