They Might Be Giants
Posted in Clean Technology, Climate Change Solutions, Energy Efficiency on Aug 31st, 2009
And they get it.
Category Archive for 'Energy Efficiency'
Renewing Nova Scotia
Posted in Alberta Tar Sands, Canada, Energy Efficiency, Old King Coal, Renewable Energy on Aug 11th, 2009
Every week, as part of my job, I read hundreds of articles that show where the clean technology and renewable energy industries are heading. And every week, Canada lurches off in the opposite direction. Every week, billions of dollars flow through the European Union, Obama’s America, China, South Korea, India, Japan — in fact, every [...]
The Green Berets: Military Advisory Board & Climate Change
Posted in Climate Change Consequences, Energy Efficiency, Politics, USA on May 25th, 2009
A new report from a dozen retired US military leaders warns that climate change poses significant risks to its national security. Dependence on fossil fuels and the vulnerable energy grid threaten the country, according to Powering America’s Defense: Energy and the Risks to National Securityfrom the Military Advisory Board (MAB) of the Center for Naval [...]
Cutting Emissions with Biomass: Ethanol-Fueled Vehicles vs EVs
Posted in Clean Technology, Energy Efficiency on May 12th, 2009
Researchers from the University of California, Merced and Stanford University have determined that EVs charged on biomass-fueled electricity emit far fewer GHG emissions than ethanol-fueled cars. The researchers examined the life cycle of plant-based electricity and ethanol technologies to find which delivered more transportation per acre; they found that biomass electricity provided about 80 percent [...]
Two @ Triple Pundit
Posted in Clean Technology, Climate Change Solutions, Energy Efficiency on May 8th, 2009
You Are the Light of the World The Holy Grail: Carbon-Capturing Cement Plus other writers on Shell, starting an ecodriving school, and much, much more.
Greenwashing and Whining
Posted in Alberta Tar Sands, Canada, Energy Efficiency, Greenwashing, Politics on May 4th, 2009
OK, here’s the basic story. Canada’s Environment Minister Jim Prentice says that his government will not allow any new coal plants to be built in Canada without carbon capture and sequestration technology, a sure sign that the US position on GHG emissions is even affecting policies north of the border. Prentice’s new position has already [...]
The Road to a Better Place
Posted in Clean Technology, Climate Change Solutions, Energy Efficiency on Apr 13th, 2009
Better Place began with a $200 million venture capital investment, and the company has easily garnered that much again in enthusiastic publicity. Since its founding in late 2007, barely a week goes by without the electric vehicle-and-infrastructure project cutting a new deal that makes business headlines in newspapers across the world. Why? Certainly, founder Shai [...]
The Vacuous Mr. Boehner and the Energy Act
Posted in Climate Change Science, Climate Change Solutions, Energy Efficiency, Politics, USA on Apr 1st, 2009
On global warming and energy independence, President Obama’s team continues to make exceptional moves. This week, Rep Henry Waxman and Rep Edward Markey released a draft of a comprehensive energy bill that hits as many high notes as a Pavarotti opera. Joe Romm has an excellent analysis. Here’s the nitty gritty: The early version of [...]
Tying Bonuses to Carbon Emissions
Posted in Clean Technology, Climate Change Solutions, Energy Efficiency, Politics on Mar 27th, 2009
In the wake of the AIG scandal, it’s refreshing to see that some companies are tying company bonuses to significant achievements for both the corporation and society. National Grid — a London-based utility company — has has become the latest and biggest UK firm to link the company’s success in reducing its carbon footprint to [...]
Skål Sweden!
Posted in Canada, Climate Change Solutions, Energy Efficiency, Politics, USA on Mar 22nd, 2009
It’s easy to grow weary of the excuses and the bullshit. In Canada, we pretend that nation is singular and unique, that it’s somehow harder for Canadians to cut their greenhouse gas emissions because of our special circumstances. The Great White North, so cold and vast and unforgiving. It’s easy for the British to cut [...]