Nov 25, 2011 2:47PM
An additional £10 million of grant funding is to be made available to research, develop and demonstrate technologies that will achieve significant cuts in carbon emissions from road transpor...
Nov 22, 2011 10:19PM
As part of a second phase for its energy efficiency benchmarking programs that measure and rate a building’s energy performance, Seattle is sending letters to the owners of 8,000 buildings this ...
Nov 22, 2011 9:45PM
Some top activism stories from the past week or so that I haven't been able to get to but deserve a big share:
Nov 22, 2011 9:43PM
First of all, as I almost always feel I need to do when writing about politics, when I refer to Republicans here, I'm referring to the Republicans in office or running for office, not Republican ...
Nov 22, 2011 9:28PM
Occupy Earth is a term that I'm seeing here and there, and I hope it grows into a household phrase. There is an ongoing debate about what we need to fix first, the environment or the economy. But...
Nov 21, 2011 8:18PM
A number of climate not-so-skeptics have recently been exploiting global sea level data in their latest attempt to hide the incline. Skeptical Science readers will be very familiar with the tactics...
Nov 17, 2011 5:03PM
In partnership with the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Marines at Camp Smith, Hawaii, are testing a high-tech trash disposal system that can reduce a standard 50-gallon bag of waste to a half-pi...
Nov 16, 2011 2:01PM
All but one of the Senate Democrats - and even seven Republicans - defeated a bill on Thursday that would have blocked the EPA from slashing power plant air pollution that blows downwind to other stat...
Nov 16, 2011 1:44PM
Fracking - natural gas drilling that involves pumping chemical brine underground - has never caused any water contamination problems in North Carolina, but then again, there is no natural gas producti...
Nov 15, 2011 5:27AM
We have been warned that we may have to move out of our office in Jakarta this week. This is the office that has been leading our campaign to stop Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) destroying the rainforests ...
Nov 15, 2011 5:03AM
Two bills introduced in the Senate would support energy efficiency and renewable energy. One would make a home's energy costs part of the mortgage approval process and the other bill would stre...
Nov 15, 2011 4:59AM
Germany has announced revised, lower feed-in tariffs for solar PV that take effect in 2012. Since the 15% drop in payments for electricity produced from solar plants was widely expected and the in...
Nov 14, 2011 10:49PM
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is investigating the effect of fracking drinking water. Fracking, short for hydraulic fracturing, is a technique used by oil and gas drilling companies to rea...
Nov 14, 2011 10:42PM
Heather talked just last week about pollution in the Great Lakes, but that's not the only water issue in the area. Water Shortages and Drought Across the U.S. Of course, these are just jumping-...
Nov 14, 2011 10:26PM
I've been writing about the Occupy Wall Street movement a lot here on Planetsave. And Jeremy has been on sister site Red, Green, and Blue. And Rhonda has been on EcoLocalizer. And others have bee...
Nov 14, 2011 10:02PM
OK, this is not breaking news, but it's worth a play any time, because, sadly, the anti-science Republicans running in the presidential primaries don't seem to have any interest in learning ...
Nov 14, 2011 10:00PM
I don't know how many people were paying attention to Occupy Wall Street when it first started, compared to how many people are paying attention to it now. I first wrote about it the weekend it s...
Nov 11, 2011 6:33PM
He sent the project back to the State Department for a thorough review of the pipeline's environmental costs, which most analysts say will effectively kill the project. The process will likely be...
Nov 11, 2011 5:55PM
An interesting fact not very widely covered this week is that the record-breaking Oklahoma earthquake over the weekend, a 5.6-magnitude quake, struck nearly right on the planned path of the Keystone X...
Nov 11, 2011 5:51PM
According to statistics compiled by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, American energy usage and fossil fuel usage started climbing again in 2010 after it had been decreased to a 12-year lo...
Nov 10, 2011 10:54PM
This is why the U.S. doesn’t have a national climate change policy. This is why China is eating our lunch on clean energy investment. This is why U.S. oil companies and many other companies don&...
Nov 10, 2011 10:40PM
Obama Administration Steps on the CO2 Regulations Pedal epa c02 emissions rule proposed With one of the most anti-science, anti-climate-action, anti-clean-energy political parties in the world (...
Nov 10, 2011 4:40PM
Yesterday, the Interior Department released a proposed 5-year plan for offshore oil-and-gas leasing, saying it's taking the "middle road" - it's far less expansive than what the ...
