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Posted: 13 Aug 2012 05:54 PM PDT
In Japan, energy saving takes its toll
Written by
Chico Harlan
Washington Post - 8 hours ago
The energy-saving push was seen on a smaller scale last year after an
earthquake and tsunami triggered a crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi
nuclear plant on Japan's east coast and caused shutdowns at several
others, and Japanese companies obliged without ...
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Posted: 13 Aug 2012 05:53 PM PDT
ScienceBlog.com (blog)
Water Sustainability for China and Beyond
ScienceBlog.com (blog) - 11 hours ago
Water's fate in China mirrors problems across the world: fouled, pushed far from its natural origins, squandered and exploited.
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Posted: 13 Aug 2012 05:52 PM PDT
Streetsblog Capitol Hill (blog)
International Funders Shift Investments
Toward Sustainable Transportation
Streetsblog Capitol Hill (blog) - 9 hours ago
If you think the United States is doing a bad job shifting
toward sustainable transportation, take a look at the developing world.
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Posted: 13 Aug 2012 05:51 PM PDT
Economists Address Environmental Sustainability Issues at
Globalization ...
Sacramento Bee - 10 hours ago
13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Top economists gathered at the
Wharton School's Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania
April 12-13, 2012 for the second annual Globalization TrendLab 2012
conference entitled, "Sustainability: New ...
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Posted: 13 Aug 2012 05:50 PM PDT
If Sustainability Costs You More, You're Doing it Wrong
Forbes - 6 hours ago
There is a lot of anecdotal information on what makes a value
chain sustainable, but very little data. To change that, we partnered
with ASQ, the Institute for Supply Management, and Deloitte, on a
multi-year research study to identify proven ...
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Posted: 13 Aug 2012 05:49 PM PDT
Scientific American (blog)
See realtime coverage
Sustainability Gold for the 2012 London Olympics
Scientific American (blog) - 9 hours ago
With the 2012 London Olympics drawn to a close, so starts the task of
breaking down parts of the 500-acre Olympic Park that housed the world's
finest athletes for the past two weeks
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Posted: 13 Aug 2012 05:48 PM PDT
New York Times (blog)
Sustainable Innovation, Part I
New York Times (blog) - 15 hours ago
There are those products that have become more sustainable over the past
years, but are not thought of as being particularly green or
environment-friendly.
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Posted: 13 Aug 2012 03:59 PM PDT
Romm's Book 'Language Intelligence' Insightful, Important
Climate Central (blog) - 5 hours ago
Now Joe Romm,
a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress Action Fund and
well-known ClimateProgress.org blogger, introduces us to the concept of
language intelligence in his thoughtful new book Language Intelligence:
Lessons on Persuasion
http://jesusgodgoodetcnjay.blogspot.com
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Posted: 13 Aug 2012 01:55 PM PDT
Solar Energy Storage Advances Attract Investors, Homeowners
Green Technology Investments - 7 hours ago
Balqon, a developer of renewable energy solutions that include
everything from electric vehicles to drive systems to lithium storage
devices, is at the forefront of this market with its new low cost, high
capacity HIQAP™ lithium battery for solar ...
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Posted: 13 Aug 2012 01:53 PM PDT
The Guardian
Must the poor go hungry just so the rich can drive?
The Guardian - 59 minutes ago
Biofuels are the means by which governments in the rich world avoid hard
choices. Rather than raise fuel economy standards as far as technology
allows, rather than promoting a shift from driving to public transport,
walking and cycling, rather than ...
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Posted: 13 Aug 2012 01:52 PM PDT
Ethanol Producer Magazine
Global Biofuels (Bioethanol and Biodiesel) Consumption to Reach 135
Billion ...
Virtual-Strategy Magazine - 6 hours ago
GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report
on Biofuels (Bioethanol and Biodiesel) markets. The global consumption
of Biofuels (Bioethanol and Biodiesel) is projected to reach 135 billion
gallons by the year 2018.
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Posted: 13 Aug 2012 01:51 PM PDT
Summer 2012 State Of The Advanced Biofuels Industry: Hydrocarbons Lead
The ...
Seeking Alpha - 40 minutes ago
Every six months, the fine folks over at Biofuels Digest compile and
publish a database listing all of the advanced biofuelsprojects that are
either operating, under construction, or being planned around the
world. The most recent version of this ...
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Posted: 13 Aug 2012 01:45 PM PDT
Stuff.co.nz
Hybrid And Pure Electric Cars 2012-2022
Sacramento Bee - 9 hours ago
Electric vehicles are penetrating the market rapidly to constitute 35%
of the cars made in 2025 - probably 25% hybrids, 10% pure EV but pure EV
may be winning by then.
