Vaclav Smil is a historian of technical advances -- particularly in the field of energy -- and a Distinguished Professor at the University of Manitoba in Canada. Over the years, Smil has written more than 25 books and many dozens of articles. In recent years he has been examining human uses of ... keep reading
Written by Peter Montague yesterday, about Biofuels, Carbon Sequestration, Clean Technologies, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Energy Saving, Nuclear, Politics, Transport
And that's not all. We reported recently on this site on the solar powered car making its way around the world. We also covered the concept of solar roads to capture usable energy. We even reported on a sail boat powered with a solar sail. Now the BBC reports ... keep reading
Written by Leslie Berliant this week, about Clean Technologies, Energy Saving, Transport (1 comment)
It's too late to save the planet, the economy or government, so you better just worry about saving yourself. This is the view of an increasing number of survivalists around the world, who see the collapse of Western civilization as a given, so they are learning how to live ... keep reading
Written by Rena Sherwood this week, about Agriculture & Food, Clean Technologies, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Economics, Energy Saving, Environmental Disasters, Philosophy & Religion (2 comments)
The U.S. government's Climate Change Science Program issued a report in August 2008 in which it confirms that the warming our climate has experienced in the last few decades is the result of human activity. This is not the first time that "human activity" has been identified as ... keep reading
Written by John P. this week, about Clean Technologies, Transport (10 comments)
Tom Rand is an Action Canada Fellow and Cleantech Venture Capitalist. His Celsias project is The Hotel Diaries. When philosopher Francis Fukuyama wrote that liberal democracy heralds the ‘end of history', neo-conservatives loved the idea, because then we could get on with business. It was not the lofty notions of ... keep reading
Written by Tom Rand this month, about Agriculture & Food, Biofuels, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Finance, Global Dimming, Industry, Philosophy & Religion, Politics
by Lester R. Brown, Janet Larsen, Jonathan G. Dorn, and Frances C. Moore of Earth Policy Institute When political leaders look at the need to cut carbon dioxide emissions to curb global warming, they ask the question: How much of a cut is politically feasible? At the Earth Policy Institute ... keep reading
Written by Earth Policy Institute this month, about Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Emissions, Energy Saving
In February 2008, four countries made a public commitment to going carbon neutral; New Zealand, Norway, Iceland and Costa Rica. Of those, Costa Rica set the most ambitious target - carbon neutrality by 2021. Reaching such a goal by that date will make it the first country in the world to ... keep reading
Written by Leslie Berliant this month, about Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Deforestation, Economics, Emissions, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Politics, Transport (1 comment)
Are you an avid green shopper who diligently buys organic? Well, you might or might not be happy to know that soon, there may be an alternative for you to consider, and it's called Conservation Agriculture (CA). According to the Economist, CA may emerge as a new green agriculture ... keep reading
Written by Shom Teoh this month, about Agriculture & Food, Clean Technologies, Consumerism, Food
It's time for the Linkfest. I have assumed the linking position and I'm wearing protective headgear so let's get started. Word on the street at Autoblog Green is that the next 007 film may include a hydrogen-powered auto. Of course I was the first to report on ... keep reading
Written by Doug Snodgrass this month, about Agriculture & Food, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Environmental Disasters, Media, Water
America has developed a 99-cent shopping obsession that has turned Benjamin Franklin's axiom "a penny saved is a penny earned" on its head. A price of $100 gives us pause, but a price of $99.99 seems like a bargain. Combined with easy access to revolving credit and our ... keep reading
Written by A. Siegel this month, about Architecture, Clean Technologies, Design, Economics, Energy Saving
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