Banning Single-Use Plastic Straws – is it a Sustainability Win?
American Airlines, Hilton Hotels, Royal Caribbean, Cunard, and Red Lobster and a host of other companies have also committed to doing away with plastic...
Tûranor Solar Boat Has a New Mission Studying Climate Change
What started as a proof-of-concept – PlanetSolar's Tûranor solar boat recently circumnavigated the globe – is now setting sail again on a research mission...
Improved Battery Packs Test-Flown on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Will FAA Approve?
After fires aboard at least two Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger aircraft, the entire fleet of fifty has been grounded since January.
The advanced-technology Boeing 787...
How Restaurants Can Become More Sustainable
There is an estimated 22 to 33 billion pounds of food waste produced by restaurants every year. And this is only food waste. The...
Exxon Mobile Busted Again for Environmental Infractions
Earlier this week, news came out that in 2010 XTO Energy, Inc., an Exxon Mobil Fracking company, received an unexpected visit from the Environmental...
AI for Earth: Helping save the planet with data science
One of the last things Stephen Hawking told us was that the creation of powerful artificial intelligence will be “either the best or the...
Air Pollution Leads to How Many Deaths Per Year?
Since the Industrial Revolution, associated with learning how to use fossil fuels to perform work, air pollution has increased and, with it, sentenced millions...
The Art of Big Style Pollution: 4,500-Horsepower Smoky Diesel "Freightliner" Truck Does 228 MPH
Some people may have gotten used to reading nice green inventions on our cleantech blog. This time, though, I'll show anyone interested in pollution...
Lexus Hybrids Muddying Electric Vehicle Waters
Look anywhere, at politicians, journalists, ignorantes, even in some of the comments here on The Green Optimistic, and you’ll find electric vehicle opponents.
One place...
Clean Air Act Reduced Smog-Forming Emissions Steadily for Over 20 Years
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released data proving that the Clean Air Act regulations have had a tremendous impact and are hugely...