Nov 10, 2011 4:23PM
Commenting on a new report by the respected International Energy Agency warning that the chances of preventing dangerous climate change are narrowing rapidly, Charlie Kronick of Greenpeace said:
Nov 08, 2011 8:34PM
I think you have to acknowledge that a new announcement regarding a probe into the Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline permitting process is the result of tremendous citizen action.
Nov 08, 2011 6:26PM
The #1 surprise of the recent solar power conference in Texas was a petition brought forth by some in the industry, led by Oregon-based SolarWorld, claiming that China was illegally "dumping"...
Nov 08, 2011 6:21PM
Quick News: If you're a resident of California, you've probably heard of Orchard Hardware - it has 89 hardware and garden retail stores across the state. News is, Orchard Hardware has now te...
Nov 08, 2011 6:17PM
Coalis the new face of conflict for Texas ranchers. In that drought-stricken state, the water-sucking propensities of coal fired power plants are replacing any enemy Hollywood could ever dream of - ev...
Nov 08, 2011 6:13PM
For the first time ever the European Parliament has voted to create a dedicated budget line for wind energy research and development. Following today's vote, wind energy R&D should have i...
Nov 07, 2011 4:55PM
OK, one more Gas2 share for the day. Not sure if this should be filed under transportation or not, though (I’m thinking not). Basically, it’s all about power from bikes,.. or power from hu...
Nov 07, 2011 4:18PM
The White House, and the U.S., and the world, saw the largest Keystone XL Tar Sands pipeline protest to date yesterday. Over 10,000 people (over 12,000 by some estimates) came out in opposition to the...
Nov 07, 2011 3:35PM
TarsandsAction.org says they expect 10,000 people to participate November 6, when they will form a human ring around the White House to protest the looming decision on the tar sands pipeline.
Nov 07, 2011 3:27PM
President Obama commented on the petition filed by US solar manufacturers a couple of weeks ago that calls for stiff tariffs on solar imports from China. The 3000 page petition alleges China is vio...
Nov 04, 2011 9:26PM
"Green building is important," said Gutberlet. "It provides a more sustainable building, which saves money on construction and in future operating costs, and it allows the federal gover...
Nov 04, 2011 6:22PM
Occupy Oakland's call for a general strike across Oakland yesterday(or earlier today on the West Coast) was mostly calm and peaceful, but, as the darkness has fallen, the drama
Nov 04, 2011 6:20PM
I’ve already written a post on reports of what happened at the Occupy Oakland General Strike, as well as vandalism there and the protesters’ response to the fringe vandals. But, the questi...
Nov 03, 2011 7:28PM
UK Energy Secretary Chris Huhne delivered a sharp defense of the nation's renewable energy industries Wednesday while decrying criticism from the "climate skeptics and armchair engineers&quo...
Nov 03, 2011 7:25PM
For the first time ever the European Parliament has voted to create a dedicated budget line for wind energy research and development. Following today's vote, wind energy R&D should have i...
Nov 03, 2011 5:06PM
To be honest, I would not be surprised in the least if Huntsman felt like this is a bit (as reported previously, Huntsman is just about the only Republican presidential candidate that even has half a ...
Nov 03, 2011 5:03PM
Here are some more top images and stories on the Occupy Wall Street movement (from the past day or so).
Nov 03, 2011 2:33PM
Nearly 9 of 10 Americans - 89% - support the solar industry - and they want the federal government to continue investing in it, even after attempts to weaken public perception via attacks on the t...
Nov 03, 2011 2:17PM
Today, the government announced how it was reducing the support it gives to the solar industry through Feed in Tariffs or FITS. The slashing of support will be felt most significantly among those n...
Nov 03, 2011 2:12PM
The self-styled "greenest government ever" has cut feed-in-tariffs for solar power by half, doubling the length of time it will take homeowners to receive payback and risking thousands of jo...
Nov 01, 2011 10:40PM
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded seven universities in the southeast with the People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) Phase I grants for the 2011-2012 school year. Nationally, th...
Nov 01, 2011 10:32PM
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $15,000 grants to the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, Mo., for two teams of students to design solutions to challenges i...
Nov 01, 2011 10:27PM
Geothermique have been called to a historic property located close to the River Thames. The four bedroom family home was previously run on LPG, as mains gas was not available, but the owner Mike Tucke...
Nov 01, 2011 10:13PM
Will update this page as time goes on and I run across more that I think should really be highlighted as often as possible. Please drop links in the comments below. So far, these are my 6 favorites....
Nov 01, 2011 3:21PM
Although that's a daunting number, the rate of increase is slowing from its high point of over 2% in 1968. Still, this year's 1.1% increase means some 78 million people will be added to the ...
