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May 28, 2009 09:21 AM EDT (featured date: May 28, 2009) — What will power your next car? Will it be gasoline, diesel, perhaps mixed with biofuel? Or will it be electricity? In case electricity will power your next car, how will it be produced? From coal, natural . . . more
April 07, 2009 10:25 AM EDT (featured date: April 08, 2009) — The Segway Personal Transporter (pictured right) has been around for years. It was first unveiled in 2001, and produced in 2002. It is self-balancing and users lean forward or backward to go forwards, . . . more
March 24, 2009 09:04 PM EDT (featured date: March 25, 2009) — China recently called for a World Currency, or global reserve currency , to be operated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) via its Special Drawing Rights (SDR). The governor of the People’s . . . more
February 23, 2009 02:09 AM EST (featured date: February 23, 2009) — On Monday, March 2, 2009, people from all walks of life and organizations from across the political spectrum will gather for Capitol Climate Action in DC. People will gather at 1:00pm, at the Spirit . . . more
February 15, 2009 10:31 PM EST (featured date: February 23, 2009) — The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has in many respects underestimated the severity of global warming and the speed at which it strikes. "From 2000 to 2007, greenhouse gas emissions . . . more
February 03, 2009 01:10 AM EST (featured date: February 13, 2009) — President Obama, please read this! The energy and environmental policy that you have proposed for the U.S. is a patchwork of policies, ranging from higher fuel efficiency standards and subsidies for . . . more
December 20, 2008 06:54 AM EST (featured date: February 13, 2009) — When it's hot, should you turn on the car's air-conditioner? As many will have experienced, driving with the air-conditioner on can increase fuel consumption by 10% or more. Yet, especially . . . more
December 26, 2008 02:52 AM EST (featured date: February 13, 2009) — In Oregon, the Portland City Council has developed a feebate policy to improve the environmental performance of buildings. The proposed policy seeks to cut carbon emissions from buildings, reduce . . . more
January 04, 2009 05:10 AM EST (featured date: February 13, 2009) — In Beijing, measures have been introduced to phase out vehicles that cause heavy pollution, combined with financial incentives to facilitate the shift to cleaner vehicles. Yellow-label vehicles will . . . more
January 13, 2009 05:34 AM EST (featured date: February 13, 2009) — Cycle A:  Inorganic Waste We're all familiar with the idea that we're running out of scarce resources. We just cannot continue to keep drilling and mining for more fossil fuel, metals . . . more
January 28, 2009 02:26 AM EST (featured date: February 13, 2009) — In Greek mythology, Ceto was a sea goddess. Ceto was a daughter of Gaia and Pontus, and she personified the power of the sea. In a current incarnation, CETO is the name of a wave power technology . . . more
August 13, 2008 10:21 PM EDT (featured date: August 19, 2008) — Off-shore drilling is a stunt! The perceived need for off-shore drilling is a stunt designed to make it look as if McCain was making efforts to lower oil prices. Oil companies have until now rarely even . . . more
February 29, 2008 04:05 AM EST (featured date: February 29, 2008) — Lights consume about 2 trillion kilowatt-hours annually, or one-eighth of all electric power. Globally, lighting is equal in emission contribution to about 70% of the world's passenger vehicles. Of . . . more
February 27, 2008 06:43 PM EST (featured date: February 29, 2008) — The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was agreed on December 11, 1997 in Kyoto, Japan. Under the protocol, countries committed to monitor and report their . . . more
February 28, 2008 10:34 PM EST (featured date: February 29, 2008) — Okay, that was perhaps a bit rude. But I became incensed today as I read an article in USA Today newspaper ("Some consumers lukewarm about energy-saving bulbs", Page 2A, February 28 issue).  . . . more
January 28, 2008 03:21 AM EST (featured date: January 28, 2008) — The $10-million dollar Automotive X Prize (AXP) aims to inspire a new generation of viable, super-efficient vehicles in order to help break our addiction to oil and stem the effects of climate change. . . . more
January 25, 2008 11:45 PM EST (featured date: January 26, 2008) — Can electric vehicles supply power to homes?  The short answer is yes!  Electric vehicles can be connected to the electric grid, not only to draw electricity from the grid (in order to recharge . . . more
January 15, 2008 02:35 AM EST (featured date: January 16, 2008) — Electric vehicles can cut greenhouse gas emissions in two ways. They are clean and efficient. By acting as storage capacity, they can also make the electric grid more efficient. Electric cars are . . . more
January 16, 2008 05:22 AM EST (featured date: January 16, 2008) — The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Masdar, the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, on 13 January 2008 launched a 'Sustainability Action Plan' to deliver a carbon-neutral, waste-free, car-free . . . more
December 28, 2007 03:38 AM EST (featured date: December 28, 2007) — The best way to deal with global warming is a FeeBate policy. This works fast and effectively, is ideology- and budget-neutral and has the least risk of feeding a wasteful bureaucracy. In essence, a . . . more
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