Meat: Not on the Menu of the Future says Lord Stern
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffAny passionate vegetarian can quickly tell you why eating meat contributes to global warming: methane from cow farts and carbon from deforestation for cattle land and cattle crops are a significant source (18 percent) of ...
Google PowerMeter available to U.K. residents
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Book Review – Installations by Architects: Experiments in Building and Design
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffInstallations by Architects: Experiments in Building and Design, by Sarah Bonnemaison and Ronit Eisenbach (Amazon USA and UK.) Publisher Princeton Architectural Press says: Over the last few decades, a rich and increasingly diverse practice has emerged in ...
EU starts clampdown on gas-guzzling vans
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Powermeter: Google’s Household Energy Monitor Arrives in UK
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffBy Adam Vaughan Online tool allows householders to monitor energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, thereby reducing consumption and saving money Google may be best known for helping you find things on the web, but the online ...
Green Collar Jobs Start With Basic Skills
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffBy Roger Valdez Recent study reviews challenges and opportunites in renewable energy jobs. <img alt="image_preview.jpg" src="http://www.worldchanging.com/image_preview.jpg" align="right" width="320" height="240" / A study released over the summer found that there are some great opportunities in Washington state for green ...
Tesla breaks record for going the distance
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Smart Grid to be Stimulated
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffPresident Barack Obama will announce the largest investment of economic stimulus funds in clean energy during a visit to Florida, an Obama administration official said on Monday. The announcement will involve the smart grid, which will help bring energy from ...
Mannvit Engineering Enters Partnership with Technip for U.S. Geothermal Projects
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffMannvit Engineering has signed a partnership with Technip to develop geothermal projects in the United States, using Technip's Claremont, California operating center.
Hungarian Geothermal Development Reaches Key Milestone — First Well Completed
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffLast week, an important milestone for Hungary's new geothermal home heating utility was reached - drilling was completed for the first geothermal well. The first well, in the town of Szentlörinc, Southwest Hungary, will be part of a series ...
SEPA Announces Winners: 2009 Solar Business Achievement Awards
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffAnaheim, CA—The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) today announced the results of the 2009 SEPA Solar Business Achievement Awards. In the midst of today's challenging solar market conditions, the SEPA Board of Directors and staff are proud to recognize ...
Another Wind Farm for Tehachapi Pass
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffWestern Wind Energy Corp has secured approximately 575 contiguous acres near Tehachapi, California through land purchases and ground leases and plans to develop 30 megawatts of capacity at the site. The new project will be named Windswept. Western Wind is ...
SolarCity Developing Largest U.S. Community Solar Project
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffSolarCity is helping to create one of the nation's largest distributed, community-wide solar power systems at Soaring Heights Communities at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
Poll: Prospects Good for the US Solar Industry
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffA new opinion poll shows that U.S. solar executives expect to see significant growth for their businesses in 2010 and 2011.
We Actually Can?!
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffAs a researcher and writer, one naturally gets to read a few books. However, I was absolutely astonished to find that it was one of my own, A Renewable World, that actually gave me, for the first time as ...
Mending the Rift Between the Solar Community and Ontario
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffIf you haven’t heard, the international solar community is frothing at the mouth over the most recent regulations and edicts issued by the province of Ontario.
Solea Starts Construction on 1.3-MW PV System
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffSolea AG has started building a 1.3-megawatt (MW) solar project in Neuburg am Inn in the district of Passau in southern Germany. The investor and operator of the project is Chorus CleanTech Solar GmbH.
Vibrant Solar Introduces SunCube CPV Module
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffVibrant Solar Inc. has introduced SunCube Mark 9.2 CPV module, which the company said is 31% efficient. The module is licensed by Vibrant's sister company Helios Solar LLC from Green and Gold Energy (GGE) for the southwestern U.S. and Hawaii.
Greenest Place in the U.S.? It’s Not Where You Think.
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffBy David Owen Green rankings in the U.S. don’t tell the full story about the places where the human footprint is lightest. If you really want the best environmental model, you need to look at the nation’s ...
Can Finance Save Forests?
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffBy Martin Wright If rainforests are so valuable, why can’t we make them pay? For years, that was a rhetorical question. Not any more. Martin Wright on our last, best hope of saving forests – and the ...