Tag: greenhouse gas emissions

My dear friend, perennial client, and 2GreenEnergy Assoociate Terry Ribb is an avid futurist, and thus a huge fan of innovation.  The videos linked below deal with “cashier-free smart grocery stores,” and are very typical of the cool things she …

Why Is There Such a Low Incentive To Innovate in the CleanTech Space? Read More »

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Scientific American celebrates its 170th anniversary this year; it’s the oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the United States. And just think of what science was like in the 1840s: long before the advent of germ theory, modern physics, even the …

Climate Leadership: China Rises, U.S. Falls Read More »

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Earth isn’t getting any bigger. A limited amount of space and resources exists for what is now a population of more than 7.4 billion human beings.

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Here’s a wonderful, well-balanced discussion on an extremely important subject: placing a ban on fracking.  As the author correctly states, natural gas is often used to offset coal, which, as he explains, represents double the greenhouse gas emissions per BTU …

Should We Ban Fracking? Read More »

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Victoria Marugg writes:  Hello, Craig. I have a burning question for you that flared up again with today’s NY Times article which is off-handedly praising a new bio-diesel plant in Hawaii.  Please clarify for me and others… Doesn’t the burning …

Does Biodiesel Have a Future? Read More »

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When we think about the biggest carbon footprint culprits in the world, several things immediately come to mind – transportation (traffic), industry and power stations. True, these are some of the biggest contributors to the pollution, but there is another …

From Guest Blogger Kelso: Building Materials and Sustainability Read More »

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Safer roads and less congestion are the obvious advantages of driverless cars, but a new study says that the technology has the potential to bring substantial environmental benefits, as well. Eliminating the driver will definitely help improve traffic safety, given …

From Guest Blogger Jordan: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Would Be Reduced By 90 Percent If All Vehicles Were Driverless, Study Says Read More »

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My wife was speaking with her favorite cousin the other day and the topic of environmentalism and renewable energy came up.  The cousin said, “You know that stuff Craig’s been doing for all these years?  It’s actually starting to work!  …

International Energy Agency Announces Pleasant Surprise Re: Greenhouse Gas Emissions  Read More »

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Here’s a story with a happy ending.  Apparently, the educational arm of the U.S. coal industry, the American Coal Foundation, hired schoolbook publisher “Scholastic” to create classroom lessons on energy.  Not surprisingly, the material on coal discussed its many “advantages,” …

Coal Industry Busted for Lying to our School Children Read More »

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Recently, Science Daily published an article based on the research of scientists from the University of North Carolina and John Hopkins, outlining the results of adding renewable energy sources to the grid, and offering ideas on how to mitigate issues …

From 2GreenEnergy Intern Nikita Rao: The Addition of New Technologies Read More »

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