Nov 01, 2011 3:14PM
Although the media hasn't noticed, environmental themes are laced through the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protests, as people connect the dots between money and politics as the underlying cause behi...
Oct 27, 2011 5:44PM
While we may take a keen interest in politics, such events may not always enter the realm of clean tech. Studies have shown that you are more likely to die of airline pollution than a plane crash. Rec...
Oct 26, 2011 1:04PM
Last week, US Senators from Alaska, Mark Begich (D-AK) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), filed separate pieces of legislation to prevent the Obama Administration from fast-tracking approval of genetically ...
Oct 25, 2011 5:19PM
The creator of The Story of Stuff, The Story of Cosmetics, The Story of Bottled Water, and Loop Scoops, Annie Leonard is now making (or has made) The Story of Broke. You can watch the trailer below.
Oct 25, 2011 4:27PM
This is an awesome guest post from yet another one of our awesome readers, Rich Loomis. Rich offered the data and idea, and then, with a little nudge, actually went ahead and wrote the whole post.
Oct 25, 2011 3:42PM
If the 'Occupy Wall Street' (#OWS) movement is about ridding American politics and government of undue corporate influence - the corruption of the US political process and government by corp...
Oct 24, 2011 4:32PM
Since the movement began, people have discussed goals/themes/demands of Occupy Wall Street and have found little clarity. In some ways this is the essence of the movement, but in an effort to define e...
Oct 24, 2011 4:23PM
In his new article at HuffPo, Dylan Ratigan condenses all of our political and financial issues into one coherent, true story, under the title of “Platinum Citizenship.”
Oct 21, 2011 3:56PM
Ending waste as we know it today for the benefit of people and planet. Bill Callahan, owner of Tamalpais NatureWorks on B Street, petitioned the Obama administration three weeks ago to close all lan...
Oct 20, 2011 6:35PM
Usually our campaign films are taken down from the internet by others. Think Nestle. Think VW. But the opposite happened on Saturday - we took down our own film. Why? Well, because our humour misfi...
Oct 20, 2011 5:39PM
San Rafael, California - Bill Callahan, owner of Tamalpais NatureWorks on B Street, petitioned the Obama administration three weeks ago to close all landfills and incinerators in 5 years.
Oct 20, 2011 5:34PM
New York State has reauthorized its Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard, which requires the state to reduce demand for electricity and natural gas heating 15% by 2015. It's allocated $510 mill...
Oct 18, 2011 4:59PM
In September the U.S. Army announced that it has formed a new Energy Initiatives Task Force that will assess renewable energy projects, vet potential suppliers, and develop new technologies to suppo...
Oct 18, 2011 3:34PM
I've been working with Greenpeace for more than 20 years and until now I had never been deported from any country. Until last week, that is, when I tried to enter Indonesia to spend time with our...
Oct 17, 2011 3:58PM
A new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters indicates that irrigation raises sea levels.
Oct 17, 2011 3:54PM
In a huge win for water rights, Mexico is close to acknowledging the human right to water in the Mexican Constitution!
Oct 17, 2011 3:42PM
Today is the deadline for Congressional members to submit requests to the Debt Supercommittee - the group charged with finding a minimum $1.2 trillion in deficit-reduction measures over the next dec...
Oct 17, 2011 2:53PM
In a bizarre turn of events usually seen in a John le Carré novel, the executive director of Greenpeace UK has been refused entry into Indonesia. Arriving at Jakarta's international airpor...
Oct 13, 2011 5:06PM
BOSTON and WASHINGTON - The U.S. solar energy industry continued its rapid growth through the second quarter of this year, gaining a greater share of the total global market according to GTM Resea...
Oct 13, 2011 4:32PM
Most people don't realize that it is they, the individual, that has the power to make real change. No one person can make a huge difference, but when a small group of caring individuals bands to...
Oct 12, 2011 11:28PM
The 2011 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Awards honor innovators whose work will transform the world in years to come. They are reinventing the wheel-or, rather, the cell tower and the internal combust...
Oct 12, 2011 11:26PM
The Delaware is the river that runs through the heart of the film GASLAND. We've kept drilling and fracking out of the river basin for the past three and a half years. Now the Delaware River f...
Oct 12, 2011 11:19PM
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a plan to contain and control soil and ground water contamination at the Quanta Resources Superfund Site in Edgewater, New Jersey, which is lo...
Oct 10, 2011 5:16AM
There is a growing trend among national sports stadiums, including the homes of the Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots, and Washington Redskins, to embrace renewal energies.
