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REEP invites you to Saturday OPEN HOUSES and Wednesday TOURS

Open Houses every Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. - 20 Mill Street Kitchener - Wednesday Tours - 6:30-8:30 p.m. (Registration Required ... MORE added: Mar. 15 13

Wednesday, May 22 - TransitionKW's Tools for Change Movie Night presents:HOME - We all have a date with the Planet! - at The REEP House - 20 Mill St., Kitchener

Through visually stunning footage from over fifty countries, all shot from an aerial perspective, Yann Arthus–Bertrand shows us a view most of us have never seen. He shares with us his sense of awe about our planet and his concern for its health. ... MORE added: May. 06 13

Thursday, May 23, 7:00 p.m., GREEDY LYING BASTARDS - another CREW GREEN Movie Night - at The Original Princess, Princess St. Waterloo - displays & info starting 6:30 p.m. - SPECIAL STUDENT pricing - with ID $5 – Valuable Energy $aving DOOR PRIZES

Just released and already an award winning feature length documentary, this movie digs deep into controversial issues connected to the fossil fuel industry and its regulation, our addiction to fossil fuels in light of climate change & the powers that be ... MORE added: Apr. 24 13

Thursday, May 23 - Webinars - OSEA’s Roadmap to 2020 Webinar Series: Building the 20/20 Workforce of the Future - from 10:00am-12:00pm (EDT)

Join OSEA and its partners on Thursday, May 23, 2013 (10am-12pm) as we begin to examine the next evolution of the 20/20 worker in Ontario at our webinar, Building Ontario's 20/20 Workforce of the Future. The transformation of Ontario's energy grid presen ... MORE added: May. 15 13

Today, Canada is taking over as Chair of the Arctic Council. This is terrible news for wildlife and communities of the Arctic--we need to TAKE ACTION right away.

Prime Minister Harper will do anything it takes to accelerate oil development: muzzle scientists, gut environmental regulations and deny Indigenous rights. Now, as Chair of the Arctic Council, the Harper government wants to give the oil industry a louder ... MORE added: May. 15 13

TAR SANDS Reality Check

Canadians deserve to know the truth about the tar sands. With the oil industry and government working overtime on massive PR campaigns to try to greenwash the tar sands, it’s time for a reality check. ... MORE added: May. 16 13

With More Wind Energy, PJM Could Save Customers $7 Billion per Year

Tulsa, OK -- The PJM Interconnection could save its customers $6.9 billion if it more than doubled the amount of wind energy it currently plans to build. This is according to a study by Americans for a Clean Energy Grid and Synapse Energy Economics. ... MORE added: May. 16 13

CREW P$N - Learn how to SAVE up to 25% & more ON YOUR ELECTRICITY BILL. CREW Power $aving Network (tP$N) electricity self-audit kits are available for borrowing FREE at libraries across Waterloo Region

Learn how to save big on your electricity bill. CREW Power $aving Network (tP$N) electricity self-audit kits are available for borrowing FREE at libraries across Waterloo Region. Contact your local library to reserve. ... MORE added: Mar. 18 13

NEWSLETTER - May 1 Community Power Workshop in Stouffville a huge success - and much more of News & Events to share

On May 1st a group of over 70 participants from across Ontario answered an invitation by Ontario Sustainability Services and OSEA to share their experiences, their successes and their challenges in the community power sector. ... MORE added: May. 16 13

Climate-related disasters cost American taxpayers $96 billion last year

A new analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council shows that the federal government dished out $96 billion last year on what the NRDC calls “federal climate disruption costs.” That works out to $1,100 per taxpayer, or one-sixth of the government’s n ... MORE added: May. 16 13

SolarCity Scores $500 Million from Goldman Sachs for Solar Leasing

SolarCity Corp. (SCTY), a solar-energy developer chaired by billionaire Elon Musk, won financing from Goldman Sachs (GS) Group Inc. for more than $500 million in rooftop solar systems that the company will complete this year. ... MORE added: May. 17 13

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS on Renewable Energy (Especially Wind and Solar Energy)

This document has been prepared to offer a consolidated list of the most common questions we have received about renewable energy, and to provide reference information to other clarifying resources where appropriate. We trust that you will find this usef ... MORE added: Mar. 18 13

Tesla sedan gets best Consumer Reports auto review of all time

Consumer Reports just gave the Tesla Model S Sedan its highest-ever score for an automobile. The glowing review and sky-high score of 99 out of 100 came in the same week that the 10-year-old auto manufacturer enjoyed its first profitable quarter. ... MORE added: May. 10 13

This week in Clean Energy Review, U.S. sustainable building advocates pop the champagne, B.C. climate targets hang in the balance, and young people still don't equate car ownership with freedom and sex appeal. Imagine that!

