Top 10 National Green Stories

Time Magazine’s Top 10 Green Stories for 2008   Time Magazine loves to create lists of the top 10 of whatever. The worst, best, ugliest, fattest, skinniest, least desirable, most desirable, best run, slowest, fastest, most efficient, least efficient…it goes on. This is their grouping read more

Green Investment Boom going broke just like all the other investment booms

  US: October 29, 2008. From Planet Ark, by Bruce Sterling   LOS ANGELES - “Going green” doesn’t have quite the cachet it used to, at least on Wall Street. Investors in renewable energy stocks have seen their sector hit hard in recent weeks on concerns that tightening credit read more

Electratherm in Carson City

The U.S. Department of Energy reports that the available seven quadrillion Btu of waste heat sources exceeds the current production of all other U.S. renewable power sources combined. This includes hydroelectric, wood, biofuels, geothermal, wind, and solar photovoltaic. With a subsidy-free read more

TRPA approves shorezone program

    Jonah M. Kessel / Tahoe Daily Tribune TRPA Governing Board member Steven Merrill leans back as he listens during the public comment period Wednesday at Stateline.     After more than two decades of debate and more than eight hours of discussion by regulators on Wednesday, Lake read more

How to Winterize Your Home and Save Energy

19 Ways to Save More Money This Heating Season and Protect Your Investment Story By Brian Clark Howard from The Daily Green.com Brian Clark Howard has collected a great list of 19 items that might help you get through this winter without getting heating bill shock. If you can think of more read more

Recycling Symbols

Manufacturers have created various symbols to let consumers know if a product is made from recycled materials or can be recycled after use. The following recycling symbols are the most commonly used in the U.S. today and will give you a good idea if you’re buying an eco-friendly product. 1. read more

Washoe Lake State Park, a fall pictorial

Posted: 17 Oct 2008 03:28 PM CDT Washoe Lake State Park is beautiful this time of year. The water level is down, most of the campers are gone, but the views remain stunning. A mid-week, late-afternoon stroll through the park yielded diverse fall colors, a few birds in the bird watching area and read more

Green Living Expo, Reno Convention Center, October 18, 19, 2008

At eleven, Saturday morning an empty parking lot was still waiting for the public to arrive. The 30 or so vendors of the Green Living Expo at the Reno Tahoe Convention Center were manning their booths looking hopefully at the wide open doors but no one came, at least not yet. With a struggling read more

6 Ways to Save More Than $12,000 On Taxes in 2009

A Look At the New Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Incentives for Individuals It’s been widely noted that the passage of the financial bailout bill included $150 billion in additional “sweeteners” to gain passage in the House of Representatives. It’s true that only read more

CFLs May Increase Mercury Pollution

Proximity to Other Sources Determines Risk Concern over trace amounts of the toxic metal mercury in compact fluorescent bulbs has scared some people away from making the switch to the more energy-efficient technology. Broken bulbs in the home is the chief concern for anyone using the bulbs, but read more

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