Photo: WorldWater & Solar Technologies I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. Carbon neutral jumbo jets may be a long way off but some airports are making strides in cutting their greenhouse gas emissions. Denver International, for instance, announced Tuesday that it will install a 4.4-megawatt solar array, more than doubling the [...]
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Sports leagues team with enviros to push solar on stadiums
Posted in alternative energy, corporate green, corporate sustainability, energy, environment, green tech, Natural Resources Defense Council, renewable energy, solar energy, tagged NBA, NFL, NHL, NRDC, professional sports, solar energy, stadiums on September 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. Talk about sporting greens: On Wednesday, all of the United States’ professional sports leagues said they would distribute a guide on how to switch to renewable energy and urge their teams to solarize their stadiums. The guide was prepared by the Natural Resources Defense Council [...]
Scientists to tap 1.5 million PCs to solve water problems
Posted in environment, green computing, green tech, IBM, water, water tech, tagged IBM, water, Worldwide Community Grid on September 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. Want to help solve the global water crisis? Step away from your laptop and let it join millions of other computers being used by scientists who will tap idle processing power to develop water filtering technology, clean up polluted waterways, and find treatments for water-related [...]
The electric car battery conundrum
Posted in Better Place, electric cars, green cars, green policy, green tech, IBM, tagged batteries, Better Place, electric cars, IBM, lithium air batteries on September 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
photo: Better Place In The New York Times on Monday, I wrote about the challenges of developing electric car batteries that will match the range of gasoline-powered vehicles: Silicon Valley may be an epicenter of the nascent electric car industry, but don’t expect the battery revolution to mimic the computer revolution, one of I.B.M.’s top [...]
California bags the plastic bag ban but makes solar leap
Posted in alternative energy, environment, green policy, green tech, renewable energy, solar energy, tagged California, solar energy, solar power plants on September 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
photo: Southern California Edison I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. The California Legislature started out the week in the green by passing the nation’s first energy storage bill. But legislators quickly ran into the red Wednesday when they failed to approve legislation to impose a statewide ban on plastic bags, or [...]
Report: PG&E smart meters not to blame for high bills
Posted in energy, green grid, green policy, green tech, PG&E, smart grid, smart meters, tagged PG&E, smart meters, Structure Group on September 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
On Thursday in The New York Times, I write about an independent report that finds that PG&E’s smart meters are not responsible for higher utility bills incurred by some customers: After Pacific Gas & Electric, the giant California utility, began installing smart meters in the state’s Central Valley, the company was swamped with complaints from [...]
California Legislature passes energy storage bill
Posted in energy, environment, green policy, green tech, PG&E, renewable energy, solar energy, solar power plants, tagged California, energy storage, PG&E on September 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. The California Legislature has passed the nation’s first energy storage bill, which could result in the state’s utilities being required to bank a portion of the electricity they generate. Assembly Bill 2514 now heads to the desk of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has made climate [...]
Anti-Prop 23 forces tap big donors in California climate fight
Posted in global warming, green policy, green tech, Proposition 23, tagged Proposition 23 on August 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Photo: Todd Woody I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. With the campaign season revving up, even more money is starting to flow into the campaign to defeat Proposition 23. Prop 23 is the California ballot initiative that would suspend the state’s landmark climate change law. Its opponents had been relying mostly [...]
Flush away greenhouse gases
Posted in alternative energy, environment, fuel cells, green tech, tagged biogas, fuel cells, FuelCell Energy on August 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
photo: FuelCell Energy I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. It’s been a crappy week — and I mean that in a good way. On Wednesday, I wrote about the California egg farm that bought a 1.4-megawatt fuel cell powered by biogas produced from chicken poo. (Forget free-range eggs; carbon-free could become [...]
Greening the Navy by building the Priuses of the air and sea
Posted in alternative energy, biofuels, environment, global warming, green policy, green tech, renewable energy, tagged biofuels, Marine Corps, Ray Mabus, renewable energy, U.S. Navy on August 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
photo: U.S. Navy In The New York Times on Tuesday, I write about Navy Secretary Ray Mabus’ plans to green the Navy and Marine Corps and help build a market for new technologies: Want to stimulate demand for renewable energy? Send in the Marines. That was Navy Secretary Ray Mabus’s message on Monday when he [...]
