From Jon LeSage’s Green Auto Digest:
Vehicle-grid integration summit coming up: Special thanks to 2GreenEnergy editor Craig Shields for recommending attending the “EVs and the Grid” conference next month. (more…)
From the Writer’s Almanac:
Today we celebrate the birthday of the teacher, philosopher, and political theorist popularly known as Confucius, born near what is now Qufu, in Shandong Province, China, in 551 BCE…… He felt obligated to bring back an emphasis on humility, compassion, and tradition, to encourage people to exercise self-discipline, and to always act on the principle of “ren,” or “loving others.” “What you do not wish for yourself,” he wrote, “do not do to others.” (more…)
Many businesses are genuinely believe in reducing their carbon footprint, and incorporate this into their products and day to day strategies. However, it can easily seem like a fad or an ingenuine sales pitch; therefore, you need to understand how to market it properly and effectively. Poor green marketing can do a lot of harm to your business, so ensure you get it right from the very beginning. Here’s how to market your business as ‘green.’ (more…)
From Green Auto Market:
California may ban fossil-fuel vehicles: California may join up with China, the UK, France, and Norway in banning fossil-fuel powered vehicles. Mary Nichols, chairman of the California Air Resources Board, told Bloomberg Friday that Gov. Jerry Brown is interested in exploring barring the sale of vehicles in California with internal combustion engines. (more…)
The first steam-powered passenger railway began service in England on this date in 1825, and thus it’s a good time for us to think about the history of energy as it applies to human culture. From the time homo Sapiens came on the scene about 200,000 years ago until the domestication of the horse in the Eurasian Steppes approximately 3500 BCE, the only energy source available to us was the conversion of chemical energy in our own bodies derived from eating and digesting food. If it didn’t happen with our own hands, it didn’t happen at all. (more…)
A green business can help save the planet, make the working environment more pleasant for staff and reduce your outgoings.
But some businesses still believe that taking the time and effort to become more eco-friendly is too tall an order when they’re focusing on serious efforts to make money.
With that in mind, here are four simple ways your business can go green. (more…)
From Green Auto Market: The former Environmental Protection Agency official who played a leading role in 2011 negotiating fuel economy and emissions standards has called upon Ford Motor Co.’s executive chairman Bill Ford to lead the dialogue on the midterm review and beyond. Former EPA official Margo Oge sees Ford, a longtime environmental advocate, well suited to help California, the federal government, and automakers negotiate any flexibility needed through 2025 and to set a road map for 2030. (more…)
Some people might ask the question – what is eco-travel anyway? Well, to put it simply, even though vacation is an opportunity to take the time-out when it comes to responsibilities, some of your obligations cannot be avoided – like common decency to fellow human beings and innocent animals and staying mindful about the environment. In most situations, these obligations overlap. Therefore, if you want to keep your carbon footprint down to a minimum at all times, here is the ultimate guide to eco-friendly travel. (more…)
Regarding my recent post: “Climate Change Will Eventually Cause a Horrible Epiphany: Certain Parts of the World Will Soon Be No Longer Habitable,” a colleague makes this suggestion about the rebuilding of Puerto Rico: (more…)
As we’ve often discussed here, the migration to renewable energy on the grid, and the simultaneous replacement of petroleum with electric transportation are really two sides of the same coin. That’s largely because the environmental benefits of EVs are realized only when we’ve effectively removed coal as our “go-to” energy resource to address incremental loads at night that grid operators can foresee.
We’ve also seen how massive EV adoption really can’t happen in the absence of a robust charging infrastructure. (more…)
