MIT's Test Cell Patrick Gillooly, MIT Solar cells are intended to mimic the photosynthesis of plants -- converting light into energy in the most efficient manner possible. But what other characteristics of plants could be handy for the renewable energy...
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This is adorable: a tiny charcoal BBQ grill using an Altoids Sours tin, two metal computer fan guards, and some sheet metal screws for legs. It looks like it fits one regular-sized briquette. As one of the commentors notes, this is great for marshmallows,...
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Here's Jill Lawrence at Politics Daily: After talking to five economists, I can give you the bottom line: Spending the money differently probably wouldn't have changed our circumstances much. But the economists took diverse paths to that conclusion,...
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The EPA chief is using her authority under the Clean Air Act to control carbon emissions
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By Laurence Hammack
ROCKY MOUNT
Virginia's attorney general, already at legal war with the federal government on two fronts, said Thursday that more offensives are possible.
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It's become a tradition for labor secretaries to use Labor Day to speak on the status of the American worker. Some have made remarks from podiums. Others have testified on Capitol Hill. I want to talk directly to you -- the American worker.
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I was on the road recently, working on a consulting project for a major food manufacturer, the goal of which was to help the company enhance the environmental sustainability of their products and packaging. My colleagues and I spent a few days visiting...
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Below the fold is the 3rd in a series of follow up posts providing analysis on the difficulties of maintaining our current energy paradigm with renewable energy (generally, 'the fake fire brigade'). The main authors are Hannes Kunz, President of Institute...
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We need a better understanding of the 'environmentalist's paradox' We hear lots of concerned chatter these days – not least, here on this site - about peak oil, peak water, deforestation, resource depletion and the like, but a popular riposte offered...
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Cement is a strong and reliable building material, and the demand for it continues to go up. Unfortunately, the process used to manufacture most of the world’s cement creates 5 percent of the man-made carbon dioxide emissions. A new cement company,...
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In this post, I try to take a look at the amount of embodied carbon emissions, as well as the captured carbon in lumber etc, for an entire house, as well as a very quick comparison of the operating carbon emission to the embodied carbon emissions. read...
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Seventeen percent of the population will experience migraine headaches at some point in their life. These debilitating headaches can last for days and are often accompanied by nausea and sensitivity to light and sound. About three times more common...
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Photo credit trindade.joao And here is this week’s Green numbers: 1.25 Gigawatts of Solar Thermal Power Approved in California in Past Two Days Will Double US Capacity “There’ve been multiple gigawatts of solar thermal power plants planned for...
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Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the biggest wind-turbine maker, may have to cut its forecasts a third time this year as banks curb loans for wind farms and its competitors gain market share, the top-ranked money manager said....
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If this keeps up, no one's going to trust any scientists. The global-warming establishment took a body blow this week, as the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change received a stunning rebuke from a top-notch independent investigation. For two...
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Network equipment maker Cisco Systems said on Thursday it was buying start-up Arch Rock for an undisclosed sum as it aggressively moves to expand in the growing smart grid market, Reuters reported.
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The sugar industry produces food, fuel and environmental benefits. How fast it grows may depend on an argument about how it should be regulatedIT IS what passes for a winter’s day in upstate Sao Paulo. The sun is blazing from a blue sky feathered lightly...
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Technology and development: A growing number of initiatives are promoting bottom-up ways to deliver energy to the world’s poorAROUND 1.5 billion people, or more than a fifth of the world’s population, have no access to electricity, and a billion...
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If you live in Connecticut, California, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, Texas, North Carolina, New Jersey or Ohio your state is doing something right – a lot right – when it comes to energy efficiency. The ten states deserve kudos,...
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The Asbru Enterprise Park, Iceland, is to host ‘the most important aviation conference in 2010’ between 12-15 September. The conference, organised by the Keilir Aviation Academy, is set to address the issues faced from the Eyjafjallajokull volcanic...
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The upcoming November election contains a ballot initiative that will threaten all Californians’ health and safety. But the Latino community will suffer disproportionate harm, as CAP’s Jorge Madrid explains. Proposition 23 will undo California’s...
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Like other sports such as baseball and golf, the tennis circuit is looking a little greener around the edges, particularly in light of the United States Tennis Association’s adoption of sweeping environmental initiatives which 30 Rock standout Alec...
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Over the past few weeks, I've had a number of meetings with engineers, executives and investors and such, and I keep coming away with the same conclusion. The fastest-growing and arguably most attractive segment in alternative energy and energy efficiency...
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The hot question in green circles these days is, "what next?" For the last decade, strategy has been built around getting a federal climate bill that would place a cap on carbon emissions. That attempt was supposed to culminate in success this year,...
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The terms “recession” and “depression” were once used to suggest that a downturn was not as bad as a “panic” or “crisis.” In fact, for the first years of his presidency, Herbert Hoover chose to refer to the downturn as a “depression”...
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Match.com plays cupid to singletons across the U.S. Twitter acts as a 24/7 log of what's happening in the world. And Facebook allows folks to reconnect with middle school classmates they haven't seen since, well, middle school. But what about us foodies?...