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Posted: 13 Aug 2012 01:44 PM PDT
Autochannel (press release)
See realtime coverage
Electric Vehicle Encyclopedia
Sacramento Bee - 9 hours ago
As so many vehicle manufacturers now seek to make a wide variety of vehicles, we cover electric vehicles by land, water and air.
Electric Vehicle Traction Batteries 2012-2022PR Newswire (press release)
Research and Markets: Electric Vehicle Market in the US 2011
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Posted: 13 Aug 2012 01:42 PM PDT
Smart Grid Pilot Program Nets Mass. DPU Approval
Renew Grid - 3 hours ago
The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) has approved
National Grid's smart grid pilot program. The project, pursuant to the
Green Communities Act of 2008, includes approximately 15000 customers in
Worcester, or 1.2% of National Grid's ...
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Posted: 13 Aug 2012 01:41 PM PDT
Solar power day and night
Power Engineering Magazine - 16 hours ago
With decreasing costs of system components, we will achieve battery
parity in Germany, in analogy to the grid parity already reached for
photovoltaics-based electricity consumption by the private customer.
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Posted: 13 Aug 2012 01:36 PM PDT
Distributed Renewables Set For Massive Growth
Renew Grid - 2 hours ago
Lower prices are opening up new markets for distributed PV, while
helping the technology reach grid parity more quickly in retail
electricity markets.
See realtime coverage
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Posted: 13 Aug 2012 01:34 PM PDT
City Cuts Carbon Emissions
Build.co.uk - 6 hours ago
Latest figures show that carbon emissions from council buildings have
been reduced by 13% in the last year (51445 tonnes ofCO2 compared with
59071 tonnes in 2011). It is expected that this will place Liverpool in
the top 5% of major organisations for
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Posted: 13 Aug 2012 01:29 PM PDT
US Power Plant Emissions Decline Reflects Clean Energy Transition
SustainableBusiness.com - 6 hours ago
Although carbon dioxide power plant emissions rose 24% are up over the
benchmark year (1990), they were off 4% from 2008-2010, and preliminary
data suggests they are off 5% for 2011, according to the 2012
Benchmarking Air Emissions report. The report ...
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Posted: 13 Aug 2012 01:27 PM PDT
GreenBiz.com (blog)
India's power blackout: An opportunity for sustainable energy?
GreenBiz.com (blog) - 7 hours ago
By concentrating on energy efficiency and working closely with their
end-users, said Mark Feasel, director of energy solutions business for
Schneider Electric, utilities "can communicate the status of their grid
in real-time, and tap capacity from ...
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Posted: 13 Aug 2012 01:23 PM PDT
ThinkProgress
Debunking False Claims About Compact Florescents (CFLs)
ThinkProgress - 10 minutes ago
Energy efficient light bulbs continue to be a target of conservatives in
Congress. This summer, multiple amendments were approved by House
lawmakers trying to prohibit the government from enforcing federal light
bulb standards.
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Posted: 13 Aug 2012 01:22 PM PDT
How To Convince Homeowners To Pull The Trigger On Energy Upgrades
Forbes - 38 minutes ago
The proliferation of city and state building energy efficiency codes,
combined with the eagerness of building owners to seek LEED ratings,
tells me that policymakers and the market are increasingly
demanding energy efficiency in new construction. But ...
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Posted: 13 Aug 2012 01:17 PM PDT
Non-Operation Of Japan's Nuke Plants Push Up CO2 Emission
RTT News - 15 hours ago
(RTTNews) - Japan's power companies are turning to thermal power to
compensate for their offline nuclear plants that have pushed
up carbon dioxide emissions greatly contributing to global warming. Nine
Japanese power companies say their generators ...
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Posted: 13 Aug 2012 01:18 PM PDT
California Air Chief Says Carbon Auction Won't Be Delayed
Bloomberg - 52 minutes ago
“We're in the process of cleaning up every loose end or issue that
hasn't yet been definitively addressed.” California's cap-and-trade
program would create the second- largest carbon market in the world,
behind only the European Union's emissions ...
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Posted: 13 Aug 2012 01:14 PM PDT
Article
below.
NYT Krugman wrote only several weeks ago of the scientists that have
been 'captured,' often unawares, by the power culture, octopus-like
(sorry octopus) that reaches everywhere to tempt otherwise decent
scientists with greed, lust and fear, their handmaden. This guy, from a
NY university?
This article is an abomination, a propaganda job for natural gas:
Everywhere in the
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