Sustainable Bamboo Toothbrushes
With a worldwide global concern gaining momentum, it is no wonder that private companies are looking at ways to improve their the sourcing of their materials for their products. Choosing…
Solar Boat Breaks Records, Starts Scientific Expedition
Experimental solar vehicles often give us insight on the possibilities of concepts and technologies that are “instilled” in them. Solar Impulse for example, let’s us remember that even our current…
Peru Harnesses Solar Power to Supply Electricity to its Poorest Residents
Peru has started a nationwide solar panel program that aims to supply electricity to 95% of its residents by 2016, Huffpost Green reports. Peru’s program will target more than 2 million of…
New Swiss Bus System Charges Batteries in Seconds
Fast charging for EV’s mean a lot for people. In fact, the issue of battery charging time may perhaps be one of the key reasons why adoption of EV’s are…
Drop-in Biofuels: The Good, the Bad, and the Missed Opportunity
A lot of effort and investment are going right now into making drop-in biofuels the next star of environmentally friendly fuels. Very similar to petroleum in structure, these next-generation biofuels…
Research Suggest Cattail as Insulating Material
The cattail, or the Typha, is a plant that is has been long known to human civilization for thousands of years. The plant has served several uses throughout the ages,…
DOE Proposes Safeguards for ‘Climate-Resilient’ Energy Sector
It is no coincidence that the energy sector, which has contributed much to altering Earth’s atmosphere, is itself now in danger from climate change. From fuel transport to thermoelectric power…
How Private Companies are Key to Saving Brazil’s Other Forest
Big Business and Biodiversity When the Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral first reached the coast of present-day Brazil in April 1500, he found a paradise. Waiting ashore was a vast…
Offshore Wind: An Answer to Our Energy Needs
President Obama made a historic speech on Tuesday June 25th, 2013, which laid out a climate action plan for the country that is aimed at decreasing carbon pollution and slowing…
Global Bird Populations Increasingly Threatened
West Coast Sea Bird Endangered? The coastal waters and offshore islands of sunny California is home to the ashy storm-petrel – a small gray seabird who specifically hangs out in…