| Solar Becoming Cheaper and More Efficient | 8-31-08 | Just 2 weeks ago, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory announced a photo voltaic cell with 40.8% energy conversion, more than triple the energy conversion of common cells today. In Spain, the world's first solar thermal power plant is up and running -- expected to power all 180,000 houses in Seville by 2013. And "nano solar" looks near-term. Read about this and the newest solar achievements-> Read |
| Nation's Largest PV Solar Plant Yet Will Be Built in California | 8-14-08 | Companies will build two solar power plants in California that together will put out more than 12 times as much electricity as the largest such plant today, the latest indication that solar energy is starting to achieve significant scale. Read |
| Children Are Becoming Our Most Articulate Sustainable Living Advocates. | 6-2-08 | Clean energy, zero waste, zero toxicity, and resource preservation are not only important values to our kids - but are proving to be exciting and easy to grasp concepts. Read |
| Prius Sales Top 1 Million | 5-15-08 | Toyota says cumulative worldwide sales of the Prius hit 1,028,000 last month -- when sales jumped 67 percent amid record gas prices -- and claims the cars have eased global warming "by producing approximately 4.5 million tons less C02 when compared with gasoline-powered vehicles in the same class." Read |
| Biggest Solar Rooftop System Planned | 5-8-08 | The 1.7-megawatt solar system will go on the rooftops of eight buildings at the Summit, N.J., campus of pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough Corp. Read |
| New Approach to Solarizing Homes | 4-11-08 | Would you pay $25,000 to $30,000 to put solar panels on your home? If you're like most cash-strapped Americans, you'd balk at that five-figure expense, no matter how green you aspire to be. OK, what if you could do it for $1,000 or $2,000? Read |
| The Death of Coal | 2-29-08 | Well, not quite, but there are responsible forces out there making it difficult for this dirtiest of fossil fuels to compete. Read |
| Carbon Capture Could Lead to Emission-Free Cars | 2-11-08 | Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a strategy to capture, store and eventually recycle carbon from vehicles to prevent the pollutant from finding its way from a car tailpipe into the atmosphere. Georgia Tech researchers envision a zero emission car, and a transportation system completely free of fossil fuels. Read |
| Compressed Air Vehicle for the U.S. | 2-22-08 | The Air Car caused a huge stir when we reported last year that Tata Motors would begin producing it in India. Now the little gas-free ride that could is headed Stateside in a big-time way. Read |
| Intel A Green Giant | 1-30-08 | Intel (NSDQ: INTC) is now the single largest corporate purchaser of green power in the United States, according to the EPA. In a record-setting move, Intel announced this week that it will purchase more than 1.3 billion kilowatt hours per year of renewable energy certificates. Read |
| Hawaii and U.S. DOE Partner To Make Hawaii a World Model for Clean Energy Economy | 1-28-08 | Governor Linda Lingle and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Alexander Karsner today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish the Hawai’i Clean Energy Initiative, a long-term partnership designed to accelerate the transformation of Hawai’i into one of the world’s first economies based primarily on clean energy resources. Read |
| Scholastic Embraces FSC-Certified Paper | 1-10-08 | Children's publisher Scholastic made a commitment to boost the amount of recycled paper it uses and help educate kids about the environment through a new website. |
| GM and Ford Green Cars | 1-10-08 | At the 2008 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, GM is expected to introduce the Chevrolet Volt, a zero-carbon emitting electric compact car with a range of about 30 miles, and Ford will reveal its EcoBoost engine, which the company says can provide a 20 percent improvement in fuel economy with reduced emissions. Read |
| Milan institutes congestion / pollution charge | 1-8-08 | In Milan, congestion pricing is the new black. (Oh, like you have a better fashion pun?) Under Milan's new plan, which kicks off as a one-year trial, vehicles driving into the urban center on weekdays between 7:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. must pay up to $14 per day; low-polluting cars are exempt from the charge. Milan has the third-highest number of cars per capita in Europe, and some 89,000 cars enter the city center every day. The money raised will be put toward public transportation and bicycle paths, and Mayor Letizia Moratti hopes pollution will be reduced by 30 percent and traffic by 10 percent. On the first day of the scheme, traffic was estimated to be 40 percent lower than normal; the plan will be truly tested when schools and businesses get back into full post-holiday swing. Read |