Oct 10, 2011 5:04AM
Lark Energy has installed a total of 126 photovoltaic panels on the roof of South Holland District Council’s headquarters in Spalding, Lincolnshire. The panels will produce approximately 24.87MW...
Oct 10, 2011 4:51AM
Media Matters does a wonderful job of tracking what the media is talking about (or not). It recently showed the whoppingly warped media coverage of Solyndra compared to government corruption related t...
Oct 10, 2011 4:33AM
Wow, talk about patriotism. Despite the fact that Ernst & Young identified the U.S as the most attractive nation in the world for solar energy investment this year (by far), and we have seen treme...
Oct 09, 2011 9:55PM
George Osborne's speech to the Conservative Party Conference today hit a lot of bases. It was childishly boastful, claiming victory for his department earlier in the year in a row over higher ...
Oct 09, 2011 9:36PM
The lobbying and cronyism exposed earlier this week regarding the State Department's review of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline intensified today after researchers at the DeSmogBlo...
Oct 04, 2011 4:39AM
UK climate activist group 10:10 has started a great new solar project, Solar Schools. The project, basically, tries to get individuals and local businesses to invest in solar panels for their local sc...
Oct 02, 2011 6:15PM
The town of Tonawanda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the NY Dept. of Environmental Conservation, the Clean Air Coalition of Western NY and the Empire State Development Corp. signed a...
Oct 02, 2011 5:56PM
Royal Dutch Shell Oil may have gotten the Obama administration to approve the most aggressive Arctic drilling proposal in US history, but not without a challenge. A coalition of native and conservat...
Oct 02, 2011 5:45PM
My name is Tom Wang. Tom is my English name. I gave it to myself when I was learning English from my British teacher. She couldn't pronounce my Chinese name, Xiaojun. Xiaojun means "a soldie...
Oct 02, 2011 4:21PM
For two decades, Monsanto has been able to take living organisms, insert genes into them, and then patent them as its own intellectual property. And nobody has challenged this - until now.
Sep 27, 2011 1:36PM
The sequel to 350.org's historic protest against the imminent approval of the Keystone Tar Sands pipeline is the Moving Planet Rally, which is hosting at least one event in every US state on Sept...
Sep 27, 2011 12:53PM
Professor Maathai was instrumental in the anti-deforestation movement, and a passionate fighter for human rights and social justice for the communities that depend on forest resources. She lived and w...
Sep 23, 2011 5:42PM
South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences and Festivals will be hosting the SXSW Eco Conference at the Hilton Austin; bringing together experts in fields committed to finding solutions for a sustainable g...
Sep 23, 2011 5:31PM
The Major Economies Forum took place last week, the 12th gathering of 17 of the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters worldwide.
Sep 23, 2011 5:20PM
The European Parliament is calling for fast action to reduce non-CO2 climate forcers including black carbon soot, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), methane, and ground-level ozone, which together are respo...
Sep 22, 2011 5:24PM
This week a House vote is being taken on another anti-EPA bill. The The Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation (TRAIN) Act, a Republican bill that would create a multi-million do...
Sep 22, 2011 4:27PM
The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer’s (FLC) Mid-Continent Region recently recognized the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and i...
Sep 22, 2011 4:25PM
Engineer led effort to standardize how distributed energy integrates with the electric grid. Dick DeBlasio, a research engineer with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Lab...
Sep 21, 2011 12:36AM
US Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Tom Udall (D-NM) recently introduced bipartisan legislation to help level the playing field for advanced biofuels like algae by reforming the Renewable Fuels Stand...
Sep 16, 2011 9:20PM
In a victory for opponents of the controversial Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative and champions of open and democratic process in California, the Office of Administrative Law on September 2...
Sep 16, 2011 9:07PM
House Republicans Widen Solyndra Probe, May Subpoena White House. A probe into Solyndra's bankruptcy may spread to the White House and other clean energy companies.
Sep 16, 2011 9:03PM
Here’s an overview of the details of President Obama’s jobs bill. I’ve bolded items that have a hint of a green component… Some are more directly green, such as money to r...
Sep 16, 2011 8:50PM
Believe it or not, Greenpeace celebrates its 40 birthday today! To mark the occasion, Kumi Naidoo, our International Executive Director, calls on us all to take inspiration from that first Greenpeace ...
Sep 16, 2011 8:16PM
American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC) announced that it is taking a series of legal actions against China's largest wind turbine producer Sinovel Wind Group Co. Ltd.
Jul 29, 2011 1:54PM
The buzz around the green and especially green activist blogoshere over the past 24 hours
Jul 08, 2011 9:28AM
Members of the European Parliament have voted against watered down plans to up the...
