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Summer 2012 Energy Consumption
One good way of looking at weather in the developed world is by looking at energy consumption. It tells you how much air conditioning people are using in the summer and how much heating they’re willing to pay for in the winter. Last year Japan was patriotically conserving energy, as they had shut down most [...]
Green Economy: Historic Opportunities Everywhere
We have the means to reinvigorate the economy, create millions of jobs, increase energy security and open up vast new exports markets. If we are to keep carbon concentrations below 450ppm, we can anticipate clean energy investments exceeding $13 trillion over the next two decades. These investments lower energy costs and directly benefit manufacturers of [...]
Taking A Look at Ford’s EcoBoost Engine
With most manufacturers trying their hand at hybrid and electric power systems in their cars, it’s quite refreshing that Ford is still keeping faith in the good ol’ combustible engine, albeit on a smaller scale. The European market has been the first to sample the American marque’s 1.0 litre EcoBoost petrol engine. With just three [...]
China: Spending $372B on Energy Conservation
China is spending $372 billion on energy conservation and anti-pollution measures over the next three-and-a-half years, reports Reuters. The measures, meant to reduce China’s dependence on fossil fuels and slow down its carbon emissions, are part of the so-called 12th five-year plan. They will center on energy-efficiency, emissions reduction and recycling projects, says the China [...]
Bill Gates Funds Solar Toilet
The practice of open defecation and dirth of sanitation in developing nations kills 1.5 million children under the age of 5 every year, according to philanthropist Bill Gates. So Gates and his wife, Melinda, are devoting $6.5 million to research and development project meant to reinvent the toilet for countries that lack the infrastructure to [...]
World’s First Truly Renewable Energy Nation: Tokelau
Tokelau, a small group of Pacific atolls off the coast of New Zealand, is well on its way to becoming the world’s first truly renewable nation. Housing 1,400 people, the island is currently dependent on diesel fuel generators, burning 200 litres of gas daily. However, the residents hope to shed this wasteful habit by October [...]
Indonesia: Full Steam Ahead on Solar and Geothermal
Indonesia is supporting its renewable energy agenda with updated incentives for geothermal projects and a new manufacturing plant to advance the country’s solar program. The island nation ranks third among the world’s top greenhouse gas polluters primarily because of carbon emissions related to deforestation for palm oil and peatland degradation. Renewables account for just 5-6% of the country’s [...]
How Green are The 2012 London Olympics?
The London Olympics Committee pledged to host “the greenest Olympics ever” but with the event now underway its environmental goals and energy consumption are being tightly scrutinized. The Games has always been an unrivaled catalyst for change and one of London’s legacy promises is for the Olympic Park to be ‘a blueprint for sustainable living’. [...]
Survey: Latinos Like Clean Energy
A vast majority of registered Latino voters support clean energy innovation, protecting public lands and cleaning up toxic pollution, according to a new national survey. Even more of them believe they have a moral obligation to do something about it. 86% of the 1,131 Latinos surveyed would prefer the US government to invest in clean, [...]