The timing was pure coincidence but the irony is still crushing: this week, while the fallout was still settling from the Massey coal mine disaster and crews were fighting vainly to stem a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, ARPA-E announced its picks for a new round of … [continued]
[social_buttons] A new macroeconomics analysis shows that if you want to create jobs and boost the economy, one of the best things you can do at the moment is enact strong, smart climate change and clean energy policy.
The company Lighting Science Group Corporation has just won an allocation of almost $19 million in federal stimulus bonds to expand its operations to develop and manufacture energy efficient LED lighting in Florida, with the potential to create 832 new green jobs. The boost for clean, sustainable, job-creating technology is … [continued]
Green jobs for robots are becoming an important factor in pushing sustainable new technologies into commercialization, and a couple of recent developments underscore the key role our mechano-minded friends are playing. First, emerging solar giant Dow Corning Corp. has just announced an alliance with robot master Reis Robotics to promote … [continued]
One of the “greenest hotels” in the world, the Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers, has an interesting new option. If you ride one of its new electricity-generating exercise bikes long enough to generate 10 watt hours or more of electricity (not long), you get a free meal worth about $45. The … [continued]
[social_buttons] A recent study by ABI Research has shown that about 1% of global wireless phone subscribers recycle their cell phones but that 98% would recycle their cell phones with the right incentives. In order to help move us from 1% towards that 98% potential, two former chief executives of … [continued]
A tree lined community has come up with a solar energy solution that could serve as a model for others. In what appears to be a first-of-its-kind arrangement, a group of individuals in University Park, Maryland have established a limited liability corporation that will use a local church as the … [continued]
[social_buttons] In just a few days, the long-awaited climate and clean energy jobs bill from Senators Graham (R-SC), Kerry (D-MA), and Lieberman (I-CT) will be unveiled and all over the news. There has been a lot of speculation on what the bill will or won’t include, as well as a … [continued]
Billions of California red wriggly worms are hard at work cleaning up the coffee industry. Yes, worms. Coffee industry leader Rogers Family Company has been using the worms to combat water contamination caused by mounds of rotting coffee pulp. Using the only tool at their disposal — their “prodigious digestive … [continued]
Tony Fadell, who was formerly senior vice president of Apple’s iPod division, is the latest Silicon Valley IT expert to make a shift to clean tech. A leading executive behind the iPod and iPhone, Fadell stepped down from his senior vice president role in November 2008 but stayed on with … [continued]
