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Google Spinout Dandelion Energy Ramps Up Home Geothermal Installations

GreenTechMedia

He joined when Opower had about 30 employees, then served as chief marketing officer as the company went public in 2014 and was acquired by Oracle in 2016. Both actions help utilities stressed by peak seasonal heating and cooling needs. Sachse’s appointment as CEO follows his experience at energy efficiency company Opower.

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This grass has toxic effects on US livestock, and it’s spreading

Grist

Cattle in Elk Creek, Missouri, submerge themselves in a pasture pond to cool off in between grazing on non-native fescue grass, which can raise a cow’s temperature and give them a constant fever, one of the symptoms of fescue toxicity. A 2014 study showed that climate change could increase the endophyte’s toxicity.

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Try “winter sowing” to start your garden now

Greenability Magazine

Native plant seeds are perfect for winter sowing because many need a cool, moist stratification period to germinate. Gardeners Ann Maxwell and Kim Tappan, both of Ottawa, KS, have been winter sowing for years and first introduced Greenability readers to the concept in 2014. Then lightly smooth the soil over the seeds.

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The Northeast’s hemlock trees face extinction. A tiny fly could save them.

Grist

It’s quiet, dark, and cool, even on a summer day. In the spring, as the sun beams down and melts snow and ice elsewhere, hemlock preserve circles of snow at their trunks, which leech slowly into nearby streams and creeks and keeps them cool. That already happened in 2014 in the Harvard Forest.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. Natura, which issues a regular environmental profit-and-loss statement , went carbon-neutral in 2007 and became the first public B Corporation in 2014. Mary Barra, Chairman and CEO, General Motors; Detroit. LinkedIn | Company profile. million acres the 4.4

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So, What Exactly Are Small Modular Nuclear Reactors?

GreenTechMedia

That’s roughly 20 percent cheaper on an installed per-megawatt basis than the $14 billion quoted to the Georgia Public Service Commission in 2014 for the two 1.25-gigawatt soil will be the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems plant that NuScale expects to have operating by 2027. When will we see an SMR in the U.S.?

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Fireworks, Green Roofs and Happy New Year! 2018

Green Roof Technology

The green roof growing media (soil for the green roof plants) is a blend of different mineral components with an organic content of typically less that 15%. See blog post from 2014. Nature is (literally) so cool. Roof warranties typically don't cover any sort of mechanical impact and they are -again- worthless. Happy New Year!

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