Italy is a country with an enormous cultural heritage, but did you know that the worlds first geothermal energy plant was invented in Italy? Would it surprise you to know that the technology was invented in 1904? Astonishingly, in the more than one hundred years since the invention of geothermal ... keep reading
Written by John P. today, about Celebrities, Clean Technologies, Coal & Oil, Energy Saving, Green energy, Nuclear, Politics
Another set of corporations is pressing for public money. Governments should let them die by George Monbiot While all eyes were fixed on the banking bail-out, a bucketload of public money was quietly sloshed into the pockets of another undeserving cause. Last week, George Bush agreed to lend $25bn to ... keep reading
Written by George Monbiot yesterday, about Economics, Finance, Industry, Politics, Transport
The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown moved the issue of climate change right into the heart of government last week, creating a new Department for Energy and Climate Change. Ed Milliband, an MP widely regarded as a key young politician to watch, has been appointed as Secretary of State for ... keep reading
Written by Jeremy Williams this week, about Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Energy Saving, Green energy, Politics (1 comment)
Welcome to the Friday Linkfest, our weekly round up of green news so let's not waste any time and see the juicy links we have for you. Good News Bad news for the economy can mean good news for the planet, as slower economic growth could help slow carbon ... keep reading
Written by Alina Beloussova this week, about Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Politics
Editor's Note: This guest post on the link between the banking industry and coal was written by Rebecca Tarbotton and Dana Clark at Rainforest Action Network In the past few weeks, our economic system has sustained some of the most dramatic shifts of the past 50 years. Comparisons have ... keep reading
Written by Rainforest Action Network this week, about Coal & Oil, Economics, Environmental Disasters, Finance, Industry, Politics
Agrofuel is the new buzzword, but this rose by any name is a disaster in the making and Latin American countries (pdf) are living proof. Biofuels are combustible fuels produced from plants. These plants can be either food crops (corn, soy, sugarcane, oil palm, etc.) or biomass (usually described as ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts this week, about Agriculture & Food, Biofuels, Coal & Oil, Environmental Disasters, Industry, Politics
Editor's Note: From our friends at SolveClimate, an article by David Sassoon on the lifting of the ban on development of oil shale and what it means for our future. See the original article here. Last week, a long-standing ban on the commercial development of oil shale on federal ... keep reading
Written by SolveClimate this week, about Coal & Oil, Economics, Environmental Disasters, Industry, Politics
Editor's Note: the following is an excerpt from the introduction to Van Jones' new book, The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems, published by HarperOne and available starting today. Van Jones is a environemental and social justice activist, and founder of Green ... keep reading
Written by Van Jones this week, about Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Economics, Energy Saving, Green energy, Philosophy & Religion, Politics (1 comment)
It seems the height of irony that the original size of the Wall Street bail out, $700 billion (ballooned to a mere $840 billion before it passed Congress) is about the same dollar amount as what we spend on oil in the United States in a year - 20 million barrels ... keep reading
Written by Leslie Berliant this week, about Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Consumerism, Economics, Finance, Green energy, Politics
Editor's Note: Today's guest post comes to us from Bruce Nilles, Sierra Club National Coal Campaign Director If you watched the television ads before and after the last Presidential Debate, you probably noticed something.Coal. A lot of it. In an attempt to buy public approval and confuse ... keep reading
Written by Sierra Club this week, about Coal & Oil, Media, Politics
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