Digital Journal Berlin – In the wake of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear meltdown, the German government has reversed its energy policy and will gradually wean itself from its nuclear energy program, shutting down its reactors by 2022. Germany, Europe’s largest economy and the world’s fourth largest, announced on Monday it will undertake a revolutionary new energy policy,…
As the need for renewable energy increases options on energy storage have needed tactics on expansion to better meet the future needs of society. Consequently, wind and solar have not being able to compete with conventional energy sources such as coal, oil, and nuclear with out government subsidies because of the variability and the costly…
SustainableBusiness.com News New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced he is pulling the state out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) at the end of the year. RGGI – the only cap-and-trade system in the US – has been under assault by fossil fuel interests since the midterm elections when Republicans gained more influence…
1. Look for opportunities to generate power efficiency Did you know that electronics in the home and office use energy even when powered down? To save energy check the power management features on devices used, make sure to unplug equipment at the end of the day, and using a power strips for efficiency. Remember…
Mayan’s predicted that bee populations would cease to exist as a first phase of the 2012 apocalyptic disasters to come. While the allocations may seem far-fetched for some, the peril of the honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder is still a very realistic threat. Colony Collapse Disorder could result in loses of up to 90 percent…
Tragedy struck Joplin Missouri this past Sunday as one of the largest single tornados in this half century ripped through the town of 49,000 people, leaving the area in complete devastation. April 27th 2011 tornado storm overcame the southern states striking the area with 135 tornadoes, taking the lives of 319 Americans. A month later victims of this the calamity are…
SustainableBusiness.com News Today the Obama administration moved the federal government closer to its goal of cutting petroleum consumption 30% by 2020 and putting 1 million advanced vehicles on the road by 2015. President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum ordering federal agencies to develop guidelines for 100% purchasing of alternative fueled passenger vehicles and light-duty trucks by 2015.…
The following case study is part of a project by MPA students at the Presidio Graduate School on information management technology and policy. You can read the rest of the series here. By Evelyn Lee In the US, the tourist industry routinely generates more than $10 billion a month in trade surplus and is consistently listed…
SustainableBusiness.com News Frogs, Bees, Bats are all in desperate trouble and scientists are scrambling to find out why, so far to little avail. Could there be a connection between the diseases that seem to be rapidly killing off the animals we depend on to pollinate our foods and protect us from insect invasions? Since 2006, the little…