| Google's Goal: Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal | 11-27-07 | Google today announced a new strategic initiative to develop electricity from renewable energy sources that will be cheaper than electricity produced from coal. The newly created initiative, known as RE<C, will focus initially on advanced solar thermal power, wind power technologies, enhanced geothermal systems and other potential breakthrough technologies. Read |
| Learn About the 93mpg Hyper Car® | 9-1-07 | A Hypercar® vehicle is designed to capture the synergies of: ultralight construction; low-drag design; hybrid-electric drive; and, efficient accessories to achieve 3 to 5-fold improvement in fuel economy, equal or better performance, safety, amenity and affordability, compared to today's vehicles. Read |
| Green is Good for Business | 8-31-07 | Whether employing the cost efficient strategies of waste reduction, leveraging the feel good value of environmentally responsible practices, or taking advantage of rapidly growing markets in green building, clean tech & transportation, biofuels, organic health, recycling, sustainable fashion, carbon offsets, industrial ecology, bio-mimicry, green procurement, green marketing, or green banking ... Green Business Strategies are boosting image, enthusiasm, and bottom line. Read |
| Dell Launches Improved Energy Efficient Commercial Desktop | 8-29-07 | Dell launched this week the OptiPlex 755, an energy efficient commercial desktop that has earned a gold rating through the Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool. Read |
| $100K Award for Sustainability Opens for Nominations | 8-28-07 | The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has opened the nomination process for two of its biggest awards for inventors -- the 13th annual Lemelson-MIT Prize and the second annual Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability. Read |
| New Tool Helps Companies Green Their Business Air Travel | 8-27-07 | A university research group has created a toolkit to encourage greener business travel. Read |
| Weather Channel Latest Network Going Green with LEED HD Studio | 8-24-07 | As part of its green initiatives, The Weather Channel's new high definition studio is expected to earn LEED certification, TV Week just reported. The move is part of a larger trend of TV networks adopting green practices. Read |
| Democrats Plan to Spend 7 Billion on 'Green Collar' Jobs | 8-22-07 | U.S. politicians are waking up to the moneymaking and job creation possibilities of combating global warming and challenging the Bush administration to invest in a new generation of "green-collar" jobs. Read |
| Pepperidge Farms, Fujitsu to Install Hydrogen Fuel Cells | 8-21-07 | Pepperidge Farm Inc. plans to install a second hydrogen fuel cell at its Bloomfield bakery which, along with an earlier installation, will satisfy 70 percent of the facility's energy needs, the company announced. Read |
| Morgan Stanley, DNV Launch Carbon Bank | 8-16-07 | Morgan Stanley will partner with Det Norske Veritas (DNV) to help clients become carbon neutral, the companies announced. Read |
| Dole to Make Banana and Pineapple Supply Chain Carbon Neutral | 8-13-07 | Standard Fruit de Costa Rica, the company's Costa Rican operating subsidiary, will work with the country's National Forestry Financing Fund (FONAFIFO) to wipe out the emissions from the fruits' production, packing, transport and distribution to European and North American markets. Read |
| Businesses Embracing Green Procurement, Survey Finds | 8-8-07 | Eye For Procurement, more than 50 percent of companies have policies on greening their supply chain, and companies are nearly unanimous in their belief that green supply chains will only continue growing. Read |
| House Repeals Some Oil Tax Breaks; Passes Clean Energy Incentives | 8-6-07 | The US House of Representatives has repealed $16 billion in oil company tax breaks, while providing billions of dollars in incentives for renewable energy and conservation. While this represents only a small fraction of subsidies to the oil industry annually, its an important step, which Oil Change supports. Read |
| EPA Announces Top 25 Green Power Purchasers | 7-31-07 | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the top 25 purchasers of green power Monday, which together account for more than 6 billion kilowatt-hours per year. Read |
| Germany to End Hard Coal Mining | 7-30-07 | When Subsidies Expire in 2018, So Will an Industry That Sustained Generations in the Ruhr. Read |
| First Green City | 7-1-07 | Welcome to a new era -- led by China. In a time of exponential economic growth (3x's faster than anything ever seen in the U.S.), China's leaders have seen fit to fund the world's first ecologically sustainable city. Read |