U.S. BUILDING EFFICIENCY SKYROCKETS: A new analysis of federal data since 2005 concludes that American building owners and managers have been blowing a lot of insulation and swapping out a whole whack of light bulbs. “We have no need to add more electrit ... MORE added: May. 13 13

$1.9 billion wind project coming to Iowa

America’s wind energy boom is about to deliver the biggest economic investment in Iowa’s history — and blow a whole lot of cheap, clean electricity into the appliances and lightbulbs of the state’s residents. Warren Buffett’s MidAmerican Energy Co. anno ... MORE added: May. 13 13

Coal-export plans going off the rails in Pacific Northwest

Plans for two Oregon coal-export terminals have gone up in smoke in the last two months. That makes for a total of three scrapped terminals in the Pacific Northwest, after a proposed facility in Grays Harbor, Wash., bit the coal dust last year. Three oth ... MORE added: May. 13 13

Obama may delay Keystone decision until 2014

The Obama administration has been procrastinating on its decision on the Keystone XL pipeline for years — and now comes word that it may kick the can even further down the road. From Reuters: ... MORE added: May. 13 13

Coal companies have gotten good at wrangling their way out of federal fines

A Cleveland Plain Dealer investigation found that when federal regulators fine mine operators for violating safety standards, those companies “are fighting significant fines as a matter of course and getting them reduced, if not dropped,” which means “cl ... MORE added: May. 08 13

Even in the best-case scenario, climate change will kick our asses

Ask Andrew Guzman, a professor of international law at U.C. Berkeley, why he decided to write a book about climate change, and he says it’s simple: It’s the biggest issue of our time. “If I didn’t write about it,” he says, “for my grandkids, I’d sound li ... MORE added: May. 09 13

Joe Oliver takes flight to fight for Canadian tar sands

In the continuing effort to weaken climate policies abroad Natural Resources Minister, Joe Oliver, is spending the week in Europe to lobby against European legislation that would require a 6% reduction in greenhouse gas intensity of vehicle fuels by 2020 ... MORE added: May. 09 13

Progress Report: Seven US Offshore Wind Demonstration Projects

Ahead of next week's AWEA Windpower event in Chicago, a Webinar from the Department of Energy (DoE) provided an update on the potential for offshore wind energy in the U.S. with a state-by-state progress report, as well as seven DoE-backed demonstration ... MORE added: May. 01 13

Is Obama the ‘environmental president’? - David Roberts

Several people have asked me what I think of Jonathan Chait’s new column in New York magazine: “Obama Might Actually Be the Environmental President.” Apparently some folks are quite upset about it and think it’s terrible, though I’m not entirely sure why ... MORE added: May. 08 13

Fracking ourselves to death in Pennsylvania

The process of “fracking” starts by drilling a mile or more vertically, then outward laterally into 500-million-year-old shale formations, the remains of oceans that once flowed over parts of North America. Millions of gallons of chemical and sand-laced ... MORE added: May. 06 13

May 29-30, 2013 - Solar Ontario 2013 - Conference and Trade Show - Scotiabank Convention Centre, Niagara Falls, Ontario - KEYNOTE LUNCHEON SPEAKER - Ontario Minister of Energy - Hon. Bob Chiarelli

Solar Ontario 2013 is expected to attract some 1,200+ solar industry professionals and serious solar energy consumers: manufacturers, dealers, engineers, architects, builders, solar product and service providers, installers, investors and NGOs. ... MORE added: Mar. 26 13

Thursday, May 30, Ontario Energy Drinks from 5:30p.m. - The OverDraught Irish Pub 156 Front Street West, Toronto

Join us at Ontario Energy Drinks to chat more about May's webinar on the 20/20 workforce of the future. What is the 20/20 Workforce? It is intelligent, adaptable, entrepreneurial, and interdisciplinary, with a clear vision of the changing dynamics of Ont ... MORE added: May. 15 13

Saturday, June 1, 2013 for the 6th annual ECOFest at Waterloo Region Museum! 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., rain or shine! VISIT THE CREW BOOTH!

