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World’s biggest pollutor spends $6.34 billion on renewable energy

Published on Mar 22 2012 // business, co2 emmissions, renewable energy

The Guardian reported on Tuesday that China, the single biggest polluter in the world, spent £4 billion a year (that’s over $6.34 billion) on renewable energy in one region of the country in an effort to reduce fossil fuel consumption. The region receiving the massive renewable energy investment...

America’s largest city advised to invest in solar–before its too late

Published on Feb 24 2012 // climate change, co2 emmissions, energy efficiency, solar energy

Support is mounting for one of the United States’ largest and most diverse cities to up its investment in solar energy, and bring the surrounding state along with it. A report released this week by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority shows significant potential for solar...

College Park, MD IKEA “plugs in” solar array

Published on Feb 15 2012 // architecture and design, co2 emmissions, solar electric

If you’re one of the thousands of motorists commuting to and from Washington DC each day via Maryland’s Route 50, chances are you pass the enormous IKEA located in College Park near the University of Maryland campus. Today if you happen to stop by the furniture retailer, you can take part...

Caribbean country struggles to get geothermal project off the ground

Published on Feb 07 2012 // co2 emmissions, environmental sustainability, geothermal

TIME magazine’s Ecocentric blog has an fascinating article this week about St. Kitts and Nevis, a two-island federation in the east Caribbean and the world’s smallest sovereign nation, and the battle for geothermal energy in that part of the world. St. Kitts and Nevis have the potential to...

Nissan introduces solar-powered cargo ship in Japan

Published on Feb 06 2012 // co2 emmissions, solar energy, transportation

Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. announced last week that it has added a new solar-powered hybrid cargo ship to its shipping fleet. The company said that the ship is part of its new mid-term environmental action plan known as the Nissan Green Program 2016. In a statement, Nissan said that “aiming...

Super Bowl XLVI: Pats & Giants announce renewable energy initiatives

Published on Feb 05 2012 // business, co2 emmissions, renewable energy

We already posted last week about Super Bowl XLVI’s efforts to use renewable energy to offset the event’s energy use and CO2 emissions. Tonight’s game aside, the New England Patriots and the New York Giants have a lot in common on and off the field: both teams signed on at the end of...

Super Bowl XLVI Goes Green

Published on Jan 24 2012 // co2 emmissions, energy efficiency

The NFL, together with the Indianapolis Super Bowl XLVI Host Committee, will be using clean energy to power 6 major facilities that will bring this year’s football into millions of homes around the world. All aspects of the game’s production, from computers to the lights on the field during...

BP report claims clean energy will miss the mark in 2030

Published on Jan 19 2012 // climate change, co2 emmissions, fossil fuel

BP, once a major player in solar development, abandoned its solar division all together last month, citing “the closure of several other solar energy businesses amid competition from China, falling prices, overcapacity and lower government subsidies” as the cause. Now the company has released...

EPA levies fine for not using biofuel…that doesn’t exist yet

Published on Jan 11 2012 // co2 emmissions, Environmental Policy, fossil fuel, transportation

The New York Times reports that companies supplying motor fuel will pay nearly $7 million in penalties to the U.S. Treasury due to that fact that they did not incorporate a type of biofuel into their gasoline and diesel. The reason the companies failed to comply with the law? The biofuel doesn’t...

Happy New Year? Electric companies look to consumers to cover upgrade costs in 2012

Published on Dec 13 2011 // co2 emmissions, economy, fossil fuel

Long gone are the days when Americans benefited from stable electric bills even as they consumed more energy: electricity bills around the country have gone through the roof in the last few years, equating to an average $300 increase per household. After a short decrease in demand in 2009, electric prices...