Australia Approaches 22% Renewables By 2020, 51% by 2050
A new analysis of government data compiled by Green Energy Markets finds Australia on track to not only hit 22% renewables by 2020, but reach an unprecedented 51% of all electricity by 2050.
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French Vineyard To Turn Carbon Dioxide Emissions Into Toothpaste
As vineyards around the world face the threat of increasing greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, one vineyard in France has planned to do its part to reduce its carbon footprint. The business plan makes perfect sense and is one that should be financially and environmentally sustainable. Chateau Smith Haut … [continued]
Are Electric Cars “Green” No Matter Where You Plug-In?
Paul Stenquist of the New York Times attempted to educate us last Sunday by suggesting that pollution from electric cars is as clear as a sixth grade math problem. However, by 9th grade, we should begin to understand that although we can add any numbers together, it is the relationship between those numbers and something in the real world which gives us sensible results.
Top Eight Alternative Fuels
Gasoline and diesel are still fossil fuel kings of the fuel supply chain but alternative fuels are now swinging the scale more toward green. A growing number of people believe alternative fuels will have an expanded role in the cars and trucks of tomorrow. According to Larry West, such interest … [continued]
GM Announces Eco-Stickers for All Chevy Cars
For the first time in the United States, cars on the road will bear a green label with environmental data proudly proclaiming themselves to be eco-cars. The company creating this new sticker is none other than GM’s Chevy brand, and the first car to show off its environmental data.
Iceland Home to World’s First Zero-Emissions Data Center
UK telecoms and IT provider Colt is well on its way toward building the world’s first zero-emissions data center, in all of four months. Being built for data center developer Verne Global, the plant will be built on a former NATO base in Keflavik, Iceland, where geothermal and hydroelectric power will supply all the electricity needed to power the 500-square meter data center’s servers and ambient cold air used to cool them.
Cameras, Carbon Emissions, and Connectivity
Digital cameras have all but replaced film in everyday consumer use, so it’s hard to recall how entwined film cameras once were in traditional holiday celebrations. I seem to recall a lot of activity: running out to stock up on film, fumbling with reload and flash bulbs, running out of … [continued]
U.S. Navy Takes Another Shot at New Clean Energy Tech
The U.S. Navy has been placing a well-aimed barrage of funding toward sustainable new energy technology in recent years, including new solar installations at naval bases, high-efficiency desalination systems, and even camelina biofuel for Navy fighter jets. Now the Office of Naval Research has upped the ante with grants for … [continued]
Nike Cuts Footprint, Launches GreenXchange, & More
Nike has been one green company lately — in the last year, it has pushed for a strong clean energy and climate bill in Congress on its own and in concert with others and it has helped to reduce deforestation of the Amazon. Now, Nike has also just reported that … [continued]
New Book: The Smart Growth Manual for Green Living and Better City Life
Authors Andres Duany and Jeff Speck, renowned city planners who brought the issue of suburban sprawl to the forefront of the national debate, have come together again with The Smart Growth Manual, which details the path to creating better, greener and environmentally-friendly communities. CleanTechies caught up with Speck for three … [continued]
