Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars ArriveHydrogen fuel cell-powered cars are now in the hands of consumers, with more on the way. These custom-made cars from Chevrolet, Honda and BMW are paving the way for production models of the future.
BP to retrieve blowout preventerBP Plc aims to retrieve a failed blowout preventer atop its ruptured Macondo well […]
Huge ice island calves off Greenland glacier.An ice island four times the size of Manhattan broke off from one of Greenland’s two main glaciers, scientists said on Friday, in the biggest such event in the Arctic in nearly 50 years.
Solutions Lab Minneapolis: Sustainability and the aspirational lifestyleThis is a guest post by Jamie Shea, Intern, […]
New EPA data: Dispersant likely not increasing acute lethality of oil in BP oil disasterRichard Denison, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist. I had reported in an earlier post EUR based on data provided to EPA by Nalco, the maker of Corexit 9500, the main dispersant being used in the Gulf EUR that the dispersant appeared […]
Clean Energy Ministerial: a modest move in a good directionMinisters, senior officials and business leaders representing the worlds biggest economies at the first ever Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington this week took an important step in addressing the nuts and bolts of technological innovation for clean energy and energy conservation. It is encouraging to see […]
Fuel Additive Production Takes the Green Route Research is on for the organic production of isobutene (isobutylene). Thomas Bobik, Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology and David Gogerty, a doctoral student are doing pioneer research for producing isobutylene with the help of a new but natural enzyme rather than from the traditional petroleum-based products. […]
July 12th, 2010 EUR The voices of a new clean energy futureNY Times- Editorial: EUR
Australia seen reshaping climate policy before poll.Australia’s government may unveil on Tuesday restrictions on coal-fired power stations and new energy efficiency targets, media reports said, as Prime Minister Julia Gillard seeks to recast climate policy ahead of elections. A late August election may be called within days.
Buildings Dont Need Nightlights: Climate Corps Fellow Discovers Thousands […]
BP boss in MidEast talks as relief well advancesBP’s boss met officials from an Abu Dhabi state fund on Wednesday as hopes for fresh investment and progress toward closing a leaking U.S. oil well lifted the company’s battered shares. […]
Termites Inspire New Cellulosic Ethanol ProcessTermite + Cellulose = Biofuels!Biofuel startup ZeaChem has begun building a biofuel pilot plant that will turn cellulosic feedstocks such as switch grass and wood chips into ethanol via a novel biomimetic process that uses microbes found in the guts of termites. It makes perfect sense to use the termite […]