Tag: innovation & technology
Ontario's aggressive green energy plan
Ontario hopes to phase out coal-fired power plants within five years as part of an aggressive new green energy plan....
Bugs engineered to make biofuels
Genetically modified microbes engineered to make fuels, like ethanol and diesel, are creating a lot of buzz in biofuels....
Big coal lobbies cap-and-trade
Big coal companies operating in Kentucky increase lobbying activities around cap-and-trade bill in Congress....
Crude world: The impact of oil
Why the production and sale of oil benefits countries like Norway, but inflicts damage in countries like Nigeria....
Smart grid powers energy efficiency
President Obama announces $3.4 billion dollars worth of stimulus money to roll out the American smart grid. ...
Van Jones' resignation and the green agenda
The president’s green jobs czar, Van Jones, quit his post after attacks by conservatives -- what this signals for the green energy agenda....
The return Steve Jobs and other Apple news
The MC at recent Apple media event was CEO Steve Jobs, who explained why he had been out of the spotlight for months....
Neighborhood energy conservation
The City of Sacramento experiments with an energy awareness system to encourage residents to conserve energy....
New energy standards for light bulbs
The Obama Administration recently announced the largest energy savings standard of any administration -- and it's all about light bulbs....
Major oil companies on trial
Oil companies Exxon Mobil, Chevron/Texaco and Shell face lawsuits alleging they engaged in environmental and human rights abuses, including wrongful deaths....
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