Southern California Edison has started a $875 million dollar program to cover 2 square miles of commercial roof space with solar panels.

March 27, 2008 - 01:27PM (PT) - by JohnEco

Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory are proposing an idea that would take CO₂ out of the atmosphere, blow it over potassium carbonate, then it would go through a chemical reaction to produce fuel.  This process doesn't break the laws of thermal dynamic, it might just break the bank.

February 19, 2008 - 06:53AM (PT) - by JohnEco

The HumanCar LMV is slated to be released Earth Day 2008, this part human, part electric "car" is available for pre order now.  Plop down $15,000 and get set to to be the most popular one in your car pool.

February 03, 2008 - 07:31AM (PT) - by JohnEco

New York City now requires stores that use plastic bags to recycle them, but Ireland has seen a much better success in reducing plastic bag use with a different approach.  Five years ago, Ireland imposed a 33 cent a bag tax on consumers when ever they got a plastic bag from a store.  The tax also forbid stores from paying the tax on behalf of the shopper.  The result, a 94 percent drop in plastic bag use.

February 03, 2008 - 07:09AM (PT) - by JohnEco

Intel now tops the EPA's list of corporations who buy green power.  Intel has purchased 1.3 billion kilowatt hours of renewable energy credits or RECs.  These RECs are like green currency which gets translated into alternative energy investments.  This amount of RECs are equivalent to taking 185,000 cars off the road.

January 29, 2008 - 09:20AM (PT) - by JohnEco

The ultra cool car of the future, the Telsa Roadster was test driven by AutoblogGreen.  If you have the means, I would suggest picking up this car.  It looks great, performs great and is 100% electric.

January 28, 2008 - 02:44PM (PT) - by JohnEco

Dr. Steven W. Running is one of the Lead Authors of a report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.  He was scheduled to give a talk to high school students in Choteau Montana, but was canceled due to opposition from vocal towns people.

January 18, 2008 - 08:36AM (PT) - by JohnEco

The amount of energy that corn produces is only 25% more energy then it costs to produce it, however a recent article in the Scientific American says that switchgrass can. with optimal rain fall, produce 540 percent more energy then it takes to grow it.

January 12, 2008 - 09:10AM (PT) - by JohnEco

New York City has passed a bill requiring stores over 5000 sq feet or more then 5 locations in the city to be required to collect and recycle plastic bags at their stores.  It is estimated that NYC alone uses over a BILLION bags a year.  The bill passed 44 to 2 with, surprise surprise, the 2 dissenting votes coming from 2 out of 3 Republican members.

January 11, 2008 - 08:42AM (PT) - by JohnEco

It is estimated that in the US some $54 million dollars were spent on Carbon Offsets last year.  Which were purchased through companies like TerraPass or CarbonFund.com.  But where is the over site in ensuring that these programs do as they say.  Who is watching this industry?

January 10, 2008 - 09:00AM (PT) - by JohnEco

The US Air Force has turned on their Nellis Solar Energy System in Nevada. This system will generate "30 million kilowatt-hours" of electricity annually and supply a quarter of the energy used at the base.

January 04, 2008 - 02:46PM (PT) - by JohnEco