With a $20M incentive, Carbon XPRIZE takes aim at climate change
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Unless you’ve been camping out under a rock for the last decade, you probably know that we’re totally destroying the Earth. We…
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Unless you’ve been camping out under a rock for the last decade, you probably know that we’re totally destroying the Earth. We…
President Obama starts to show his hand for how he’ll keep support going for clean energy and greener vehicles, and also fight climate change, at a time when Congress won’t likely approval major budget increases or aggressive policies.
Sadly, if there’s anything that will help deliver more public support for clean technologies, and low carbon energy and transportation infrastructure, it’ll be people experiencing the direct and indirect of extreme weather.
While naysayers try to “muddy the waters” on scientific evidence, trillions of investment dollars are forging ahead to solve our climate issue with market driven solutions.
Jonathan Koomey’s first essay in a series of four this week that highlights, and excerpts from, his upcoming book, “Cold Cash, Cool Climate,” which discusses how entrepreneurs and investors can profit from tackling climate change, one of this century’s greatest challenges.
Looks like the global rise in extreme weather events (cough, Irene) hasn’t been enough to make Americans more concerned about the issue of climate change. But extreme weather has been causing certain regions, particularly with dry, hot climates, to worry more about climate change.
Al Gore is turning to the intersection of digital media and extreme weather to launch a new social movement around fighting climate change, called the Climate Reality Project. The 24-hour live stream event will feature how extreme weather has affected people’s everyday lives.
Renewable energy advocates like to say their causes are bi-partisan because they are fighting for cleaner energy and job creation. Not for many Republicans. In fact, some already are working hard to weaken regulations for adding more solar, wind and others.
People who regularly work overtime, putting in 10 or 11 hours a day, increase their risk of heart disease by nearly two-thirds, according to a study published in the European Heart Journal — worrying news for web workers who tend to clock long hours.
The number of businesses and interest groups lobbying Congress on climate change issues ballooned in 2009. While greentech investors still make up…
Transportation is the second-largest source of U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions, accounting for 28 percent of the total. As web workers, many of us…
General Electric (s GE) set out a series of ambitious goals for itself when it kicked off its Ecomagination campaign back in…
It’s time for the very apex of everyone’s Easter weekend, the all important revealing of this week’s picks from the App Store.…
Making an entire country or U.S. state carbon neutral would “rock the world,” at least according to former President Bill Clinton. He…
The new president has convinced the governor of Texas that his administration will crack down on greenhouse gas emissions. But political leaders…
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has appointed Todd Stern special envoy on climate change, making him the country’s top diplomat for international…
After being ignored in the last two inaugural speeches, the issue of climate change got plenty of attention at U.S. President Barack…
Delegates from 190 countries have gathered in Poznan, Poland, this week as part of negotiations for a climate change treaty expected to…
[qi:_earth2tech] How to visualize the colossal amount of data surrounding climate change? Al Gore squeezed a lot of info into 100 minutes…
The team at Earth2Tech has put together a nice Google Maps mash-up that shows coal plants that have been cancelled due to…