May 08, 2011 4:26AM
One of the biggest disappointments of the first half of President Obama’s term was Congressional Democrats’ near total failure to do anything about energy, climate change, or sustainabilit...
Apr 22, 2011 6:11PM
For the first time in four years, California will have a full Central Valley salmon fishing season. The California Fish and Game Commission approved the season at its teleconference meeting today, Apr...
Apr 22, 2011 6:06PM
Washington, DC - In a big victory for commercial and recreational fishermen, the U.S. Congress on April 14 voted to defund the "catch shares" program, a controversial and wasteful fish...
Apr 19, 2011 6:19PM
From college campuses across the country, ten thousand young climate activists have gathered in Washington DC this weekend for Powershift 2011 - a conference to train and empower activists on climate ...
Apr 16, 2011 6:29PM
Why on earth does the USDA allow "pink slime" - a homogenized mix of the nastiest dregs and runoff of the meat processing industry - to be added into school lunches for America's chi...
Apr 16, 2011 6:10PM
The deal – to cut a total of $39 billion – was announced Friday, but those devlish details had to be worked out. Negotiators worked nonstop through the weekend and late into the night last...
Mar 31, 2011 11:24PM
A really nice friend from Planet Green named Sara Novak interviewed me a while ago when A Lot To Say, inc and I went over to the Sundance Film Fesitval.
Mar 30, 2011 4:51PM
Thousands of Bangladeshi are planning a March 28th protest continuing a decade-long battle to halt a British-owned open-pit coal mine there. Will the Bangladesh government honor a coal ban agreement f...
Mar 29, 2011 4:24PM
US Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Ranking Member on the Committee of Energy and Natural Resources, introduced a bill to support the development of marine and hydrokinetic energy sources.
Mar 28, 2011 9:34PM
New Episode of the PBS Series, Journey To Planet Earth, Premieres March 30th: 10 PM "Plan B: Mobilizing to Save Civilization," a documentary based on the book by environmental thought le...
Mar 24, 2011 8:55PM
Invenergy had been planning to build a large capacity wind farm in Wisconsin, but now that is dead after the company pulled out of the development of the proposed
Mar 22, 2011 6:23PM
"In 88 minutes, the sun provides 470 exajoules of energy, as much energy as humanity consumes in a year." In Scientific American, Ramez Naam adds, "In 112 hours - less than five days - ...
Mar 02, 2011 6:42PM
Patagonia Inc., the environmentally minded apparel company, has joined with well-known musicians across a range of genres to raise money for environmental causes. The Patagonia Music Collective laun...
Mar 01, 2011 11:46PM
A strong majority of registered voters across the United States--including those in all 19 key Congressional Districts polled--oppose the U.S. House votes last week to block the EPA from updating cl...
Feb 28, 2011 10:45PM
The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of "fracking" or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked...
Feb 28, 2011 4:51PM
Second-time Governor Jerry Brown will have another chance to sign into law a second burst of renewable energy in California. By a vote of 26-11 on party lines, the California Senate has just passed t...
Feb 25, 2011 12:26AM
Ever heard the saying "bright as a burnt out light bulb?" Well, it seems that Ron Paul and about 20 other GOP House members seem to have nothing else to do but to take on the hard issues t...
Feb 21, 2011 8:28PM
Chancellor George Osborne is being urged to deliver on a new green growth plan by a coalition of business leaders. The Aldersgate Group said that the UK is falling behind other countries in its atte...
Feb 21, 2011 6:29PM
The UK Government is looking to make savings in the region of £3 billion of energy within the construction industry.
Feb 21, 2011 4:39PM
The Cove, Waste Land, Gasland, Sun Come Up, and The Warriors of Qiugang. Check them out!
Feb 16, 2011 4:55PM
Congressional Republicans on Wednesday released a budget plan that would impose deep cuts on energy efficiency and renewable energy, scientific research and environmental protection.
Feb 15, 2011 10:21PM
At last month's Clean Economy Summit in Washington, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus gave a stirring speech on how the Navy and Marines were committed to pushing ahead on new clean sources of energy to f...
Feb 15, 2011 9:47PM
Members of the manufacturing industry have called on the government to reconsider its proposal to implement a carbon price. EEF, which represents British manufacturing, was responding to a consultat...
Feb 15, 2011 5:39PM
Members of the solar energy industry have reacted angrily after the extent to which the government's Feed-in Tariff review could damage the industry was revealed.
Feb 08, 2011 4:21PM
Democratic leaders in California's legislature are proposing a clean energy package that would further position the state as the national leader. Utilities would be required to get a third of th...
