Original article reposted from MNN.com, author Jim Motavalli Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Rather than achieving energy independence through a mix of renewables and fossil fuel, the Republican team is betting heavily on new oil drilling. The big problem: We don’t have all that much oil. The Romney-Ryan campaign has been long on generalizations and…
PHONE: 858.222.2320 Home About Membership Directory Sponsorship Travel Sponsors USGCC Chair Peter Zahn running for City Council of Solana Beach! USGCC has endorsed Peter’s candidacy and we urge you support him on his mission to keep Solana Beach a great place to live, work, and play… California’s Prop 37 and the GMO Debate by Hallie Schieding A heated debate is raging…
We are happy to announce that the founder and Chair of the U.S. Green Chamber is running for the City Council of Solana Beach, California. Peter Zahn is a business attorney and owner of Counsel Direct Law Offices, a full service business law firm in Solana Beach. Peter is eager to bring his experience and…
Well, it is not quite that easy. Make sure you are drinking shade-grown coffee. Like me, you probably pass the shade-grown variety by because it runs a few dollars higher than the other stuff. Why pay more for a plant grown under another tree? Shade-grown is worth a second look and even a little more…
Colin Sullivan, E&E reporter. Published: Monday, August 20, 2012 NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed three solar bills last week before breaking for the summer weekend.The Democrat inked the package in an attempt to spur solar projects in the Empire State in line with its aggressive 45 percent renewable power target by 2015. All…
This November, the State of California may become the first state to require labeling of all foods that contain genetically modified organisms or GMOs. A genetically modified crop or plant has been altered to either produce pesticides on its own or become resistant to certain herbicides. The debate stems from whether the foods containing these…
The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing Bees Editor’s note: Noah Wilson-Rich, Ph.D. is the Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Best Bees Company™ . Best Bees™ delivers, installs, and manages honey bee hives to residents of eastern Massachusetts. 100% of their profits go to fund their research to improve honey bee health through their Apivax™ line of…
Saqib Rahim, E&E reporter. Published: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 The electric car has run into several market cross winds that didn’t exist at the start of President Obama’s term, and these forces could slow or squash the car’s commercial aspirations.Since Obama took office in 2009, U.S. oil production has surged. World oil prices have spiked,…
Nathanial Gronewold, E&E reporter. Published: Monday, August 20, 2012 NEW ORLEANS — A new era in oil and gas activity in the Gulf of Mexico is opening, one that may be an improvement from the way things were done before the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, but also unprecedented in scale. Within weeks or possibly…
From: Peter Behr, E&E reporter, published: Monday, August 20, 2012 Ohio’s Utica Shale is starting to give up its secrets, slowly and stubbornly.The first results from a handful of initial wells paint a mixed picture of the potential oil and gas production from the expansive Utica play that has inspired predictions of a hydrocarbon El…