When a major U.S. company figures out a way to make cash out of sewage, you know that green businesses have come into their own. The problem is, until now green entrepreneurs haven’t had their own national business organization to lobby for their interests in Congress. Well, problem solved: a … [continued]
Scientists at Stanford University have given the vision of cheap solar power another nudge along the path to reality. They are working with tiny particles called quantum dots, which can be adjusted or “tuned” to absorb different wavelengths of light. Quantum dots are relatively cheap because they can be churned … [continued]
The new Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker was just one of many Tea Party/GOP candidates inserted into office by the Koch Brothers, under our new Supreme Court ruling allowing corporate bribery. Now their puppet Governor is trying to bust the remnants of unions in this country. But the Koch brothers are … [continued]
In order to delay adding any new fossil-fuel generation until at least 2020, an Oklahoma utility is trying a pilot program; pricing electricity based on Time of Use (TOU). Oklahoma is very dependent on fossil fuels, (as you might deduce from its Senator, Jim “global warming is a hoax” Inhofe). … [continued]
Sustainable tech is becoming a green job-creating engine for people, and it’s creating new green jobs for robots, too. If the latest research out of the University of Michigan and University of Pennsylvania is any indicator, some of those new robots may be able to bend, twist, and reform in … [continued]
Reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to safe levels is not only achieved by switching to nice clean new sources of electricity like solar and wind, but also by cleaning up after a nasty legacy of dirty old energy sources like coal. Methane emitted from abandoned coal mines accounts for … [continued]
Although we cover solar breakthroughs in the lab here at Cleantechnica, solar is actually already at or below grid parity for consumers in some states through leases and power purchase agreements (PPAs). Solar is cheaper because the cost can be spread out over a number of years, and solar panels, … [continued]
Saudi Arabia needs special treatment in the disbursement of funds from the $100 billion climate change adaptation fund, this is the proposal that the country has submitted to the United Nations. Saudi Arabia, the largest oil exporter, says that it faces economic vulnerability due to fluctuations in the global oil prices. Decision … [continued]
A new office building for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is going to be home to a whole raft of green building technologies that are becoming pretty familiar, along with something a little unexpected: a beautifully disguised “green” sewage treatment plant right plunk in the middle of the lobby. … [continued]
The new polluter-funded GOP House majority continues to dance with those that brung them – international oil companies, gas companies and coal companies, and the many front group organizations they spawn that further their interests. As a result, the latest “slashing” of the US budget completely eliminates funding for the … [continued]