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Denver-based Montreux Energy, a producer of strategy roundtables on the future of global energy investment, will host a conference of national and international experts to discuss new ways to improve the efficiency and sustainability of urban energy,...
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Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Artificial intelligence researcher Hugo deGaris has speculated on Femtotechnology. He has considered - a) Nucleon Chemistry on the surface of neutron stars? b) Stranglets...
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(Reuters) – About 45 nations met on Thursday to seek ways to raise billions of dollars in aid to help the poor combat climate change as the United Nations warned them of a long haul to slow global warming. Environment ministers and senior officials...
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This post originally appeared on Dyn.com, a world leader in managed DNS, powering the best brands on the web including Gowalla, Mashable, Twitter, Wikia and more. Follow @DynInc on Twitter.Taking a business from idea…...
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A 22 megawatt network of proposed solar power facilities was approved unanimously by the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC), confirmed the project sponsor PNM Resources in a press release issued yesterday. According to Albuquerque-based...
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In the first emissions trading to be introduced outside of Europe, the New Zealand government has just launched a cap and trade system to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 10 and 20 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, UPI is reporting. New Zealand imports...
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We’re jealous of the folks who get to drive the Zerotracer. It’s a sporty two-seat enclosed motorcycle that weighs less than 1,400 lbs, can do 0-100 km/hr (62 mph) in less than 4.5 seconds and has a top speed of 150 mph. The Oerlikon Solar Zerotracer...
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The robust Champagne bottle, synonymous with opulence and celebration, is undergoing a slim makeover in a bid to cut carbon emissions.
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The state that is home to Hollywood often leads the nation when it comes to creating illusion. Sometimes, the illusion becomes a law like AB32, the so-called “Global Warming Solutions Act”. Two Democratic presidents and one Republican agreed in deciding...
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Wall Street Cheat Sheet submits: By Elliot TurnerMuch of the debate over fossuel fuel emission reduction focuses on whether the economy can absorb the costs of a shift to more climate-friendly forms of energy consumption. The discourse takes a cost-benefit...
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Yahoo! News: With scientific data piling up showing that the world has reached its hottest-ever point in recorded history, global-warming skeptics are facing a high-profile defection from their ranks. Bjorn Lomborg, author of the influential tract "The...
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Today, I continue yesterday's project of exploring the carbon implications of various housing technologies. In particular, I consider the exact same home, except with infill straw bale walls. The exterior size of the home has been increased slightly...
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Banks Grow Wary of Environmental Risks Blasting off mountaintops to reach coal in Appalachia or churning out millions of tons of carbon dioxide to extract oil from sand in Alberta are among environmentalists’ biggest industrial irritants. But they...
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Judge rules against U.S. government on oil drilling HOUSTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the U.S. government's request to dismiss an industry lawsuit challenging its deepwater oil and gas drilling moratorium, dealing another blow...
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Far from the Gulf of Mexico, environmental campaigners are accusing energy companies of destroying land and livelihoods in the search for increasingly scarce resources. Richard Wachman and Jon Stibbs report.The eyes of the world are on BP after the April...
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Some news coverage of China's recent 11-day traffic jam made light of the issue , but as Steve Levine of Foreign Policy points out, the tie-up reveals a deeper, and more dirty truth. While most of the Western world engages in the quest for clean energy,...
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NPR | Thursday, September 2, 2010
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Climate Change Environment May Make Pakistan More Bellicose Towards India: US Report “Environmental factors - like the present floods - could further weaken an already weak Pakistani state and add impetus to a return to military rule...
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It is less than six weeks until the start of the USA Science and Engineering Festival. The excitement is starting to build. Check this out! Host Sponsor Lockheed Martin's CTO Ray O Johnson is interviewed by EarthSky (another Festival Sponsor) about why...
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Geothermal power: Deriving energy from subterranean heat is no longer limited to volcanic regions. By drilling deep wells into the ground, it can be made to work almost anywhere. Just watch out for the earthquakesOVER the course of the next ten years...
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Angela Merkel agonises over a planned phase-out of Germany’s nuclear capacityWHEN Angela Merkel cares about an issue she does not give a speech. Instead, she hits the road. Lately Germany’s chancellor has travelled to a wind park in Mecklenburg-West...
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The Vancouver mayor and a delegation of representatives from 22 corporations in the Canadian city will bring a green message to China in an upcoming trade mission designed to promote and sell clean energy technology, mobility and infrastructure. As part...
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Computer networking powerhouse Cisco on Thursday announced it intends to buy smart grid specialty firm Arch Rock.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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One mention of E. coli conjures images of sickness and food poisoning, but the malevolent bacteria may also be the key to the future of renewable energy.
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PhysOrg | Friday, September 3, 2010
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When Gizmag paid a visit to the Paris Green Air Show in June, there was one craft on display that seemed to steal the show. The Green Cri aerobatic electric airplane hadn't even left terra firma, yet was surrounded by eager onlookers for much of the...
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Gizmag | Friday, September 3, 2010
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