SciAm Readers Prioritize MP3s Over MPGs
Thank you for your input as no less than 100 readers were kind enough to participate in my not-so-scientific survey of what is least important to them, when given a choice to give up one item ranging between a TV, vehicle, laptop/tablet, and a smartphone.
Industry Lashes Out at Corn Biofuel Study
Controversy expands over whether corn ethanol is worse for the climate than gasoline
Garbage Fuel Will Power British Airways Planes
Flights from London to New York City will run on jet fuel made from municipal solid waste by 2017
God Controls the Climate, So You Can Relax
I know, he’s just a Tea Party candidate with almost no chance of election, but Greg Brannon, primary candidate for the GOP nomination for the U.S.
Solar Power Grows 400 Percent in Only 4 Years
More than half of the added capacity comes from home and business owners
Biofuels Mandate is Cut Drastically
EPA decision to sharply reduce the amount of cellulosic biofuel in the U.S. fuel supply strangely pleases oil companies and environmental groups
African-American Civil Rights Groups Finally Embrace Environmentalism
When I started blogging 8 years ago, the blogosphere like a lonely place. I hadn’t yet met another Black Science blogger (and I wouldn’t come across another one for 2.5 years), so when I rolled out the Green Carpet for Earth Day, I felt my voice was puny.
Costs of Climate Change May Prove High for Future
Our descendants will pay a higher price for greenhouse gas build-up as real costs are updated over time
Nuclear Power Also Needed to Combat Climate Change
The rise of renewables helps, but in order to eliminate fossil-fuel pollution nuclear power is also required, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
$4 Billion Loan Aid for Renewable Energy to Be Offered by U.S. Government
Offshore Drilling Exhibit Opens at George Bush Presidential Library
The George H.W. Bush Presidential Library at Texas A&M University has a new exhibit that tells the story of offshore drilling and the 41st President’s previous life as an oilman.
Controversy over Biofuels and Land Cut from IPCC Summary
How much does planting biofuels instead of crops lead to the spread of agricultural fields, cutting down yet more forests?