Energy April 5, 2016 NASA to officially unveil its green rocket fuel project in Colorado this week Since 2012, the folks over at NASA have been working on developing a high performance "green" rocket propellant it hoped to one day use as an alternative to the incredibly toxic hydrazine fuel currently in use.
Green March 19, 2016 Lights out: Cities worldwide mark the 10th annual Earth Hour Cities around the world turned out the lights Saturday evening to mark the 10th annualEarth Hour, a global movement dedicated to protecting the planet and highlighting the effects of climate change.
Energy January 27, 2016 The truth about biofuels: Reality bites The Obama administration is tacitly admitting that biofuels aren’t better than fossil fuels when it comes to greenhouse gases. In fact, they are worse.
Energy December 20, 2015 Obama administration gives wind farms a pass on eagle deaths, prosecutes oil companies ӰƵ than 573,000 birds are killed by the country's wind farms each year, including 83,000 hunting birds such as hawks, falcons and eagles, according to an estimate published in March in the peer-reviewed Wildlife Society Bulletin.
Climate December 20, 2015 New study says threat of man-made global warming greatly exaggerated A peer-reviewed climate change study released Wednesday by the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change finds the threat of man-made global warming to be not only greatly exaggerated but so small as to be “embedded within the background variability of the natural climate system” and not dangerous.
STATE AND LOCAL December 20, 2015 Solar company that got millions from Oregon to suspend Portland operations The company based in San Jose, Calif., notified the state Monday that it would suspend its Portland operations in June and lay off 29 workers.
Green December 20, 2015 Customers tell horror stories of green company that gets $422M in tax dollars SolarCity customers are complaining about problems such as shoddy installation, poor customer service and hidden fees.
AUTO December 10, 2015 Trailblazing Israeli electric car company announces it will fold Perhaps Israel's best known clean-tech company, Better Place was developing a nationwide network of charging and battery-swapping stations.
Climate Change December 9, 2015 The future of climate change action is in Washington, not Paris The 2010 climate meeting ended as a dramatic failure. Now we are back in Paris, hoping that history does not repeat itself.
Oceans December 7, 2015 US government shutdown threatens plans for giant Antarctic marine sanctuary The U.S. government shutdown is threatening a long-awaited deal to create the world's largest marine sanctuary in Antarctica.