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Amazon's Belo Monte Mega Dam: Saga and Controversy Continues
Belo Monte is a controversial mega dam being built in the Amazon on Indigenous land. The old project conceived during the military dictatorship (1964-1985), and which was revived by the Lula government, is the bête noire of Brazilian...
Verizon Expands Clean Energy Investment [VIDEO]
Verizon has announced it will invest $100 million in a solar and fuel-cell energy project that will help power 19 of its facilities in seven states across the country. The company estimates the completed project will generate more than 70...
Wind Energy Innovation: GE Tests High-Efficiency Turbine in the Netherlands
General Electric recently announced it had started testing the prototype of what it calls the world’s most efficient high-output wind turbine. The new 2.5-120 is being tested in Wieringermeer, Netherlands. The 2.5-120 harnesses the power of the...
Encouraging Solar Energy Development in Hawaii [INFOGRAPHIC]
Hawaii is one of the American states cracking ahead to make a switch to clean, solar power. We have reported several achievements Hawaiian Electric Co. reaching 20 megawatts of solar photovoltaic energy on the island of Oahu. As usual, government...
New Report: Livestock Production and Climate Change
Ever since the UN released the Livestock: The Long Shadow report in 2006, the impact that animal food production has on the planet’s climate has become a staple of any conversation related to the environment. The report estimated that animal farming...
Food Production and Energy Usage, Efficiency
In a world where billions of people go hungry every day, the very idea that a good chunk of our global food production goes to waste sounds outrageous. But this is what happens. The problem is so serious that it has prompted the UN Environment...
Renewable Energy Potential in the American Midwest
A new study called Sustainable Bioenergy Production from Marginal Lands in the US Midwest shows how marginal lands deemed unsuitable for food crops can be used to grow grassy and non-woody plants as biomass for alternative energy fuels....
Fukushima, from Nuclear Energy to Wind Energy
Video still of an explosion in Fukushima. Credit: AFP/HO/NHKSince the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011, and which resulted in one of the worst nuclear accidents in recent history, Japan has signaled its intentions to...
Google Adds More Power to its Renewable Energy Portfolio
Google kicked off 2013 with an announcement about a new, $200 million equity investment in a wind farm in west Texas. The wind farm can generate enough electricity to power 60,000 average U.S. homes. The Spinning Spur Wind Project is located...
Berlin: More (Electric) Power to the People
German capital Berlin is one of Europe’s great cities and if BürgerEnergie Berlin (Citizens Energy Berlin) could have its way, it will be even greater. Greenbang writes that the government coalition that leads Berlin has decided to regain control of...
Chasing Ice Opens in the UK
James Balog in Chasing IceThe award-winning environmental film directed by James Balog opens today in the UK. Balog was sceptic about climate change but through his Extreme Ice Survey for National Geographic, he changes his mind in the face of...
From the Sea to the Sun: Marines Eye Solar Power to Mitigate Emissions
Photo credit: Office of Naval ResearchThe Office of Naval Research has announced a new program to mitigate its dependency on diesel to power its generators in combat outposts. Called Renewable Sustainable Expeditionary Power (RSEP), the program’s...