Feb 07, 2011 11:00AM
As hundreds of thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets of Cairo, the airwaves were awash with talking heads speculating about the security implications. Amid all the heady optimism that the thu...
Jan 27, 2011 8:45PM
President Barack Obama called on Congress to eliminate the billions in taxpayer dollars currently give to oil companies and support record investment into renewable energy and electric cars as part ...
Jan 27, 2011 4:40PM
President Obama spoke last night before a packed Congress and global television audience as he delivered the State of the Union address. He certainly touched upon a lot of themes which drew applause f...
Jan 23, 2011 1:52AM
The official state visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao to American President Obama at the White House produced some interesting nuggets of understanding between the two global leaders around green...
Jan 22, 2011 1:32AM
Prime minister pledges support for European supergrid Prime minister David Cameron has pledged his support for a European supergrid, stressing the need for a framework to be established to promote inv...
Jan 19, 2011 11:25PM
Currency valuation, human rights, national security, intellectual property – there’s a long list of thorny issues between the United States and China. But as Chinese President Hu Jintao vi...
Jan 16, 2011 6:05PM
The Kyoto Protocol calls for the member states of the EU to account for 20% of their gross final energy consumption with renewable sources by 2020. According to the EWEA, the EU is currently on track ...
Jan 14, 2011 1:47AM
Italys Nuclear Power Comeback, Facing Strong Opposition and ReferendumItalian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has big plans for the nation’s electric production. In spite of Italy’s incre...
Jan 11, 2011 8:00PM
UK and China sign MoU on low carbon development The UK and Chinese governments have signed a Memorandum of Understanding which will see the two countries collaborate on low carbon growth.
Jan 11, 2011 3:29AM
As expected, House Republicans got straight to work last week fighting against new EPA regulations on greenhouse gas emissions. On Thursday, they introduced several bills that aim to take the wind out...
Jan 11, 2011 1:13AM
Researchers at Purdue University have delivered a damning verdict on the US’s efforts to reach federal Renewable Fuel Standard volume mandates. They are of the opinion that it will be “ess...
Jan 11, 2011 12:02AM
SA is expected to take legal action against three of its top managers as a company secret disclosure scandal erupts. Apparently the information leakage involves the electric-vehicle technology, thus r...
Jan 09, 2011 7:20PM
Can Pavan Sukhdev do for biodiversity what Nicholas Stern did for climate change? The Deutsche Bank economist is leading a UN-backed study on 'The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity' &...
Jan 05, 2011 11:52PM
HOOF (as in Hands off our Forest – the Forest in question being the Forest of Dean) organised a rally on Monday for its campaign to drum up support against the possible sale of the Forest. It wa...
Jan 04, 2011 1:20AM
Is the United States really losing the cleantech race? It isn’t if the Zayed Future Energy Prize is any indication. Four American entries lead the way as finalists for the 2011 prize, which is n...
Dec 28, 2010 10:46PM
In the wake of a formal complaint by the United States, China is defending its wind-industry subsidies, saying they comply with World Trade Organization rules. A Ministry of Commerce press release, tr...
Dec 28, 2010 5:10PM
Last Wednesday the U.S. accused China of illegally subsidizing its wind power industry and took the first step in filing a trade case with WTO. Then on Thursday, the U.S. expanded its complaint to...
Dec 28, 2010 5:01PM
Big companies worldwide will be given greater guidance and support on how to conduct their business responsibly and report on their sustainability performance thanks to a new partnership between the...
Dec 27, 2010 5:06PM
The US took the first step in filing a trade case against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO), because China has given several hundred million dollars in grants requiring that only China-made ...
Dec 27, 2010 2:59PM
The coalition government has been hacking away at Britain's deficit, and some on the left are saying it has essentially given up on its vow to be "the greenest government ever." But sup...
Dec 23, 2010 11:49PM
The European Union is to explore ways to improve control of biofuels after a new report acknowledge that indirect land use change can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions savings associated with the ...
Dec 23, 2010 11:05PM
The Obama administration, agreeing with a claim by the United Steelworkers, is challenging a Chinese government program that provides subsidies to the country's wind-turbine manufacturing indu...
Dec 23, 2010 8:55PM
The U.S. saw a boom in nuclear energy plants in the 195′s, when nuclear energy was widely regarded as the wave of the future. In 1979, however, the core reactor meltdown at the Three Mile Island...
Dec 23, 2010 5:47AM
Opposition is particularly intense around the Forest of Dean, which, being a resident of Cheltenham,I look on as my own 'local' Forest. It is in the front line of the growing campaign to pre...
