Cars on the road are known to be the worst enemy to "green" lovers. Emissions from combustion engines continue to increasingly contribute to atmospheric pollution, posing severe risks to human health, regardless of the numerous reports and warnings issued...
First Solar’s solar module manufacturing facility in Mesa, Arizona has just been purchased by Apple for $113.6 million. The factory, which has the largest rooftop solar array in Arizona, never had a chance to begin making solar modules.
During the...
Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, US households generate 25% more waste than any other time of the year. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, that is close to 1 million extra tons of trash each year.
Today, the day...
Synthetic fuels could serve as viable replacements for common fuels, if only they could be made more economical.
Carbon Recycling International (CRI) may have found a way to do just that by combining a number of technologies over a very...
The 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act was meant to put biofuels, especially ethanol, into a more important role in the United States fuel mix, but a recent EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) proposal seems to have put that on...
Perhaps a better question is, “Are mainstream drivers ready for electric vehicles?”
If we look at the history of hybrid electric vehicles, maybe we can get a clue as to how future reactions to pure electric vehicles will turn out....
University of Harvard, or more precisely, scientists from the university's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, were granted with the Academic R&D Award last week, for their innovative and very successful development of a rechargeable 3D-printed lithium-ion microbattery.
The award...
As climate change becomes more and more apparent and temperatures rise much faster than ever, large areas that were once used for agriculture are now being a subject to extreme desertification and loss of soil nutrients, leading to inevitable...
When it comes to fuel economy, smaller vehicles, such as the Mazda2, take high honors, usually sacrificing performance. Electric vehicles, on the other hand, can do both fuel economy and performance without skipping a beat.
Then, of course, the question...
In order to get power producers to do their part in reducing carbon dioxide emissions, federal and many state regulations require a certain percentage minimum of renewable energy sources.
New Mexico, for example, uses a credit system to keep track...
