Audi Could Drop Its EV Program, Too
Electric Vehicles may be doomed to boutique dealers and eccentric owners, if this pattern of manufacturers' dropping EVs continues on its current track....
Congress Drops Carbon Legislation, CO2 Still Drops
Even though the carbon taxes and cap-and-trade legislation pushed by the Obama administration in 2010 failed to pass in Congress, it seems that greenhouse...
Is Tesla Upsetting the Franchise Status Quo?
As a start-up company and the first solely electric vehicle manufacturer, Tesla Motors has all rights to be seen as a bit different,...
OPEC Turns to Renewable Energy to Get More Green
Some of the Middle Eastern members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries are pouring billions of dollars into renewable energy, mainly solar-...
Solar Power is Just Like Flu: You Can Catch It From Your Neighbor
Researchers from Yale and New York University recently completed a study of solar installations in California, covering January 2001 to December 2011. What...
Smart Grid Tech Saved Chattanooga $1.4 million
Power grids are fragile things, utility poles and wires susceptible to damage by storms, falling trees, even animal activity. Add to this the increasing...
“BioRisk” Explains Efficient and Sustainable Land Management For Biofuel Production
Ever since the production of feedstock for bioenergy gained popularity, the big discussion about indirect land-use change started. There is never enough land available...
Premium EV Battery Maker A123 Systems Files for Bankruptcy
In a press release yesterday, A123 Systems, an advanced lithium-ion electric vehicle battery manufacturer, announced what investors and owners feared and expected,...
Environmental Regulations Will Force More US Coal Plants to Retire
The US Power Grid is supported by a number of power-generation technologies, coal, oil, wind, hydro, nuclear, to name a few. According to the...
GreenHouse Gases [GHG] vs [GDP] Gross Domestic Product
According to a recent study, greenhouse gas emissions increase as the economy rises, but don't seem to fall as drastically when the economy...
