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.
#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.
Is There a Future for Wilderness?
Wilderness is dead, long live the Wilderness Act. On Sept. 3, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson and the U.S. Congress signed into law the Wilderness Act.
Oil and Gas Drilling Raise Electricity Prices in West Texas
In July 2012, Frontier Texas, an Old West museum located in Abilene, received an electric bill nearly $4,000 higher than expected. Oddly enough, the museum hadn't used an unusual amount of power that month.
Most Americans Mistakenly Think U.S. Gets Most of Its Oil from the Middle East
..the United States. Have you heard? Computer scientist and data whiz Randy Olson dove into the UT Energy Poll data and noticed that the American public is pretty confused about where we get out energy.
Satirists As a Source of Science News
How many times have you read a science-themed article from The Onion or watched a science-themed segment on The Daily Show (TDS) or The Colbert Report (CR) and remarked at how “spot on” they are?
A Hangout with Google Science Fair in Swaziland
You know what’s awesome? Seeing a bunch of young people at work on changing the world to make it a better place for all. Today, I hosted a Google Science Fair Hangout On Air on Sustainability in Swaziland, and I got to have that privilege.