Sustainable Energy

Clean, Sustainable Energy vs. Fracking Colorado

Michele Swenson | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Community Bill of Rights, Commerce City Unite, Public Health, Sen. Morgan Carroll SB 107, What the Frack?! Arapahoe County, Sustainable Energy, Hydraulic Fracking, Denver Community Rights, Air and Water Contamination, Closed Loop Systems, Butanol Fuel, Boulder-Based Clean Energy Action, Greenhouse Gases, Open Pit Storage, Erie Rising, Longmontroar, Property Rights, Mineral Rights, Windsor Rig Environment Emergency, Denver News
Michele Swenson

Clearly when it comes to environmental protection, public health and sustainable energy, it requires a groundswell of action by the people.

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Wind in the Flint Hills

Philip Warburg | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Conservation, Sustainable Energy, Wind Energy, Book Excerpt, Green Energy, Wind Turbines, Green News
Philip Warburg

In the Flint Hills of Kansas, rancher Pete Ferrell angered neighbors when he allowed turbines on his land. They preferred looking at pristine prairie; he chose to invest in a sustainable, locally abundant energy resource.

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Earth Day: Act One

Michael Zacka | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Earth Day 2012, Earth Day Tips, Corporate Sustainability, Business Ethics, Sustainable Technology, Business News, Green News, Green Corporations, Earth Day Ideas, Sustainability Trends, Corporate Social Responsibility, Changing Our World, Sustainable Energy, Sustainability, Corporate Green, Third Industrial Revolution, Business News
Michael Zacka

Earth Day was a powerful first act to what could be a wonderful stage production by drawing worldwide attention to universal environmental issues and setting the stage for changes needed in our own consumption patterns.

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Exxon's Big Bet on Shale Gas Won't Pay Off if Clean Energy Scales

Mike Casey | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Oil, Renewables, Clean Energy, Fracking, Sustainable Energy, Green Energy, Fossil Fuels, Exxon Mobil, Green News
Mike Casey

The clean energy industry has to dramatically scale its advocacy investment to meet an aggressive disinformation campaign trained against it by the fossil lobby.

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Waste and the Great American Energy Machine

Yul Kwon | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Pbs, Black Thunder Mine, Energy Consumption, Solar Energy, Cow Power, Electric Grid, Renewable Energy, Thomas Edison, Sustainable Energy, America Revealed, Green News
Yul Kwon

Americans on average are the biggest consumers of energy on the planet, and keeping the power that we need flowing is a monumental undertaking. Despite our increasing demand for energy, Americans waste a staggering amount of it.

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What's New for Rio +20?

Carl Pope | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Earth Summit, Rio, Sustainable Energy, Green News
Carl Pope

So what has changed for the world since first Earth Summit in Rio twenty years ago -- and what new challenges and opportunities will be on the table at the end of June when the UN again convenes its members?

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Living on Planet Duggar

Robert Walker | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Planet-Under-Pressure-Conference, Population, Environment, Sustainability, Climate Change Denial, 19 Kids and Counting, Sustainable Energy, Climate Change, Michelle Duggar, Food Security, Michelle Duggar Overpopulation, Overpopulation, The Duggars, Green News
Robert Walker

Let's hope that Michelle Duggar knows vastly more about population and resources than all those scientists at "Planet under Pressure," a conference aimed at finding solutions to climate change and the challenge of feeding another 2.3 billion people by 2050.

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Japan Heading for Energy Death Spiral?

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Japan Nuclear Energy, Japan Nuclear Reactors, Sustainable Energy, Nuclear Energy, Nobua Tanaka, Nuclear Energy Japan, Japan Nuclear Crisis, World News
Steve Clemons

Nobuo Tanaka realizes that there is a legitimate debate to be had about the safety and management of Japan's nuclear energy facilities, but that a total rejection of nuclear energy will send Japan over a cliff as deindustrialization is triggered by energy shocks.

