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Community Organizations Lead in Divestment from Fossil Fuels

Annika Tostengard — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 07:16:49 +0000

Several celebrities, schools, and state governments have pledged to pull their investments from fossil fuel companies. Reversing funding for these oil and coal companies is called ‘fossil fuel divestment’, and it’s a movement that started on college campuses. Because of their diligent work, trillions of dollars will be taken back from these purveyors of dirty […]

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Surviving a World Without Fossil Fuels – Where Will We Live? Net Zero Homes, Of Course!

Benji Jerew — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 14:28:59 +0000

Currently, most of the world is in the grip of a totally unsustainable lifestyle, powered by fossil fuels. Speaking of petroleum deposits alone, giant oil company Beyond Petroleum says we may have a little over fifty years of oil left in the ground. Of course, we could turn to some other reliable fuel source, such […]

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Our Addiction to Fossil Fuels – “PUMP – The Movie” Debuts Late September

Benji Jerew — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 21:00:09 +0000

We may not think about it much when we pull up to the pumps to fill our cars with dinosaur (read: gasoline and diesel), but are we ignoring our addiction to fossil fuels? In the United States alone, there are some 212 million drivers. If we average 11,500 miles per year and the average fuel […]

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Fossil Fuel Industries Identified As The Main Source of Methane

Mila Luleva — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:44:36 +0000

A study recently published in the journal Atmospheric Environment, reported an increase in methane concentrations alongside major southern US roads and highways. Researchers from University of California, Santa Barbara, conducted an extensive sampling of atmospheric methane concentrations along transects from the Southwest and moving towards Huston. The scientists used a gas chromatograph to measure methane, since […]

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Morocco Planning to Harvest 2 GW of Solar Power by 2020

Cristi — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:20:00 +0000

More and more governments show high interest in investing in clean energy sources. With 3,000 hours of sun per year, Morocco is now planning to invest in the harvesting of solar power.

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New York City Increases EV Sales to 70,000 New Cars by 2015

Cristi — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:57:00 +0000

We all know that one of the industries that pollute the most is the automotive industry. With several millions of vehicles on the roads, that consume every day millions of tons of fossil fuels, the air in the megacities becomes more and more unbreathable.

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New York's First EV Charging Station by Beautiful Earth Group

Cristi — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:50:12 +0000

Lately the automotive industry had directed its attention to the Electric Vehicle market and to the green energy usage. But if the electric energy that will power the EV is obtained from fossil fuels the EV won't be green anymore. Because of that particular reason several solar-powered charging stations were developed lately to help EV use alternative energy.

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Ocean-Based Algae Production System Could Revolutionize the Biofuel Industry

Cristi — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:17:04 +0000

Two Kansas State University Engineers have designed a new algae production system that could reduce the cost of biodiesel and help the U.S. Government to change from fossil fuel dependency to a renewable power source.

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Mirror-Based Solar Device as Cheap as Coal-Burning Electric Power Plants

Cristi — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:32:05 +0000

Steward Observatory Mirror Lab from the University of Arizona has produced a prototype of a solar device that is able to produce energy at a price comparable with the cheapest fossil fuels.

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Biodiesel Developed Safely from Rhodococcus Bacteria

Cristi — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:40:05 +0000

Using synthetic biology, researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are trying to develop a new bacteria similar to the tuberculosis root to produce biofuel.

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Solar-Powered System Refines Magnesium and Uses It as Green Fuel

Mike Sandru — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:45:11 +0000

Researcher Takashi Yabe at the Tokyo Institute of Technology claims that he developed a system that can run on solar energy, to refine magnesium and use it as a source of fuel.

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Breakthrough Carbon Capture Using Ionic Liquids

Cristi — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:48:44 +0000

Founded by scientists from the University of Colorado, ION Engineering has brought in sight a new technology that uses ionic liquids - nonvolatile molten salts - to capture carbon emissions.

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Animated CO2 Map of the United States

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:24:19 +0000

Some researchers from the Purdue University have made up a project revealing the CO2 emissions over the United States. They made a video showing the “hottest” areas in which CO2 is produced by several sources: power plants, factories, vehicle traffic. Kevin Gurney, the leader in the project, told The New York Times: “The resulting database […]

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Hydrogen Cheaper Than Gasoline: Thanks To Nanoparticles

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:43:32 +0000

QuantumSphere Inc. says it has perfected the manufacture of highly reactive catalytic nanoparticle coatings that could up the efficiency of electrolysis, the technique that generates hydrogen from water. Moreover, the coatings could also eliminate the need for expensive metals like platinum in hydrogen fuel cells. The coatings can be used to retrofit existing electrolysers to […]

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