In this edition of Green Auto Digest, my colleague Jon LeSage (pictured) gets at an issue that struck me when I first got interested in electric transportation: the EPA’s mile-per-gallon ratings. We seem married to assigning MPG equivalents to EVs, even though these figures are clearly meaningless. (more…)
Although this is funny, the environmental policies of the current Administration are far more malicious than suggested here. In fact, by subsidizing fossil fuels, removing tax credits for solar and wind, opening up federal lands to oil and gas exploration, eviscerating the EPA, green-lighting pipelines for tar sands, and thumbing its nose at every other country on Earth by withdrawing from the Paris Accord, the Trump administration isn’t passively ignoring the issue; it’s actively pouring gasoline onto the fire.
Here’s a message the likes of which I’m sure many of you have received recently: (more…)
In the eight years since we kicked off 2GreenEnergy, many readers have noticed a shift in focus, namely, fewer posts of technology and more on the politics that surround global sustainability. There’s exactly one reason for this, and it’s summed up beautifully on the left by Gus Speth, American environmental lawyer and advocate.
UK and international legislation on energy efficiency means every firm has to comply with appropriate laws.
And there are always organisations that do the bare minimum required to satisfy regulators. But several companies operate at the vanguard of green energy and rightly take pride in their eco-conscious offerings. (more…)
“The Energy Year In Review, 2017” is Energy Matters’ annual recap on the subject. From this edition: Universal access to electricity remained elusive – about 675 million people – 90% in sub-Saharan Africa – do not have access to electricity; and 2.3 billion people burn dung-piles, wood, coal chips or kerosene to cook food or sterilize water. (more…)
Are you planning on getting your property renovated? Have you thought about all the garbage and trash that will be generated while you refurbish your home? It can be a lot depending on how much you plan to refurbish. (more…)
Despite common wisdom, artfully pairing wine with food has been a big deal in Western Civilization for hundreds of years. There are those who say that French food, as wonderful as it may be on its own, or served, God forbid, with wines from hell, was developed largely to showcase those of the region, particularly those of Bordeaux. (more…)
I must come across as the Ebeneezer Scrooge when it comes to reviewing cleantech business concepts on behalf of the investor community, insofar as I almost uniformly scoff at them (or worse). But here’s what’s actually going on:
• For every good idea in this space, there are hundreds of bad ones, i.e., concepts that have zero practical potential to improve the quality of our environment. (more…)
One would think that having a garden is eco-friendly by default, but not all gardens are equally “green.” Excess water use, improper trash removal, planting foreign plant cultures, and so on, are just some of the many ways that people are hurting the environment with their gardens. (more…)