| Paris Shares Bikes | 6-15-07 | Free bikes! By mid-July, 10,648 bicycles will show up in 750 stations across The City of Love, allowing riders to pick them up and drop them off at a different destination. Read |
Purple Goes Green Cadbury Schweppes makes ‘absolute’ commitment to tackling climate change
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6-26-07 | 50% reduction in their net carbon emissions by 2020. Aiming for 30% minimum of this reduction from saving energy and switching to renewable forms, and will commit to offsetting the balance to achieve a net 50% absolute reduction. 10% reduction in primary packaging with a more stretching target of 25% for seasonal and gifting ranges, and the aim of 60% biodegradable packaging by 2010 100% ‘water scarce’ sites to have water reduction programs in place. |
| Biomass - New approach to producing hydrogen | 5-23-07 |
Researchers at Virginia Tech, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the University of Georgia have proposed using polysaccharides, or sugary carbohydrates, from biomass to directly produce low-cost hydrogen for the new hydrogen economy. Read |
| Ted Turner Starts Renewable Energy Firm | 4-27-07 |
This January, Mr. Turner partnered with Dome-Tech Solar to create DT Solar, a Turner renewable energy company. DT Solar will initially focus on providing on-site solar electric power systems for commercial and industrial clients, as well as developing larger, utility-scale solar power plants in the southwestern United States. Read |
| Landmark Steps by NJ Governor | 4-26-07 |
On Feb. 13, Environment New Jersey’s Suzanne Leta Liou joined Gov. Jon Corzine as he signed an executive order directing state officials to develop a plan for global warming pollution reductions. Read |
| 1st Commercial Solar Car | 4-23-07 |
The Venturi Astrolab: Solar-Electric Hybrid to Hit the Market. Read |
| Even Cheaper Solar | 4-19-07 |
Solar cell technology developed by Massey University's Nano Materials Research Centre in New Zealand may one day enable the country's residents to generate electricity from sunlight at a tenth of the cost of current silicon-based photovoltaic solar cells. Read |
| NY: Free Bulbs | 4-7-07 |
Con Ed to distribute CFLs (compact fluorescent bulbs) to their customers. Read |
| Duke Energy - Mixed Bag | 4-4-07 |
Meet Jim Rogers, a great American paradox. He's the top gun at Duke Energy, a huge (and hugely polluting) power company; he's also one of the nation's most dogged advocates for federal regulation of greenhouse-gas emissions. Read |
| Supreme Court: Pro-Environment ruling | 4/3/07 |
Supreme Court rules on "routine maintenance" in upgraded power plants. Read |
| San Francisco: Banning of Petro-based bags | 3/28/07 |
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to become the first U.S. city to ban plastic bags from large supermarkets to help promote recycling.Read |
| Australia: Lights out for climate change | 3/24/07 |
Incandescent bulbs to be phased out by 2010 Read |
| US: Solar Technology Awards | 3/8/07 |
DOE Secretary Announces Selection of $168 Million in Solar Energy Projects Read |
| Green Companies | 2-28-07 |
Companies and political officials are cutting carbon emissions. Read |
| Wave Pump Technology Hits the Water | 2-22-07 |
A new pump system designed to turn salt water into fresh water when combined with desalination systems -- and produce clean renewable energy when combined with hydroelectric systems -- is currently being tested in the Gulf of Mexico, off the Texas coast. Read |
| Colorado: Environmental Focus | 2/5/07 |
The Rocky Mountain state shows it takes collaboration and persistence to become a renewables leader.Read |
| US: Alternative Fuels -Mixed Prairie Grasses | 1/29/07 |
Study Finds Mixed Prairie Grasses Better Source of Biofuel. Read |
| Pond Scum -No Longer an Insult | 1/28/07 |
Oil-rich plants such as soy may offer a cleaner energy alternative to diesel fuel, but Jim Sears says these food crops can't meet all our diesel needs. The Colorado-based entrepreneur says, even in America's bountiful croplands, farmers couldn't grow enough oilseed crops to meet demand. Read |
| California: State Bans Dirty Power Sources | 1/25/07 |
Regulators approved rules banning power companies from buying electricity from high-polluting sources, including most out-of-state coal-burning plants. Read |
| China: Government to Start Buying Green | 12/4/06 |
China's Ministry of Finance and the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) have announced that starting in 2007, the nation’s central and provincial governments will prioritize their purchasing of environmentally friendly products and services. Read |
| US: Insurance Companies Fight Global Warming | 10/13/06 | Insurance companies, who like to stay out of the limelight, are becoming leading business protagonists in the assault on global warming. Read |
| US: Walmart to Sell 100 Million CFLs | 8/29/06 |
Worlds largest retail chain wants to become the world's largest seller of compact flourescents. Read |