Dec 23, 2010 5:41AM
Nearing the end of what has been a pretty grisly year from the perspective of 'the standing of sustainable development in government', I was rather looking forward to the prospect of an Caro...
Dec 23, 2010 1:05AM
A coalition of auto makers, engine and boat manufacturers has issued a legal challenge to the US’s EPA recent approval of a waiver for the use of E15 for use in vehicles produced in 2007 or late...
Dec 22, 2010 12:15AM
British companies could face a backlash from consumers if they perform badly in the CRC league table, new research suggests. A study conducted by Imperial College London and E.ON analysed the p...
Dec 21, 2010 11:53PM
Amongst the Tax Bill, Start1 nuclear weapon treaty, Don't Ask Don't Tell and the other legislation Congress is trying to pass during this lame duck session, is a win for wildlife. Rarel...
Dec 21, 2010 3:46AM
The federal government has been approving huge solar projects on public lands left and right this year, and it just laid out a plan to speed that process even more by creating “solar energy zone...
Dec 19, 2010 5:51PM
By Martin Wright: I’ve just had a quick look in the crystal ball, and… well, where do you start? A miserable mush of a Cancun ‘agreement’, that’s probably even worse tha...
Dec 18, 2010 3:47PM
The House passed an $858 billion tax bill late Thursday that includes several energy efficiency incentives that we have yet to mention here on SB.com. President Obama is expected to sign the bill, w...
Dec 17, 2010 5:44PM
The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday filed a law suit against BP (NYSE: BP) and eight other companies to pay for billions of dollars in damages that resulted from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill la...
Dec 17, 2010 5:40PM
Fourteen business organizations, representing 60,000 firms, responded to recent attacks on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) authority, by urging Congress on Wednesday to keep the Age...
Dec 17, 2010 5:06PM
Hybrid and electric cars could be about to get a whole lot noisier as the first generation of electric cars start to reach the US market. A bill called the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act, desig...
Dec 16, 2010 5:05PM
Energy secretary Chris Huhne is set to announce a raft of measures to encourage low carbon electricity, amid claims they could lead to major increases in energy bills. Under the plans, carbon intens...
Dec 16, 2010 4:31PM
The British Government Launching State Grants for Electric CarsAnyone buying an electric car in the UK starting this January will be eligible for a grant of up to 5,000 pounds ($7,930). This way, the ...
Dec 10, 2010 6:11PM
Sustainability is creeping up the agenda as businesses look to "future-proof" their assets, one expert has claimed. Speaking at the Sustainability Now event, Paul King, chief executive at t...
Dec 10, 2010 4:35PM
The post election dust-up has settled, and Republicans have sorted out who will head key committees and subcommittees in the U.S. House of Representatives. Energy and Commerce Committee House Energy...
Dec 09, 2010 4:44PM
Russian Prime Minister Vladamir Putin has taken a public stand against wind farms because they kill birds. At a conference of his United Russia party, Mr. Putin singled out the renewable energy so...
Dec 08, 2010 8:17PM
The U.S. Supreme Court announced yesterday it will hear a landmark greenhouse gas lawsuit. In American Electric Power v. Connecticut, utility companies are challenging a lower court decision that a...
Dec 07, 2010 4:36PM
The bill amends the Geothermal Steam Act to allow the Interior Department to issue geothermal leases for adjacent lands on a noncompetitive basis, based on fair-market value, and has a companion bill ...
Dec 05, 2010 2:49AM
No. 1 Consumer of Plastic Bags in World Cuts Consumption in Half. Recently on my walk home from work, I stopped in the little convenience store next to my apartment to pick up some milk. The shop ow...
Dec 05, 2010 2:38AM
As the FDA readies the approval seal for genetically modified salmon, scientists are coming out of the woodwork with some colorful expressions of dread.
Dec 03, 2010 2:20PM
Renewable energy developments in the UK would not be going ahead were it not for heavy government subsidies, one industry expert has claimed. Dr John Constable, director of policy and research at...
Dec 03, 2010 12:50AM
Brazil on Tuesday announced that it reduced tropical rainforest destruction to another record low level. The country’s National Institute for Space Research found that the loss of Amazonian fore...
Dec 02, 2010 1:26PM
The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) on Tuesday demonstrated a brief moment of bipartisanism in approving the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA). DERA (S. 3973) is a five...
Dec 01, 2010 8:56PM
Newly Discovered Seafloor Magmatic Phenomenon May Emit Carbon Dioxide and Methane In Large QuantitiesIt looks like we’re not even by far nearly the only ones emitting carbon dioxide, but even ou...
