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 yesterday, 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
By Peter Montague of Rachel’s Democracy & Health News [Rachel's introduction: "I can't understand why there aren't rings of young people blocking bulldozers and preventing them from constructing coal-fired power plants." -- Al Gore]Most of my friends want to deny it, but the evidence is compelling: the ... keep reading
Written by Peter Montague this month, about Carbon Sequestration, Children and Families, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Philosophy & Religion, Politics, Protest
Editor's Note: This article, from Celsias writer John P., originally ran on his blog View Tomorrow Not the planet Mars, but the lighter-than-air wind turbine developed by a Canadian company called Magenn Power. The Magenn Power Air Rotor System (MARS) rotates about a horizontal axis in response to wind ... keep reading
Written by John P. this month, about Clean Technologies, Energy Saving, Green energy
What do you get when you mix two cabin-fevered humans wintering over in Antarctica with an egg-less male Emperor Penguin? A harrowing, romantic story of frustrated hopes and melted ice caps, played out on stage in New Zealand's first ‘off the grid' theatre work, Heat. The play opens in ... keep reading
Written by Sophie Jerram this month, about Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Environment & Wildlife, Events, Green energy
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmental crusader Al Gore urged young people on Wednesday to engage in civil disobedience to stop the construction of coal plants without the ability to store carbon. ... "If you're a young person looking at the future of ... keep reading
Written by Marc Roberts this month, about Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Politics, Protest
Editor's Note: From our friends at Green Student U, a site offering information on topics related to the environment and the green movement. Kermit the Frog had it right when he said "It's not easy being green." And it's not just because he's a frog. Today ... keep reading
Written by Green Student U this month, about Economics, Education, Energy Saving
It's Friday Linkfest day so let's take a look at the green news week: Good News Drinking coffee can be good for the environment! Green, shade grown coffee actually buffers against climate change. Google plans to cut American reliance on fossil fuels by 2030. A study finds wind ... keep reading
Written by Alina Beloussova this month, about Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Deforestation, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Green energy, Politics, Transport
New Zealand-based Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation has been working on technology to convert wild algae to next generation fuels and has recently produced the first samples of green-crude from a proprietary process that does not rely on genetically modified organisms. As we have covered previously on this site, algae based fuels ... keep reading
Written by Leslie Berliant this month, about Biofuels, Clean Technologies, Coal & Oil
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