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Five Reasons Planet Earth Likes the Smart Grid
The Union of Concerned Scientists released a new guide titled “Cooler Smarter: Practical Steps for Low-Carbon Living” that offers practical steps Americans can adopt to reduce carbon emissions. The largest contributor of carbon emissions is the internal combustion engine in a car. The UCS’s top recommendation is that... [read more]
Why New Orleans was the Best Place to Spend Earth Day
(Editor's note: Wes Sylvester is employed by Siemens Energy, and Siemens is a sponsor of The Energy Collective) New Orleans was a place of celebration last week. I know, I know, New Orleans has a reputation of being a place of celebration every week. But, last week was particularly special for the following reasons: Earth Day was... [read more]
New Jersey Now Home to Largest Rooftop Solar Array
In yet another Earth Day unveiling, FedEx raised the curtain on its new 12,400-panel-strong solar array on the rooftop of its facility in Woodbridge, New Jersey. The system is to date the largest rooftop solar electric system in the country, and is helping New Jersey retain its second-place spot behind California in solar energy... [read more]
Yes, there were over 100,000 at the Earth Day rally - Washington Post downplays this amazing show of support for climate and clean energy action
In its main environmental story today – “On climate bill, Democrats work to overcome Graham’s immigration objections” — the WashPost said: In some ways, the problem that proponents of climate legislation face is that they’re pursuing a policy goal that is not much of a hot-button political issue. Environmental activists had a... [read more]
Global warming means local storming
The Earth Day rally was incredible. Well over 100,000 people were in the crowd, well over 10x what the Tea Partiers delivered on tax day, so you can figure out which event the media fawned over. I ended up spending a lot of time chatting with James Cameron, and I’ll do a separate post on what he’s like in person. I... [read more]
Earth Day in NYC
Earth Day has certainly come a long way from its grass roots inception, particularly in New York City. On Friday I stopped by the iconic Grand Central Terminal, where Earth Day NY was presenting a massive Earth Fair and CitE of the Future Exhibit (to coincide with Thursday's Times Square celebration, where Mayor Bloomberg announced the... [read more]
Bill McKibben on Eaarth Day
We have created a new planet. Not entirely new. It looks more or less like the one we were born into; the same physical laws operate it. But the changes that have already happened are large enough that if you were visiting our planet in a spaceship, this place would look really different from the outside than it did just decades... [read more]
Eyes on the Prize: Federal Climate Policy Should Preempt State and Regional Initiatives
In just a few days, Senators John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, and Joe Lieberman will release their much-anticipated proposal for comprehensive climate and energy legislation – the best remaining shot at forging a bipartisan consensus on this issue in 2010. Their proposal has many strengths, but there’s an issue brewing that could... [read more]
An Earth Day Call to Action
I’m strategizing and planning with the environmental community this morning, but wanted to emphasize something – and I thought of it this morning listening to my morning radio: If you’ve ever gotten caught up in the conventional wisdom of Washington that says no big change can happen, and politicians will always find the easy... [read more]
Happy Earth Day from The Energy Collective
As the thoughtful posts streaming into The Energy Collective remind me, Earth Day is a nice opportunity to reflect and take stock. Since Earth Day '09, The Energy Collective has greatly expanded our readership and coverage of energy, climate, and environment news and opinion, featuring the best bloggers in one virtual community. ... [read more]
My Earth Day at the White House: Obama Calls for Climate Action
I celebrated Earth Day in a garden this year, the Rose Garden. I was honored to attend a White House reception marking Earth Day’s 40th anniversary, and under beautiful spring skies, we cheered President Obama as he recalled the great strides America has made in protecting our environment over the past four decades. But the event wasn’t... [read more]
40 Years After First Earth Day – Looking at where we need to be internationally on global warming in another 40 years
Today celebrates the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day and later this week there will be a rally in the U.S. on global warming pollution to try to push the U.S. Senate over the finish line in passing a comprehensive climate and energy bill this year. And while Earth Day started in the U.S. it is now celebrated in 190 countries and by... [read more]
Earth Day Hits Middle Age; Time for a Midlife Crisis?
It’s rather fitting. Earth Day turns 40 today, entering that oft-dreaded middle age when reevaluation becomes a way of life, past memories resurface and we start to worry whether our team will win a championship in our lifetime (Yankees fans excluded). Now Earth Day 2010 is upon us, and all the uncertainty, angst and apprehension... [read more]
The new environmentalists wear hard hats - Interview with Van Jones on 'Earth Day 2.0'
“It’s going to be a different kind of environmentalism. Sleeves rolled up, hard hat, lunch bucket, that’s going to become the image of the environmentalist rather than just our beloved tree huggers.” A lot has changed in the past 40 years, and so we asked CAP Senior Fellow Van Jones what he thinks about Earth Day this year and... [read more]
Has the Green Movement Stalled? Green Skeptic on Fox Business
I was on Fox Business' Varney & Company this morning for Earth Day. Tyson Slocum from Public Citizen was also on the program and we had fun talking about whether the environmental movement has stalled: [read more]
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Baby You Can Drive My (Electric) Car
Posted May 11, 2012 by Scott Edward Anderson
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Siemens develops ABS plastic alternative
Posted May 9, 2012 by Doris de Guzman
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Reduce CO2 and Slow Global Warming?
Posted April 30, 2012 by Willem Post
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Hidroenergia 2012
May 25, 2012, Wroclaw, Poland
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WGC 2012 - 25th World Gas Conference
June 4, 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Ecwatech 2012
June 4, 2012, Moscow, Russia
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“Cities will need to be retrofitted, as a whole. There's much work to be done. Vertical farming and other forms of energy/space/agriculture integration will be necessary to further sustain how humans live on this planet.”
“David,Reserves, potential resources and production are not interchangeable, and apocalyptic statements that depend on conflating them are thus fundamentally flawed. Your cogent analysis makes this crucial distinction well. It just needs a bigger audience.”