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Climate Change, Green living, Politics, Aug 10th, 2010,
Britain’s energy secretary Chris Huhne has lifted the ban on local authorities selling back surplus electricity into the national power grid. The plan is to encourage local councils to generate their own renewable energy by installing solar panels and wind turbines on council owned property, including both homes and public buildings. Any extra electricity can be sold back to the grid and provide much needed income to local authorities. From an article in the Guardian: At present only 0.01% of electricity in England is generated by local authority-owned renewables. In Germany the equivalent figure is 100 times higher. The hope…
Tags: authorities, Britain, British, buildings, carbon, council, developers, energy, government, Green, grid, homes, local, plant, power, renewable, Solar, UK, wind
Climate Change, Green living, Politics, Videos & Documentaries, Apr 14th, 2010,
Cuba is using local, low cost, eco-friendly materials to rebuild houses for many who lost their homes due to hurricanes. In 2008 three hurricanes successively tore through Cuba, causing an estimated $10 billion in damages. Many Cubans were left homeless by the severe storms. Cuba’s CIDEM research and development institute found an innovative solution for rebuilding sturdier homes for hurricane victims using locally sourced, inexpensive ‘eco materials’. CIDEM works with the Cuban government and receives the majority of its funding from Switzerland and Canada. Construction is low-cost, low-tech and labor intensive – ideal for poor countries with a high level…
Tags: CNN, Cuba, ECO, homes, houses, hurricane, victims, video
