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It’s a rare honor indeed, and Clorox Company’s headquarters is one of only 38 buildings in the U.S. to achieve the distinction. But how does one get a LEED Platinum rating, and what does it mean?

Anaerobic digestion is a technology used around the world to convert organic materials and waste into clean energy.  This week the Renewable Energy Leader's Forum features Harvest Power, a company pioneering the commercial development of anaerobic digestion in the North America.

Here is our interview with Harvest Power CEO and co-founder Paul Sellew:

Bank heir, author, adventurer and environmentalist David de Rothschild, along with a handpicked crew of leading scientists, are getting ready to sail the ocean blue in a very unique vessel.

Imagine lighting city streets, neighborhood parks and sidewalks with the power of waste.

While energy from the sun and the wind is one eco-friendly method of providing power to street lamps, the three products listed below utilize what some may consider “unusual” technology to tackle two issues, waste and energy.

Doggy-Doo Powered Street Lamps

The Hurriyet Daily News, an English-language Turkish newspaper, is reporting that the Irish rock band U2 is helping to raise money to support the Dora-1 geothermal power plant in Aydin, Turkey.

Often overshadowed by construction-happy Dubai, its extravagant, cosmopolitan and pretentious cousin, Abu Dhabi is a laid-back Persian Gulf city with ambitions of its own: to reinvent itself as a center for clean energy, an unlikely goal for a place fueled by petrodollars.