6 hours ago by James Wight

If you live in Australia you’ve no doubt heard of the Gillard Government’s climate and energy policy: a carbon price branded as the way to a “ Clean Energy Future”. But just as a magician misdirects an audience’s attention, the Clean Energy Future diverts attention from Labor’s real energy policy. T ...

Planet James - jameswight.wordpress.com · 7 references

7 hours ago by Cal

Sustainable Business Oregon told us that net-zero energy building will become a $1.3 trillion market by 2035. Net-zero buildings are ones that produce all the energy they need. A new study by Pike Research says that demand for net zero buildings is being driven largely from Europe where zero-energy ...

Earth's Energy - anthropower.com · Rank: 178,093

1 day ago by The3dtechnologies

It’s time to move on. The world, need to move from a fossil fuel past to a renewable energy future. The lack of the investment in new sources of green energy, doesn’t help so much, anyway, there are some countries that are struggling to solve this problem. Britain in particular, has turned very much ...

Graphics and Innovation - the3dtechnologies.com · 156 references

1 day ago by Cal

stltoday writes about how compressed natural gas has a new life as an alternative transportation fuel. While focusing on the St. Louis, Missouri area, the post is a good summary of recent events in the US where auto manufacturers, corporations and municipalities are pushing CNG as an alternative to ...

Earth's Energy - anthropower.com · Rank: 178,093

1 day ago by By MATTHEW L. WALD

One of the biggest risks the Southern Company faces in embarking on a big nuclear project is that natural gas will remain far more affordable.

Green - green.blogs.nytimes.com

2 days ago by Global Warming

These days, there seems to be a lot of controversy about Global Warming. Some say that Global Warming is a fact, others say it's not. But regardless of whether or not Global Warming is a fact, let's step aside from the arguments on the subject, and take a common-sense approach. In this article we wi ...

Global Warming Policy | ... - climatestrategieswatch.com · 2 references

2 days ago by Edouard

Oh the irony ! As you know, fossil fuels are heavily subsided. I have written a few articles here on how ending those subsidies would be a major boost to renewables. Well it seems they don’t quite need it. As Bloomberg notes : “Wind in some cases already is, or can in coming years, be fully cost-com ...

Sustainable development ... - edouardstenger.com · Rank: 137,416 · 8 references

2 days ago by Jeremy Hance

Drilling in the Arctic waters of the U.S. may become as contested an issue as the Keystone Pipeline XL in up-coming months. Scientists, congress members, and ordinary Americans have all come out in large numbers against the Obama Administration's leases for exploratory drilling in the Beaufort Sea a ...

Mongabay.com News - news.mongabay.com · Rank: 2,477 · 2155 references

2 days ago by Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan

By Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan My personal carbon offset plan has bogged down with a serious case of the Couldas. For those of you just joining us, I’ve been on a personal quest to nullify the carbon dioxide emissions from a trip to Texas last October. All 1,858 pounds of it. Rather than buying a dubiou ...

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3 days ago by Paul Patane

As the world's non renewable energy sources begin to run out, tidal power could become very important for us to consider. By building barrages and dams across some rivers ,it will allow the tide to ebb and flow. As the water moves through these relatively small pipes, the power of the movement pushe ...

Evergreen Decisions - The ... - upfrontreviews-patanesweb.blogspot.com