Dec 01, 2010 8:34PM
A group of low-lying islands and other vulnerable countries are calling for fast action on the approximately 50% of global warming that is caused by pollutants other than carbon dioxide (CO2).The sc...
Dec 01, 2010 8:29PM
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday, officially cut the 2011 blending target for cellulosic ethanol, as expected. Cellulosic ethanol is derived from perennial grasses, waste an...
Nov 25, 2010 7:29PM
In particular, the religious leaders noted that the effort by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) to delay EPA controls on greenhouse gas emissions should be turned down. The letter from the 56 national, regi...
Nov 24, 2010 9:49PM
Developed nations are failing to keep the promise they made last year to provide adequate finance to help the world's poorest countries adapt to the impacts of climate change, according to res...
Nov 23, 2010 9:36PM
One of California's higher profile solar power plants recently approved by state and federal regulators on what many consider environmentally sensitive lands has had a setback as the California E...
Nov 22, 2010 7:07PM
Significant investment could be gained if the EU was to move towards a 30 percent carbon reduction target, a new report claims. Currently, the EU is looking for a 20 percent drop in emissions by the...
Nov 19, 2010 11:03PM
All you procrastinating clean-energy geniuses out there can relax. The USPTO announced it has extended the deadline for its program that expedites the processing of patent applications related to gree...
Nov 19, 2010 5:40PM
Lord Nicholas Stern has warned that US trade could suffer if it does not take further steps to cut its carbon emissions. The author of the landmark report on the economics of climate change told the T...
Nov 18, 2010 8:21PM
It was about time the US and China collaborated on anything but pollution… the reduction of pollution. The scientific partnership announcement has been made by the US Energy Secretary Steven Ch...
Nov 18, 2010 6:52PM
Speaking at the Confederation of British Industry Conference, the energy and climate change secretary said that the government has made a commitment to simplify the programme, starting with a consulta...
Nov 18, 2010 5:45PM
As I was watching those little boats skimming what oil they could from the Gulf after the BP spill, I thought to myself, how could this be any worse? Well, try adding millions of tons of ice, treac...
Nov 17, 2010 10:08PM
A first-ever analysis of votes on state laws aimed at protecting the public from toxic chemicals found that 18 states have passed 71 chemical safety laws in the last eight years by an overwhelming m...
Nov 17, 2010 7:41PM
The UK is on track to meet its 2020 renewable energy targets, providing proposed developments are given planning permission, according to a new report by National Grid. Analysis by the company shows...
Nov 16, 2010 7:33PM
In May 2010, the European Commission presented a communication arguing that increasing the EU's 2020 climate goal to 30% would be both affordable and technically feasible. It estimated that as a ...
Nov 16, 2010 7:20PM
The Scottish government has released its strategy for a low carbon economy, in which it predicts the creation of up to 60,000 green jobs by 2020. John Swinney, cabinet secretary for finance and sustai...
Nov 16, 2010 7:03PM
India and the UK are to work in close collaboration to ensure growth while moving towards a low carbon economy, according to a new report by business leaders. The study suggested that both countries ...
Nov 15, 2010 7:57PM
Increasing European legislation governing the safety and environmental impact of cars is having a negative effect on the car industry, Ford of Europe boss, Steven Odell claims, speaking in an exclusiv...
Nov 15, 2010 5:53PM
The government has recently announced as a result of the spending review, that over £800 million of funding will be put forward to the Renewable Heat Incentive throughout 2011-2012. More precise...
Nov 05, 2010 10:13PM
Environmental and clean energy advocates are refuting the idea that their agenda led to the downfall of more than 50 House Democrats who lost their seats in Tuesday's elections.
Nov 05, 2010 4:00PM
This week the governor of Kansas apparently fired his secretary of Health and Environment for refusing to fast-track a permit to build a new coal fired power plant, according to environmental law firm...
Nov 04, 2010 8:25PM
From an environmental policy standpoint, it's tough to find many positive angles in the outcomes of the midterm elections in the U.S.
Nov 04, 2010 7:38PM
New Mexico on Tuesday adopted a comprehensive set of rules on greenhouse gas emissions.
Oct 22, 2010 10:45PM
The non-profit Climate and Energy Project believes it may have found the recipe to motivate conservative Americans in the heartland of the country to take beneficial steps to reduce greenhouse gas emi...
Oct 22, 2010 10:27PM
Business groups lined up today to condemn a £1 billion stealth tax on companies that have invested in a Government scheme to drive down CO2 emissions.
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