With our two recent surveys, I was a bit surprised at how many responses we got from people who have both an electric car and solar panels. I know that about 40% of California EV owners have solar panels, but I didn’t expect nearly 100 readers with both would chime … [continued]
Not too long ago, cities could be labeled strictly as takers: taking in food, water, energy and other resources, while dumping out mountains of garbage and oceans of polluted wastewater. But take a look at the gigantic egg-shaped structures that dominate New York City’s Newtown Creek wastewater treatment plant, and … [continued]
Originally published by the PVSolarReport by Rosana Francescato At PV Solar Report, we’re thankful every day for the sun’s energy and for being part of the solar industry. For Thanksgiving, we stop for a moment to list just a few of the many great solar stories of 2013 we’re thankful … [continued]
The woes just keep piling up for Chesapeake Energy. The company is front and center in the nation’s natural gas fracking boom and it just got hit with one of the largest ever civil penalties for violating Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The penalty was levied against its … [continued]
Tesla Motors has one car model on the market (or two if you count the fact that you can preorder the Model X). This next model isn’t projected to be delivered to its first customers until the end of 2014. Yet, the Silicon Valley car company was the highest trending … [continued]
Originally published on Rocky Mountain Institute. By Robert Hutchinson. Since 2009, RMI’s work to advance deep energy retrofits has focused on a multi-pronged approach to scaling: 1) collaborate with project teammates, owners, and other fast movers who learn from and copy pioneering deep retrofit projects, 2) engage entire portfolios and campuses of buildings … [continued]
Originally published on Global Warming Is Real. By Richard Matthews. As 2013 winds down, there are promising signs that we may actually see a price on carbon in the U.S. In 2010, the cap-and-trade bill was killed in the Senate by the fossil fuel industry’s ubiquitous misinformation campaigns. However, a … [continued]
Originally published on Shrink That Footprint. By Lindsay Wilson. Writing a blog about reducing your carbon footprint is much, much easier than actually cutting your footprint. This post is where the rubber meets the road. It details my carbon footprint from 2012, the things I did, the things I didn’t … [continued]
Originally published on Gas2. The FX may be the perfect city bike, but not with those tires. Those are your Saturday tires, for playing in the dirt. Get some Zero S wheels to run street rubber on this bike for everyday use. Zero had a massive showing again this year, … [continued]
Megatons to Megawatts was a great energy fix for its era. For ours, it’s energy efficiency. This is a guest post by Cliff Majersik, executive director of the Institute for Market Transformation In 1993, the United States and the Russian Federation signed an agreement to convert 500 metric tons of highly … [continued]
