3.1 Million Green Jobs Across America
Green jobs employed 3.1 million people across the United States in 2010, reported the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Thursday.
Germany, Denmark’s Renewable Energy Transition Empowering Offshore Wind (Part of Largest Infrastructure Investment Program in…
Activity in Europe’s offshore wind sector continues to increase, as European government and industry continue to follow through on plans to make the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Offshore wind installations are a big part of Germany’s groundbreaking plans to phase out nuclear power, while world wind energy leader Denmark intends to increase its already high percentage of wind power by tapping more offshore wind energy.
Peepoo: To Stop the Flying Toilet & Help Developing Countries in Numerous Other Ways
OK, here’s one more quickie for World Water Day that I’ve been meaning to write about but just haven’t gotten to. It’s a novel Swedish invention that could helping developing countries in a whole host of ways. http://youtu.be/Dp5_ySFsH9E In many developing countries, as you probably know, people still don’t … [continued]
New Study: India Wind Energy Potential 20-30 Times Greater than Official Estimates
India is known for having a ton of solar energy potential, but a new study from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL) shows that it also has a ton of wind energy potential, much more than previously thought.
$500-Billion Opportunity: Solving Water Issues
It’s World Water Day today, the 19th annual UN World Water Day. Last year, I posted a roundup of 60 of our water-related posts over the years for World Water Day (still worth a look). About half a year before that, for a Blog Action Day on the topic of … [continued]
German Solar: Mission Too Well Accomplished, from Perspective of Fossil/Nuclear Lobby (Reader Comment)
From this: To this: There were a number of good comments on John’s “German Policy Could Make Solar in America ‘Wunderbar’” post this week, but one comment stood out to me as a great comment for a reader guest post. So, I’m posting that below (with some minor edits). … [continued]
Tanzania’s Largest Solar Power Project Springs Forward
Tanzania probably doesn’t come to mind when you think about solar power leaders. But it’s actually working on a solar power project worthy of global notice, I think. The solar project will put solar power on “45 secondary schools, 10 health centres, 120 dispensaries, municipal buildings and businesses across … [continued]
Zipcar Chicago Car Sharing Adds Electric Vehicles
Zipcar, as far as I know, is the largest car sharing company in the world. I was a member for years when I lived in Chapel Hill, NC, when it was still a young and largely unknown company, and I found it very useful for the few times when … [continued]
Conservative Bob Lutz Slams Conservative Liars, Asks “who am I going to believe now?”
It must be a shock to strongly believe in conservative ideology (I understand that) and then slowly realize that leading conservative talking heads in the media and politics spout lie after lie… after lie. We’ve seen it happen on a number of issues and with a number of people, such … [continued]
NYC to Build Wind and Solar Farm on Old Dump Site
Who would know that an old garbage dump at Staten Island in New York City would house 20 MW of renewable power? If they succeed with their plans, “Fresh Kills landfill” will be transformed into a combined solar and wind farm that could generate enough electricity to power 6,000 … [continued]
