On Friday May 25th, 2012 the Senate Armed Services Committee prohibited the military from spending money on alternative fuels if the cost exceeds traditional fossil fuels With more than 50 million gallons of fuel being consumed by the military each month in Afghanistan it comes to no surprise the Defense Department is facing issues…
Global Investment in Renewable Energy hits record $257 Billion in 2011 Good news from the pages on a report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21). Worldwide investment trends for renewable energy reveal 2011 as another record-breaking year for sustainable energy. Solar power had…
U.S Green Chamber Chairman Visits Brazil Ahead of Massive U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development by Peter Zahn This year marks the 20th anniversary of the first Earth Summit, which took place in Rio de Janeiro. The 1992 gathering kicked off a series of United Nations environmental conferences that have been held in places like Kyoto,…
Environmental Defense Fund president Fred Krupp suggested that the best way for George H.W. Bush to make good on his pledge to become the “environmental president” was to fix the acid rain problem.
USGCC Chairman Peter Zahn visited Rio de Janeiro as preparations were under way for next week’s conference, and filed this report: USGCC Chair Peter Zahn with Greenpeace International Chair Ana Toni in Rio de Janeiro This year marks the 20th anniversary of the first Earth Summit, which took place in Rio de Janeiro. The 1992…
Polluters and their friends have made a blood sport out of knocking California’s economy and regulatory climate. Yet study after study from the Public Policy Institute of California about business relocations debunks the myths being repeated by the conservative propaganda machine.
Eureka, a controversial bill whose heart is in the right place California’s lawmakers approved Assembly Bill 1532 on May 29th, known as the Cap and Trade program. The bill imposes strict emissions limits on refineries and power plants that release huge volumes of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere. Regulatory mandates, along with economic incentives, form…
Marketplace.org recently took a hard look at America’s latest trend for gas prices. Crude oil has dropped by another $20 bucks per barrel, lowering our price per gallon by 30 to 40 cents. Avery Ash of AAA believes that last month’s $20 price drop for crude may lead to a 50 cent price fall per…
Animal waste may become our next source of green energy. Private corporations in the U.K. have begun investing big bucks to convert leftover food and animal byproducts into a new source of green energy that produces electricity and cuts costs. Marketplace BBC World Service recently reported that big U.K. chains such as Walmart and Tesco…
TheBlu is one part social network, one part online game and a splash of oceanic activism. Users can explore an entire underwater world replete with thousands of the ocean’s creatures by themselves or with Facebook friends. Every action a user takes while in theBlu’s watery world has an impact somewhere else in the app’s universe: a message that the ocean, while vast and mighty, is also sensitive to pollution and tampering.