Germany´s Thrive to Replace Fossil-Fuel Power with Renewables May Need Russian Gas

One of the most important environmental commitments of the German nation, to replace fossil fuel generated power for solar & wind-generated electricity, presents serious...
Volvo Polestar performance vehicles will go hybrid with small turbodiesels and electric motors.

Volvo Polestar Focuses on Turbodiesel Hybrid Electric Vehicles

With the release of the Volvo V60 PHEV, new ground was broken in the automobile market, becoming the world’s first diesel plug-in hybrid electric...

U.S. Congress Tries to Squash Military Biofuel Program

Although a relationship between the Department of Defense and the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) seems an unlikely marriage, there is method to the...

Greece Seeks Economic Comeback In Huge Solar Power Project

Once an empire, Greece is now confronted with maybe the country's most harsh economic crisis since its birth in ancient times. However, solar power...
Washington State

Washington State’s Annual EV Tax is Logical – But Why?

Most people realize that a major part of the price of fuel is taxes, 37.5¢/gal in Washington State. This tax goes to pay for...

Google’s Support of ALEC Draws the Ire of Environmental Groups

230,000 activists from Sierra Club, Forecast the Facts, SumOfUs, RootsAction and the Center for Media and Democracy have joined together to urge Google to...
Superconductor cable

Superconductors May be Used for Germany’s Energy Transition

Germany is bidding farewell to nuclear energy, expanding renewable energy resources and working to make its economy virtually climate-neutral by the mid-century. The plan...
Can Geoengineers Tweak Climate Change? Should They?

Climate Change Geoengineers Pretty Much Free to Do As They Please

Addressing climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions could probably be referred to as a passive step in the right direction, but geoengineers want...

Germany’s GHG Emissions from Vehicles Still Increasing

Energiewende, Germany’s program in energy supply transition from coal-fired power plants to renewable sources, has enabled the country to significantly reduce its greenhouse gas...
Electric Vehicle Sales Discounted Heavily in This Study?

Sub-2.0L Engines and Electric Vehicles – The Great Divide in 2020

According to one study, the next ten years are simply going to widen the divide between electric vehicles and vehicles powered by the internal...