Stories: 1) Facebook Timeline Brings The Past Back To The Future 2) Other File-Sharing Sites: 'We're Not Megaupload' 3) 'Consent' Asks: Who Owns The Internet? 4) Magnetic Soap May Help Clean Up Spilled Oil 5) A Mobile Wallet: Cash, Credit, Or ... Cellphone? 6) Ode To Ice
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Slash-and-burn 'improves tropical forest biodiversity'
Environmental News Network8 Feb 2012 | 6:28 amSlash-and-burn agricultural practices, banned by governments because of the risk of uncontrolled fires, provide better growing conditions for valuable new trees than more modern methods of forest clearance, a study suggests. -
Is Your Microwave A 'Vampire?'
Latest News8 Feb 2012 | 3:18 pmThanks to new energy efficiency standards proposed last week, DOE Secretary Steven Chu has a new credential on top of his Nobel Prize: he’s a vampire slayer – one that specializes in eliminating “vampire” energy waste while saving consumers billions of dollars. -
MeiMei Fox: The Life Out Loud: Change Starts With Your Underwear
The Blog8 Feb 2012 | 7:54 pmHave you ever thought about where your underwear comes from? If you're an eco-conscious, socially responsible shopper like me, you probably buy organic dairy and free-range grass-fed meats, as well as earth-friendly dish soaps, detergents, and shampoos. You might also have your fruits and vegetables delivered each week from a local farm. If you're at the far end of the spectrum, you might not purchase leather products. You might even try to stick with (and to) t-shirts, hoodies, and yoga mats made from organic materials. But underwear, socks, and undershirts? I bet most of us still pick those…
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NPR Topics: Technology Podcast
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NPR: 02-01-2012 Technology
1 Feb 2012 | 8:03 pmStories: 1) Facebook Timeline Brings The Past Back To The Future 2) Other File-Sharing Sites: 'We're Not Megaupload' 3) 'Consent' Asks: Who Owns The Internet? 4) Magnetic Soap May Help Clean Up Spilled Oil 5) A Mobile Wallet: Cash, Credit, Or ... Cellphone? 6) Ode To Ice -
NPR: 01-25-2012 Technology
25 Jan 2012 | 8:03 pmStories: 1) This App Was Made For Walking — But Is It Racist? 2) Apple Carves Inroads In Educational Publishing 3) Megaupload Shut Down By The FBI 4) Newly Fallen Meteorites Offer Fresh Look At Mars 5) Synthetic Windpipe Transplant Boost For Tissue Engineering 6) Four Views On Megaupload -
NPR: 01-18-2012 Technology
18 Jan 2012 | 8:20 pmStories: 1) Critics See 'Disaster' In Expansion Of Domain Names 2) A War To Watch: YouTube Takes On Television 3) Who — If Anyone — Should Control The Internet? 4) CES: Tech Launching Pad, Home To 8 Million Types Of iPod Cases 5) The Transformation Of American Factory Jobs, In One Company 6) Electronics Show Helps Good Products Catch On -
NPR: 01-11-2012 Technology
11 Jan 2012 | 8:11 pmStories: 1) Yahoo Taps PayPal President To Be Its New CEO 2) Levitating Fruit Flies To Learn About Space Travel 3) A Digital Death? Why Kodak Stopped Clicking 4) How Rick Santorum's 'Google Problem' Has Endured 5) A Self-Published Author's $2 Million Cinderella Story 6) Hard Day's Delight: A School Of Rock, At The Office -
NPR: 01-04-2012 Technology
4 Jan 2012 | 8:04 pmStories: 1) For Lab Mice, The Medical Advances Keep Coming 2) Tutors Teach Seniors New High-Tech Tricks 3) Year In Review: Mega Tech Brands Raise Megabucks 4) GoDaddy's Support For Bill Draws Customers' Ire 5) NASA Probes Set To Orbit The Moon Over New Year's 6) No Excuses: Robots Put You In Two Places At Once
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NPR Topics: Environment Podcast
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NPR: 02-02-2012 Environment
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Extreme Weather Rips Through The South
26 Jan 2012 | 8:38 pmStory: Bad weather moved across the South Sunday night and into Monday morning. Tornadoes were reported in Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee. In Alabama, some of the worst damage occurred in areas that had already been hit by heavy storms before. -
NPR: 01-20-2012 Environment
20 Jan 2012 | 1:12 amStories: 1) New Recycling Company Springs From Old Mattresses 2) Mild Winter Could Hurt Western States Water Supply 3) New Tuberculosis Strain Thwarts All Antibiotics 4) Get Inked For Science -
NPR: 01-12-2012 Environment
12 Jan 2012 | 8:30 pmStories: 1) When Property Rights, Environmental Laws Collide 2) Diver Finds A Class Ring Lost During The '30s 3) Interior Announces Grand Canyon Mining Moratorium -
NPR: 01-06-2012 Environment
5 Jan 2012 | 9:00 pmStories: 1) Zoo Crafts Love Nest To Save Ozark's Salamanders 2) Solar Panels Compete With Cheap Natural Gas
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Environmental News Network
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Slash-and-burn 'improves tropical forest biodiversity'
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Rare Moroccan Argan Oil – Now Made In Israel
8 Feb 2012 | 6:18 amArgan oil, rich in vitamin E and fatty acids, has become the sensation of the decade, sought after by chemists, dieticians, hair salons, chefs and cosmeticians. Until recently, it was a rare product grown only in the Atlas Mountains and traditionally made by Moroccan tribes, as the Argan tree could not grow outside of Morocco. Now, Israeli company Sivan is developing "Argan 100" – a super strain of Argan that is tolerant of the Mediterranean climate and can produce ten times more nuts than the average tree in Morocco, they say. -
