Book Review: Climate Cover-Up By Joanna Schroeder Originally published on DomesticFuel.com This week we’re back to climate change, and the author James Hoggan, lays out the “crusade to deny global warming in “Climate Cover-Up.” For those of you familiar with the online green space, you may have come across the blog DeSmogBlog, which is co-founded… Read More
Acer debuts green, biodegradable notebooks
January 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Acer is getting greener, at least according to Greenpeace. The computer maker unveiled two new notebooks on Friday that have already received kudos from the international environmental group. The Acer Aspire 3811TZ and Aspire 3811TZG are designed to be energy efficient, recyclable, and biodegradable, thereby winning high marks from Greenpeace, which rates PCs and other… Read More
Apple files patents to manage home energy
January 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Apple helps you manage your music and video files. Why not your home energy, too? Apple has applied for two patents that would give people a way to lower their electricity bills by optimizing how power is supplied to various electronics, such as computers, peripherals, and iPods. The patents, which were filed in May of… Read More
A123 IPO puts spotlight on energy storage market
September 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
By Poornima Gupta – Analysis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Lithium-ion battery maker A123 Systems Inc has a history of losses, is uncertain about its ability to generate positive cash flow — and is the most talked-about company going public this week. The initial public offering of the Watertown, Mass.-based company — debuting under the name… Read More
World climate business revenue $2 trillion by 2020
September 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
LONDON (Reuters) – Global revenues from climate-related businesses such as energy efficiency rose by 75 percent in 2008 to $530 billion and could exceed $2 trillion by 2020, HSBC Global Research estimated on Friday. In the 2006 Stern Review on the economics of climate change, climate-related revenues were forecast to climb to $500 billion by… Read More
Italy finds wreck of toxic waste ship sunk by mafia
September 15, 2009 By 1 Comment
ROME (Reuters) – Italian authorities have found the wreck of a ship sunk by the mafia with 180 barrels of toxic waste on board, one of more than 30 such vessels believed to lie off Italy’s southern coast, officials said on Tuesday. Following a lead from a mafia turncoat, investigators used a remote-controlled submersible to… Read More
REI Turns to Offsets to Neutralize Air Travel Emissions
September 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
SEATTLE, WA — A growing adventure travel division helped drive overall greenhouse gas emissions up 11 percent in 2008 for the one of the country’s best-known outdoor equipment retailers. That in turn led to a jump in the amount of carbon offsets purchased by Recreational Equipment, Inc., the Washington-based cooperative that set a goal of… Read More
FOR NEW RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS: CASH OR CREDITS.
August 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
by Bruce Mulliken, Green Energy News The Great Recession has been tough on renewable energy developers and project suppliers alike. The economic downturn has made money hard to get. If there’s no upfront capital – cash to pay contractors and suppliers – projects can’t be started. A no start is a no go. Many commercial… Read More
First bio fueled flying car
June 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Presenting the world’s first bio fueled flying car; a machine that can drive like a car and fly like an aeroplane; capable of beating congestion for the commuter or providing a low cost and practical method of reaching remote regions. On 14th January 2009 the team will embark on an incredible maiden voyage from London… Read More