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Denver Zoo's Poo-Powered Rickshaw Is A First Of Its Kind

Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Denver Zoo Gasification Technology, Garbage Energy, Denver News, Poo Powered Rickshaw, Sustainable Energy, Poo Powered Tuk Tuk, Gasification, Green Energy, Colorado, Poo Energy, Video, Denver Zoo, Denver Colorado, Slidepollajax, Denver News

Poop. Is there anything it can't do? On Wednesday, The Denver Zoo introduced what is believed to be the world's first poo-powered motorized tuk tuk sh...

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The State of Sustainability in America -- Experts Weigh In...

Michael P. Owens | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Sustainable Living, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainability, Sustainable Design, Sustainable Energy, Green News
Michael P. Owens

I asked top green business executives, experts and political leaders, who are speaking at the 2012 Sustainable Operations Summit in NYC, what they think is most encouraging as well as what they think is most frustrating about the state of sustainability.

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Top Corporate Sustainability Trends to Watch in 2012

Patti Prairie | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Corporate Sustainability, Green Movement, Corporate Green, Sustainability, Sustainable Energy, Sustainability Trends, Sustainable Technology, Green Corporations, Green News
Patti Prairie

As the volume of enterprise data skyrockets, an industry is growing up around using this flood of information to help companies operate more efficiently and sustainably.

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The Supply and Demand of Renewable Energy

Dennis V. McGinn | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Renewable Energy, Sustainable Energy, Third Industrial Revolution, Renewable Energies, Green Energy Economy, Solar Power, Renewable Energy Economy, Green News
Dennis V. McGinn

After many "false starts," renewable energy technologies are beginning to take hold. As those technologies scale up, their costs decline.

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"I Drive to My Local Petrol Station and Fill Up With 50 Litres of Wind..."

Peter Hoffmann | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Hydrogen Cars, Alternative Energy Production, Sustainable Production, Alternative Energy, Hydrogen Power, Sustainable Energy, Hydrogen Storage, Enertrag Germany, Hydrogen Electricity, Enertrag, Third Industrial Revolution, Green News
Peter Hoffmann

Massive production, storage and reconversion of hydrogen to electricity is a key prerequisite for a future carbon dioxide-free sustainable energy economy and the Third Industrial Revolution.

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Interactive 'Moving Planet' Shows Thousands Taking Action on Climate Change

Heather Libby | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Photos, Oneworlduk, Moving Planet, Fossil Fuels, 350.Org Moving Planet, Sustainable Energy, Green Energy, Tcktcktck, Infographic, Green News
Heather Libby

This Saturday the world will come together for Moving Planet -- a global day to move beyond fossil fuels.

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Solyndra Was Lame and Failed, But That's Not the End of Solar

Dave Llorens | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Wind Power, Investments, Sustainable Energy, Government Subsidies, Green Energy, Solyndra, Solar Power, Cleantech Startups, Cleantech, Solyndra-Bankrupt, San Francisco News
Dave Llorens

Solyndra overestimated their market and their ability to deliver, and now they're going under. But guess what? This happens every single day to Silicon Valley venture capital firms.

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A Burning Question: Should Waste-to-Energy Qualify as Renewable?

Robin Madel | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Renewable Energy, New York Renewable Portfolio Standard, Rps, Waste to Energy, Convanta, Waste, Sustainable Energy, Emissions, Air Pollution, Green Energy, Garbage, New York News
Robin Madel

When you think about renewable energy sources, what comes to mind? Solar panels or wind turbines, maybe even hydropower? You're probably not thinking about trash.

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New York City's Solar Windfall a Sign of America's Clean Energy Future

John Farrell | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Distributed Generation, Renewable Electricity, Solar Energy, Electricity, Green Jobs, Local, Renewable Energy, Utilities, Washington DC, Jobs, Solar Power, New York City, Solar Panels, New York City Solar Map, Sustainable Energy, Green News
John Farrell

A recently released solar map of New York City found enough room on building rooftops for solar panels to power half the city during hours of peak electricity use. New York City is not alone in its solar power potential.

