Electric cars will roll out later this year, maybe they are the future of cars, but some in Congress are thinking much more aggressively, for example the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee this week passed a bill that would give $3.9 billion to cities to build electric car infrastructure. The goal is to electrify [...]
Google has announced on its blog that the company has bought 20-year green power with a windfarm in Iowa. The deal includes 114 megawatts of wind power from the NextEra Energy Resources facility in Story County, Iowa, and this power is thought to be enough to supply some of the Google Data Centers’ needs. Since [...]
A battery powered house that has solar panels on top of it, and a smog-eating roof is not a fantasy anymore. KB Home and BYD, a China-based company created this amazing home in West Lancaster, California. As R. Rex Parris, the mayor of Lancaster told KB Home and BYD “I want the most energy-efficient house [...]
BP attempted to capture all of the oil leaking in the Gulf Of Mexico by installing a new cap with a tighter seal on the well. According to their statement, this cap will be tested for approximately 48 hours, to check its integrity. If the tests succeed, than BP can start to suck up all [...]
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) praised the New York State Assembly for passing legislation today to dramatically reduce sulfur levels in the commonly used #2 heating oil sold in the state. The State Senate passed the legislation last week and Governor Paterson is expected to sign it into law. Lower sulfur levels will help reduce acid [...]
Newly released information confirms suspicions that the Gulf oil spill was not indicative of an industry-wide lapse but rather the failure of one company, BP, to maintain its own safety standards. Lapses in recognized industry norms by BP include: * failing to take appropriate action when cementing of its production casing went off track; * [...]
Given the public outrage over the largest oil spill in U.S. history, public awareness of solar energy has increased through recent speeches by President Obama about solar energy. This year’s annual day of recognition for the growth of clean, solar energy in the U.S. is SolarDay 2010 – Saturday, June 19. The premise of SolarDay [...]
As part of the greening of its fleet, Verizon has purchased 576 Chevrolet Silverado Two-Mode Hybrid full-size pickups that deliver the city fuel economy of a four-cylinder sedan. The unique two-mode Silverado blends an internal combustion engine with battery-powered electric motors to offer customers the advanced technology needed to reduce fuel consumption by up to [...]
We like to write about interesting forms of advertisements that are eco-friendly, and Ricoh’s billboard is definitely green. Ricoh, a leading provider of digital office equipment and advanced document management solutions and services, today announced the completion of its 100 percent solar powered electronic billboard, the Ricoh Eco Board, located at 3 Times Square at [...]
From Padre Island National Seashore in Texas to the Everglades National Park in Florida, the 15 national parks, wildlife refuges and state parks in Gulf states most threatened by the ongoing BP oil blowout are identified in a new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization (RMCO). The [...]
