When an EV battery ages and begins to lose range, it still has plenty of life left in it. Rather than sending it straight to the recycler, you could hook it up with a bunch of other used EV batteries in a stationary storage system. Sounds like a great idea, … [continued]
Now that the Obama Administration has successfully infiltrated its climate change agenda into the farming community with its so called Climate Hubs, the next target for climate indoctrination appears to be NASCAR, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. We’re sure the folks at NASCAR are way to smart … [continued]
Funny, we thought news of President Obama’s new “Climate Hubs” initiative for the agriculture industry would bring out a chorus of climate change deniers, but it’s been almost a full day since they were announced and we’re not hearing much — yet. While we’re waiting, let’s take a closer look … [continued]
The startup Green Charge Networks is planning a big announcement for next week, so in advance of that we’re going to take a look back at what the company has been up to so far. Its GreenStation™ energy storage unit is a lithium-ion battery system designed to operate like an … [continued]
The folks over at NASA are reporting “insane” results for a trial run of an electric vehicle charging program designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions for its Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The program points to an effective way to achieve significant cuts without incurring significant costs, which would apply … [continued]
With fallout from the West Virginia chemical spill into the Elk River still ongoing, a new coal related spill in North Carolina calls new attention to the clean coal conundrum. The spill originated from a stormwater drain connected to a Duke Energy coal fly ash impoundment along the Dan River … [continued]
A new $2 million funding program from the Department of Energy is expected to add – yes, add – yet another 1,800 gigawatts of wind power to the already formidable wind resources of the US. That’s something to keep in mind as the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline review … [continued]
Wow, talk about your Friday afternoon news dump. Out comes the long awaited State Department Keystone XL Pipeline report just in time to kick off Super Bowl weekend, buried among no less than nine other State Department press releases on various other random topics including the attention-getting news that former … [continued]
An environmental engineer has reported finding formaldehyde in water samples taken from the area affected by the January 9 West Virginia chemical spill, and though it was only one location the already frayed nerves in the nine-county region have been set on edge once again. According to a report in … [continued]
Let’s say you’re out on your weekly grocery run when your car peers around a pile of rubble in the road, spots a crowd of zombies, and threads you into a quick u-turn without slamming into the cars coming up behind you. Yes, when the zombie apocalypse is finally upon … [continued]