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The Last Mountain -- New Documentary Chronicles Coal Mining's Collateral Damage

Michael Rose | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Massey Energy, Coal, Maria Gunnoe, Appalachia, Alternative Energy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., West Virginia, Sustainable Energy, Uncommon Productions, Bill Haney, DADA Films, Don Blankenship, United Mine Workers, Wind Power, Coal River Valley, Environment, Documentary, Mountain Top Removal, The Last Mountain, Los Angeles News
Michael Rose

Maria Gunnoe's fight to stop MTR and transform the Appalachian Mountains into a wind energy powerhouse attracted filmmaker Bill Haney and his partners, who feature her in their documentary, The Last Mountain.

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Solar Throwdown: New York to Challenge New Jersey?

Peter Hanlon | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Renewable Energy, Photovoltaics, Solar Energy, Green Jobs, New Jersey, New York, Solar Power, Sustainable Energy, New York News
Peter Hanlon

As of 2010, the Solar Energy Industries Association ranks New York seventh of all the states in terms of installed solar capacity. Seventh is respectable, right? Not when New Jersey is number two.

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Turning Climate Tech Transfer on Its Head

Lewis Milford | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Technology, Climate Technology Innovation, Emerging Economies, Developing Countries, Energy Innovation, Green Technology, Innovation, Sustainable Energy, Green Energy, Tech Transfer, Green News
Lewis Milford

Contrary to conventional wisdom, breakthroughs in climate technology are likely to come from developing countries.

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To Change or Not to Change: That Is Not the Question

Ervin Laszlo | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Balance of Nature, Global Tipping Point, Ecological Sustainability, Biosphere Stabilization, Economic Sustainability, Ecological Sustainability 2011, Environmental Sustainability, Sustainable Energy, Sustainability Environment, Green News
Ervin Laszlo

Today humanity is a vast system of seven billion, with enormous technological powers and unprecedented demands. Its divorce from nature is approaching a tipping point: in its present form the human system is critically unsustainable.

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In The Public Interest: The Only Way to Cut Gas Costs Is to Use Less Gas

Rob Kerth | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Public Transit, Public Transportation, Transportation, Gas Price Increases, Mass Transit, Alternative Energy, Oil, Sustainable Energy, Gas Price Hikes, Green Energy, Gas and Oil, Green News
Rob Kerth

What often gets lost in the national conversation is that the best way for the whole country to weather a rise in gas prices is to use more alternative transportation.

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A Matter of Trust: What the Next Generation Wants for Mother's Day

Dan Worth | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Japan Nuclear Reactor, Hydrofracking, Climate Change, iMatter March, Global Warming, Protecting the Environment, Earths Atmosphere, Climate Activists, Carbon Emissions, Atmospheric Trust, Sustainable Energy, Green News
Dan Worth

Frustrated by inaction, teenagers are suing their state and federal governments in an attempt to protect what they see as their common trust and its capacity to support life as we know it.

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The Price of Privilege: Inheriting the Earth, Like It or Not

Betsy Perry | Posted 06.25.2011

Read More: Environmentalism, Sustainable Energy, Education, Prep Schools, Wind Energy, Privilege, Earth Day, Windspire, Earth Week, New York News
Betsy Perry

While our public school kids are fighting for a hot breakfast and desk space, these lucky duck kids are the ones who may have the money and time to focus on the quality of life going forward.

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Sustainability Isn't a Four-Letter Word -- It's a Fourteen Letter Word

Brandon Boyd | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Sustainable Living, Sustainable Food, Tap Water Bottled Water, Sustainability, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Energy, Bottled Water Industry, Sustainable Seafood, Bottled Water, Green News
Brandon Boyd

The word 'Sustainability' is quite evocative isn't it? Not so much so as words like, 'Murder', 'Socialist', 'Sex' or 'Religion'. But what it shares with these other rabble rousing terms is that it evokes something different in each person the word is fired at.

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