We know there is more carbon dioxide it the air today than 100 years ago. What we don’t know is what effect all that CO2 has on the food we eat. Researchers are just starting to explore that issue.
A number of people made some really interesting comments on my recent CleanTechnica article, “Mark Z. Jacobson & The 100% Renewable Energy Naysayers.” Some of these had to do with the problem of getting the last 20% of our energy from renewable sources, after we got to the 80% mark.
An international conference in Windsor, Ontario, in February warned that cuts to the EPA budget proposed by the Trump administration will put Lake Erie at grave risk.
Coal stabbed in the back yet again: ExxonMobil pushes case for natural gas to replace coal to address climate change, makes a pitch for algae biofuel, too.
Got robots? The US Energy Dept. is seeking computer-driven, automated systems to ramp up ocean based macroalgae production for biofuel.
Toxic slime, bloodsucking villains, and a “code brown” – this isn’t a Halloween horror story. It’s real life, and it’s disgusting.
When Elon Musk of Tesla Motors famously posed the question, “why would you ever do biofuels?” perhaps he had the US Energy Department in mind.
Originally published on Planetsave. With a state of emergency covering four Florida counties, the stench and slime from toxic blue-green algae blooms in the state are covering the international media. It’s not a sweet sight, but it smells conspicuously like sugar. Big Sugar, to be exact. Environmental scientists and experts … [continued]
We don’t cover much of this stuff, but it’s why we’re in business. The climate is getting completely screwed up … fast. Heat Wave Lifts June to Record Hot Temp for US 7 Climate Records Set So Far In 2016 Climate Denial – Sign Of Civilization’s Decline? Algae & Politics In Florida Stink … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport. We arrived at the Bavarian village of Iffeldorf the morning after the first snow, in late November, 2015. Dr. Uta Raeder, Co-Director of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) facility, greeted us in the parking lot. We huddled close, straining to catch her words before the wind … [continued]