This is a FREE event for families and children! A fun-filled day to celebrate our environment and learn to "reduce your footprint ... one step at a time." ... MORE added: May. 01 13

Big Coal loses out in Indiana, despite employing two state lawmakers

Tough break for the coal industry in Indiana. Plans to build a $2.8 billion plant in Rockport to convert coal into synthetic natural gas have been doomed by new safeguards that protect ratepayers. ... MORE added: May. 06 13

Weird wintry weather and the climate-change link

It was high time to pass around a few cold ones in the shade of an awning in Amarillo, Texas, just a few days ago. Now it’s time to hunker inside, drink whiskey neat, and play charades. ... MORE added: May. 06 13

This week in Clean Energy Review, what you need to know about unburnable carbon, electric vehicle sales start picking up, and Albertans press a big “dislike” button on coal-fired electricity.

THE CARBON BUBBLE, EXPLAINED: Global markets are inflating the value of fossil fuel companies because many oil, coal, and gas reserves will have to remain buried forever to limit warming to two degrees. And much much... ... MORE added: May. 06 13

What if we never run out of oil?

In the 1970s, geologists discovered crystalline natural gas — methane hydrate, in the jargon — beneath the seafloor. Stored mostly in broad, shallow layers on continental margins, methane hydrate exists in immense quantities; by some estimates, it is twi ... MORE added: May. 03 13

New Mexico county is first in the nation to ban all drilling and fracking

Mora County, N.M., has a message for the oil and gas industry: “You’re not welcome here.” County commissioners voted 2-1 on Monday to ban all oil and gas extraction in their drought-ravaged county near Santa Fe, home to fewer than 5,000 people. A tempora ... MORE added: May. 02 13

Pembina reacts to release of 2013 Ontario budget

We are happy to see the Ontario government follow through on promises to fund transit expansion in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area by introducing paid express/high occupancy lanes, calling for a national transit strategy, and committing todedicated ... MORE added: May. 02 13

New Battery Design Could Help Solar and Wind Energy Power the Grid

Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have designed a low-cost, long-life battery that could enable solar and wind energy to become major suppliers to the electrical grid. ... MORE added: May. 03 13

The $40 Billion Hiding in US Buildings - Energy Efficiency goals - Better Buildings Challenge

That’s the amount of money the federal government estimates we can save annually by reducing energy use in commercial buildings 20 percent by 2020. To achieve the goal, the Obama administration in 2011 initiated the Better Buildings Challenge, a way to ... MORE added: May. 03 13

Study Will Evaluate Two Manitoba Hydro Project Proposals

"Manitoba Hydro has developed a comprehensive plan for new hydroelectric development to meet a growing provincial demand for power and to take advantage of long-term export opportunities," said Manitoba cabinet minister David Chomiak. "Manitobans need to ... MORE added: May. 03 13

Latin America Report: Thinking Big About Clean Energy and Climate Change

Virtually eliminating the carbon footprint from Latin America's power sector by 2050 would require $66 billion in annual investments, with spending on renewable energy making up half that amount, according to a new report analyzing full "climate stabiliza ... MORE added: May. 02 13

Renewable Energy Optimization in the Heart of Coal Country - Remember the CREW GREEN Movie screening of THE LAST MOUNTAIN - then you have an appreciation for this.

In the depths of coal country, one would not expect to find a growing diversified energy economy that includes a healthy mix of renewables. But in Williamson, WV, Sustainable Williamson is bullish on making a change, and hopes to inspire othercommunities ... MORE added: May. 02 13

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"Diablo 3" barbarians solo10mp super boss experience Mainly consists of two parts, a 10MP SOLO Super BOSS, playing key can also refer to the difficulties encountered in the low difficulty. 10MP... MORE posted on: May. 19 2013@04:53 PM

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