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Updated Home Energy Efficiency Standards Could Affect 1 in 4 Homes

May 8, 2024 admin buildings, clean power, consumer technology, energy efficiency, fha, home energy management, HUD, us department of agriculture (usda), usda

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Mon, 06 May 2024 03:33:42 +0000

Updated efficiency standards from HUD and USDA will lower bills and make homes safer. Here’s how. On April 25, the US Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Agriculture (USDA) announced final energy efficiency standards for new home construction. The refreshed standards will impact up to a quarter of … [continued]

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400 US Farmers Enlisted In New Rural Wind Power Smackdown

March 4, 2024 admin Agriculture, clean power, distributed wind, distributed wind energy, distributed wind power, Energy, onshore wind farms, reap, renewable energy, small wind, us department of agriculture (usda), us department of energy (doe), usa, wind energy, wind power, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2024 16:40:18 +0000

The Biden administration aims to recruit 400 farmers to help tap into vast reserves of untapped wind power in the US.

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Regenerative Agriculture Finds Its Mojo, With Or Without Agrivoltaics

June 22, 2023 admin Agriculture, agrivoltaic, carbon credits, carbon farming, carbon sequestration, clean power, crowd funding, farming, farms, green economy, policy & politics, regenerative agriculture, regenerative farming, renewable energy, soil, Solar energy, us department of agriculture (usda), usa, usda

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2023 15:15:31 +0000

Private investors, public funding, and agrivoltaics are all converging on regenerative agriculture like a thousand points of light.

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A Climate-Smart Farm Bill Can Save Lives

May 13, 2023 admin Agriculture, climate change, farming, policy & politics, us department of agriculture (usda), usda

Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 13:10:21 +0000

This article is copublished with Ambrook Research as part of a series that looks at ways the 2023 Farm Bill can help address the climate crisis.

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See-Through, Energy Efficient Windows Made From Paper

March 26, 2023 admin arpa-e, buildings, energy efficiency, research, SCIENCE, university of colorado-boulder, us department of agriculture (usda), usa, wood

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 15:50:18 +0000

Researchers seek new formula for energy efficient windows in beer wort, balsa wood, and paper pulp.

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Sustainable Transportation for All: US Blueprint Lays Out Plan for Decarbonization

January 17, 2023 admin Aviation, bicycles, biofuels, boats, carbon emissions, cars, China, clean tech, clean transport, climate change, DoT, electric cars, Electric vehicles, environmental protection agency (epa), Fossil Fuels, GERMANY, green economy, investment, mass transit / public transit, motorcycles + scooters, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, Shipping, trains / rail, us department of agriculture (usda), us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2023 01:10:48 +0000

There’s a lot to like in the new US transportation decarbonization blueprint. It’s actually very good in most ways, which is excellent to see given that the US hydrogen strategy from late last year was so poor. And it’s needed.