Picture this: It’s 7:30 a.m. on a cold winter morning in downtown Stockholm and a sea of Swedish nationals are flooding Central Station to catch a train to work. Thanks to the busy shops and restaurants and the body heat being generated by the 250,000 commuters, the station is nice and toasty. Well, this heat [...]
A Silicon Valley start-up says that it has found a way to capture the carbon dioxide emissions from coal and gas power plants and absorb them in cement. Cement production is one of the largest sources of carbon emissions in the United States; coal-fired electricity plants are the biggest source. “With this technology, coal can [...]
Since taking the job as UC San Diego’s first director of strategic energy initiatives in September 2008, Byron Washom has worked to turn the 1,200-acre campus into a model of sustainability, a “living laboratory” he calls it. This includes renewable energy, greenhouse-gas reduction, energy management, energy storage systems and greening the campus transportation fleet. The [...]
November 1, 2009 – 11:19 am
Feeling the pinch these days? Don’t worry, most of us are. And if you’re still dedicated to being environmentally friendly, not only are you a righteous dude or dudet, but it just so happens that you’re also in luck! Here’s a way to squeeze a few extra bucks out of Uncle Sam, while being a [...]
With America still in a deep recession and more than 3.6 million jobs lost during the past 8 months, the last thing most people want to know about is a new government energy bill that will result in people paying even more for fuel for their cars and for electricity and other fuels to cool [...]
January 25, 2009 – 4:20 pm
U.S. President Barack Obama is already beginning to formulate a series of renewable energy and energy conservation programs that will not only create thousands of new jobs but help America become less dependent on imported oil from the Middle East and Venezuela. The programs, which were mentioned frequently during Obama’s campaign hopes to make the [...]
