Climate Change
US on track to meet emission reduction goals
U.S. President Barack Obama pledged -at last year’s climate talks in Copenhagen- the United States would cut emissions in a range of 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. Today the US is, according to Washington’s lead negotiator said at [...]
The first electric highway in the Unites States
If you are from British Columbia, Washington or Oregon and you are planning to buy an electric car now it’s the time. Starting this fall and with an investment of $1.32 million the Washington State Transportation Department plans to turn [...]
Harvesting energy from the Sahara Desert
Apparently Europe will start importing for the first time solar energy from the Sahara Desert within the next five years. The European Union is backing projects to harvest the plentiful sunlight that reaches the desert at a daily basis and [...]
Magnesium: the definitive energy source? – part II
The process of obtaining clean energy from magnesium looks simple. Once magnesium (in the form of magnesium chloride) is obtained from the seawater, by using a special evaporation technique, a laser is used to transform it into magnesium oxide. The [...]
June 15th: Global Wind Day
On June 15th 2009, European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), in cooperation with the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), created the Global Wind Day, to be celebrated from then on on that day. Across the globe numerous public events will be [...]
Magnesium: the definitive energy source? – part I
What are the criteria for a successful energy source? Is it potential usage? Is it abundance? Is it ease of extraction? Hydrogen may meet some of these criteria however is difficult to handle. There is one more key characteristic, which [...]
Positive changes to be made from oil spill disaster
President of the U.S., Barack Obama is using the BP oil spill as a clear example that it it time to embrace a clean energy future. The dependance on fossil fuels must end, and the only way to achieve all [...]
Clean Energy NOW!
Clean Energy advocates in the US are coming from every sector. Last week the ‘Hip Hop Caucus’ raped up a week-long tour that started in New Orleans and ended with DJ Biz Markie on the steps of Capitol Hill in [...]
Obama speaks to the American people
President Obama’s State of the Union address yesterday night was, in my mind, expertly delivered. Like a good politician, Obama played to various interest groups and in no area did he do this more than in the energy sector. He [...]
The US and China to work together in clean energy initiatives
US president Barack Obama’s visit to China is proving to be worth its carbon footprint… Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao have already established a deal to share information on renewable energy. Now they’ve announced some great plans on clean [...]
Soros will invest more than $1 billion in clean energy and policy initiatives
George Soros, who is among the 30 richest people alive, will invest part of his fortune in fostering clean energy technology and policy. 79 years old, Soros has, up to now, been promoting open and democratic societies, by helping to [...]