Bahamas' Blue Holes harbor strange lifeforms
8 Feb 2012 | 4:19 amClues to how life evolved, not only on this planet but also possibly on alien worlds, might be found in underwater caves in the Bahamas, researchers say. The caves in question are called "blue holes," so-named because from the air, their entrances appear circular in shape, with different shades of blue water in and around them. There are estimated to be more than 1,000 such caves in the Bahamas, the greatest concentration of blue holes in the world. -
Rising ocean acidity worst for Caribbean and Pacific
7 Feb 2012 | 12:35 pmThe current trend of increasing ocean acidification, which threatens fisheries around the world, is driven mainly by man-made changes and is higher even than that seen at the end of the last ice age, some 11,000 year ago, a study has said. Much of the carbon released by human activity ends up in the oceans, increasing their acidity and reducing the growth of corals and molluscs, which in turn may affect fisheries and aquaculture. -
Dune Flows
7 Feb 2012 | 7:00 amSand dunes flow over the land subject to the winds like ocean waves or rivers. What makes them move? What makes them start or stop? In a study at the White Sands National Monument in New Mexico, University of Pennsylvania researchers have uncovered a unifying mechanism to explain the beautiful dune patterns that occur. The findings may also hold implications for identifying when dune landscapes like those in Nebraska's Sand Hills may reach a tipping point under climate change, going from valuable grazing land to barren desert.
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Is Your Microwave A 'Vampire?'
8 Feb 2012 | 3:18 pmThanks to new energy efficiency standards proposed last week, DOE Secretary Steven Chu has a new credential on top of his Nobel Prize: he’s a vampire slayer – one that specializes in eliminating “vampire” energy waste while saving consumers billions of dollars. -
House Dems: Drilling Fines Are 'Pocket Change' For Oil & Gas Companies
8 Feb 2012 | 3:04 pmWASHINGTON (AP) — Federal policing of oil and natural gas drilling on public lands is lax and inconsistent, with only 6 percent of violations resulting in monetary fines over 13 years, House Democrats said in a report Wednesday. Fines over that time totaled less than $275,000, an amount that the Democratic staff of the House Natural Resources Committee characterized as little more than "pocket change" for oil and gas companies. The report said federal regulators issued no fines in the period studied, February 1998 to February 2011, in eight of the drilling states. The report released… -
Purple Squirrel Released Back Into Wilderness
8 Feb 2012 | 2:50 pmA purple squirrel captured on Sunday by a couple from Jersey Shore, Pa., has been released back into the wild, AccuWeather.com reports. Jersey Shore residents Percy and Connie Elmert found the squirrel in a humane animal trap they had set in their backyard to catch the pesky critters. Percy would later release the squirrels far from the house so they wouldn't return to the property and get into the birdfeeders. "I kept telling my husband I saw a purple one out in the yard. 'Oh sure you did' he kept telling me," Connie Emert told Accuweather.com. "Well, he checked the trap around noon on… -
LA City Hall Lawn Makeover
8 Feb 2012 | 2:27 pmThe Los Angeles City Council voted today to approve a plan for restoring City Hall Park that would reduce turf by half, replacing it with more environmentally friendly plants. -
Consumer Groups Demand Tougher Probe Of Engineered Salmon
8 Feb 2012 | 2:01 pm* Strict FDA review needed for public health-consumer groups * Would be first gene-altered animal for U.S. consumption * No timeline for Food and Drug Administration decision WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Three U.S. consumer groups petitioned the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to subject a new genetically engineered salmon to a more rigorous review process than is now in place before the fish can be approved as safe to eat. The fish at issue, AquaBounty Technologies' AquAdvantage salmon, is currently classified as a new animal drug for the purposes of FDA review. The FDA considers…
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MeiMei Fox: The Life Out Loud: Change Starts With Your Underwear
8 Feb 2012 | 7:54 pmHave you ever thought about where your underwear comes from? If you're an eco-conscious, socially responsible shopper like me, you probably buy organic dairy and free-range grass-fed meats, as well as earth-friendly dish soaps, detergents, and shampoos. You might also have your fruits and vegetables delivered each week from a local farm. If you're at the far end of the spectrum, you might not purchase leather products. You might even try to stick with (and to) t-shirts, hoodies, and yoga mats made from organic materials. But underwear, socks, and undershirts? I bet most of us still pick those… -
Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson: Is DIY Dead?
