An Efficient Process for Recycling Rare Earth Elements
A student team from the University of Houston swept this year's U.S. Department of Energy Clean Energy Business Plan Competition. With their innovative (and proprietary) approach to recycling a pair of critical rare earth materials, the REEcycle team introduced the energy industry to an innovative way to turn waste into a domestic stream of rare [...]
Ditching Cars for Buses, Bikes Best Way to Cut City Pollution
Encouraging people to abandon their cars and use public transport or walk or cycle offers the "least pain, most gain" way to cut air pollution from traffic by 2050, a new international study said
Study of Eastern U.S. Shows Wind Energy Could Stabilize the Grid
Last month, General Electric (GE) consulting presented the results of a U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) sponsored study testing if wind turbines can be controlled to manage the stability of the electric grid.
Self-Driving Cars Could Cut Greenhouse Gas Pollution
A new report shows how autonomous and connected car technologies could begin to reduce the amount of pollution put out by vehicles
#IAmANaturalist Campaign Flourishes Online
#IAmANaturalist because to try and understand a completely different way of living, of being, is to transcend oneself.
U.S. Petroleum Exports Continue to Rise
Petroleum product exports are on track for another banner year, with total exports climbing to a 3.7 million barrels per day (bbpd) average for 2014 from just under 3.5 million bbpd in 2013. However, on the East Coast, imports for some fuels increased by almost 50% in the first half of 2014.
San Francisco Looks to Car-Share to Reduce City Vehicle Fleet
San Francisco might join a handful of U.S. cities reducing their fleets of cars in favor of sharing services, including New York, Chicago and Indianapolis
GM Focuses on Safety in Driverless Vehicle Announcement
Driverless cars came to the forefront of transportation discussions this weekend when General Motors CEO Mary Barra announced her company's plan to add "hands-free and feet-free" driving capabilities to some 2017 models.
"Keeling Curve" CO2-Monitoring Project Draws a Decent Donation
The five-year, $500,000 grant will allow for analysis of a backlog of air samples to discern the contribution of CO2 from man-made sources
Is Germany's Green Zeal Turning Brown?
For all Angela Merkel's headline-grabbing "green revolution", Germany's image as a world leader on environmental policies is in danger of falling under the shadow of the smoke stack and a cloud of exhaust fumes. Increasing dependence on brown coal has raised doubts about whether Berlin will hit its medium-term CO2 emission goals.
U.N. Chief Tries to Kick-Start Sagging Enthusiasm for Climate Deal
By Ben Garside and Valerie Volcovici LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon this month hopes to reinvigorate the years-long effort to forge a global climate deal, even as concerns grow over whether the final pact will be rigorous enough to address threats to the environment.
Carbon Tax Repeal Boosts Australian Pollution
(Reuters) - Carbon emissions and electricity demand in Australia have risen in the two months since the government repealed a tax on emissions, bucking a nearly six-year long trend of decline, an energy consultancy said on Thursday. Consultancy Pitt & Sherry, which tracks electricity use and emissions in Australia's National Electricity Market (NEM), said emissions would continue to grow unless new policies were introduced.