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Before Obama Made It 'Sexy': Trailblazing Caulkers

(Dec. 15) -- Home insulation is "sexy," President Barack Obama declares. "Here's what's sexy about it: It saves money," he said at a Home Depot in northern Virginia. This morning the president made a pitch for a set of tax incentives, dubbed "Cash for Caulkers," to encourage retrofits of existing homes as a way of...

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06/03/12 Army Trying To Make Bases Energy Independent Source: ABC - KMGH 7 - Denver CO The barrel-like oven transforming wood chips into electricity with a Ford auto engine hardly seems like battlefield equipment, but Army officials say it may save lives.
06/03/12 Asia-Pacific to need $6T for energy Source: Cebu Daily News - Philippines The Asia-Pacific region will need more than $6 trillion worth of investments in new energy infrastructure by 2030 to meet the projected doubling of energy demand by that time, according to the Asian Development Bank.
06/03/12 Greener U.S. Navy dealt a setback. Source: Environmental Health News The U.S. Navy's energy security plan for a greener fleet that relies less on imported oil and more on domestic renewable biofuels has been dealt a setback in Congress, as Republican senators voiced concern about the price of biofuels not being competitive with petroleum.
06/03/12 Nova Scotia Joins Tidal Power Surge Source: Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel - Baltimore MD The potential for developing tidal power in North America - particularly in Nova Scotia's Bay of Fundy - is tremendous.
06/03/12 Beat The Heat Without Blasting Your Utility Bill Source: The Business Insider When summers get as hot as this one, it's difficult to imagine what people did before air conditioning existed.

Background on green technologies

Environmental technology (abbreviated as envirotech) or green technology (abbreviated as greentech) or clean technology (abbreviated as cleantech) is the application of one or more of environmental science, green chemistry, environmental monitoring and electronic devices to monitor, model and conserve the natural environment and resources, and to curb the negative impacts of human involvement.

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