Emerging Economies Should Give Priority To Green Energy Projects, Says Expert

Giving high priority to green energy projects and innovative technologies is the only way emerging economies could compete with the giants. This is what...
IPCC AR5 Climate Change Report, Due Monday

IPCC Fifth Climate Change Assessment Report Due September 30th

The United Nations Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change is due to release their fifth assessment report on September 30, 2013, and...
World "Not on Target" Addressing Climate Change

FAIL – World is Not On Target Addressing Climate Change

Unlike shooting yourself in the foot, the effects of which are immediately apparent, the results of the world's insatiable thirst for fossil fuels, climate...
Power Production Accounts for One-Third of Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the US

Addressing Climate Change: Power Producers Balk at Carbon Dioxide Limits

In the United States, power production, generates fully 33% of the carbon dioxide emissions of all sectors. In an effort to address climate change,...
ARPA-E Funding to Extract Magnesium from Seawater

ARPA-E Funding Lightweight Materials for Greener Automobiles

The US Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy has made funding available for many projects that could revolutionize energy,...
In a Texas Tesla Gallery, Tesla Motors can SHOW Tesla Model S, but Can't SELL Tesla Model S

“Big” Surprise: Big Money Kept Tesla Motors Out of Texas

The Tesla Motors direct-sales model is working well, and the automobile dealer associations are running scared. What makes Tesla Motors so different? First, the Tesla...
Renault Fluence, A Zero Emissions Electric Vehicle

High-Emissions Vehicle Tax Increases 25% in France, Incentives on Cleaner Options Lagging

In an effort to clear the air in France, France started taxing high-emissions vehicles. The gradually-increasing tax is designed to convince buyers to look...
One of the few Fisker Karma Produced by Failed Fisker Automotive

Fisker Automotive Loan to be Auctioned – DOE Mostly Likely Will Lose

I'm sure it seemed like a good idea at the time, but the chips just didn't fall right for Fisker Automotive. Fisker's defaulted loan is...
China's Air Pollution, Out of Hand

China Tackling Air Pollution, But Faces Big Challenges

China's fast economic growth has been backed up by fast and dirty coal power plants to meet new energy requirements of the rapidly expanding...
Coal Plants - Greenhouse Gas Emitters

Coal Plants in the US, the Greenhouse Gas Elephant in the Room

Coal plants, both here in the US and abroad, are the dirtiest when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions but, for some reason, don't...