[breyn-i-keyn] Brainstorming on a Higher Level
Most every time we do post on the chemical Bisphenol A and how its apparent toxicity has reshaped the polycarbonate (Lexan) water bottle market, a commenter chimes in saying how wonderful their stainless steel Kleen Kanteen bottles are. Well, the market abhors a vacuum, even a partial one, so you can bet Kleen Kanteen (and […]
It’s like the Olympics around here. No sooner has a world record been broken then along comes an announcement of that same record being freshly eclipsed. Yet another project is claiming to be the world’s largest solar power plant, albeit solar thermal.
This time it is the company, WorleyParsons, who strangely already knee deep in […]
photo: Solar Freaks
There’s been a bunch of news lately pointing to solar power costs falling in the near future. A new non-petroleum backing material and a new panel from Day4 Energy being the most recent examples of developments driving down the cost of solar power. Here’s another indication that solar prices will be falling:
Contract Prices […]
We’ve written before about the Helio Green Energy program wherein homeowners can take advantage of solar power without having to worry about installing the panels themselves, doing maintenance or otherwise worrying about their renewable electric system.
Now comes word that Helio mU (that’s Micro Utility, not the mythical civilzation in the Pacific…) is partnering with […]
photo: FUEL
Given that there are much better feedstocks for biofuels than corn, it never ceases to amaze me when I hear about another corn ethanol biorefinery opening. Oh wait, I forgot, the United States is addicted to corn and corn subsidies and then dumping it in foreign markets or producing a biofuel from that very […]
Image source: WildGreenYonder
With “need” (how to ensure all of those alternative plastics - corn, soy, sugarcane- are reused, now that regular plastic is poo-poo’d), comes a “market.” The Bioplastics Recycling Consortium was created to “develop an effective, efficient and economical recovery system and end markets for post-consumer bioplastic material.”
Bioplastics are the alternatives to petroleum-based plastics, […]
Trying to Fight Air Pollution
Only 4 months ago, we wrote about how big cars were the stars at the Beijing Auto Show. But now that air pollution is in the news more than ever because of the olympics, it seems like the Chinese government has had second thoughts: It decided to reduce taxes on small […]
photo by Alistair Howard
When most people think of hydro-electric power they probably think of large dam projects such as China’s Three Gorges Dam, India’s dams on the Narmada River , or closer to home (at least to my home) the Hoover Dam. Perhaps needless to say, big hydro-electric projects like this can generate a great […]
Scientist Ian Bell measures a Hawksbill Turtle off the Great Barrier Reef. Photo credit: Ian Bell.
This is the first post from guest contributor and Planet Green NGO partner EarthWatch Institute.
In 1971, we opened our doors to scientists of all disciplines and nationalities who needed support to understand the conditions of life on Earth. We studied […]
image: NASA
Every year the topic of the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico seems to pop up on TreeHugger—most recently in a report which links expanded corn production to the increasing size of the zone. New research shows that it’s not just in the Gulf that ocean dead zones are expanding but throughout the […]