8 Feb 2012 | 1:45 pmWhen it comes to design, having a point of view is everything, and this time of year it seems like everybody has one. New year trends are picking up steam and what was deemed "so 2011" is moving further into the past. Honeysuckle pink, rainbow bookcases, those ubiquitous "Keep Calm And Carry On" signs, I get. But DIY? Dead? I've been a fan of Sheila Bridges traditional design and her one-of-a-kind "Harlem Toile" collection for some time. She's been a go-to source on everything from how well President Obama decorated his White House digs, to giving Gayle King's kitchen a sunny new look. So it… -
Veronique Pittman: Students Cut Energy Use By Up to 17%
8 Feb 2012 | 1:44 pmStudents across the U.S. are reporting impressive energy savings on their school campuses during the third week of meter readings for the 2012 national Green Cup Challenge® (GCC), with some schools reporting cuts as high as 17%. "This is extremely positive news for America, which makes up just 5% of the world's population but consumes 24% of the world's energy," says Peg Watson, Founder and President of the Green Schools Alliance (GSA). The GSA sponsors the GCC, which is now in its fifth year; 116 GCC schools in 22 states are competing to reduce their electricity consumption during peak… -
Bruce Friedrich: 2012: The Best Year Yet for Farm Animals (If You Want It)
8 Feb 2012 | 12:43 pmThe past few months have been deeply encouraging for Americans who care about the worst abuses of farm animals, as legislation has been introduced that would -- once and for all -- relegate the barren battery cage to the dust bin of history and the two most well-known pork producers have pledged to stop using gestation crates by 2017. Battery Cages Battery cages (aka "conventional cages") are tiny cages that confine five hens per cage, with more than 100,000 hens in a shed. In these tiny cages, the animals can't spread a single wing or do anything else that is natural to them (well, beyond… -
Tom Kiernan: Taking Care of America's Best Idea
8 Feb 2012 | 12:38 pmNational parks are very popular because they protect the unique and extraordinary places of history and natural wonder that define our country. They provide affordable vacations for American families, and they attract visitors from around the world. National parks are also economic hubs that provide jobs inside and outside their boundaries -- these are full, part-time and seasonal positions that exist because of tourism. A recent study commissioned by the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) found that national parks ensure more than four dollars in economic returns to local…
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GreenMonk: the blog
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Tendril courting developers for its cloud-delivered energy app platform
26 Jan 2012 | 11:26 amGreen Carrot energy usage app Last August Tendril, a US-based energy platform company, announced that they were opening their API’s and launching an energy application developer program. The idea is to allow developers to build on Tendril’s cloud platform and to deploy the developed applications on Tendril’s Tendril Connect cloud platform. For developers this is an opportunity to develop applications addressing the energy challenge and have them deployed in a ready-made marketplace of up-to 70 million addressable households. Similar to the Apple App store, Tendril offers… -
Is Cloud Computing Green?
9 Jan 2012 | 4:35 amI gave the keynote address at the Digital Trends 2011 event organised by HePIS and CEPIS in Athens recently. My talk was on Cloud Computing’s Green Potential and in my presentation, I claimed that Cloud Computing is NOT Green. I started the talk by explaining what Cloud Computing is and the many advantages it can bring to companies. However, because none of the Cloud providers are publishing energy figures around Cloud computing, we can’t say whether or not Cloud computing is energy efficient. I went on to point out that even if Cloud is energy efficient (and we have no proof that… -
Don’t forget – where your cloud apps are hosted helps determine their carbon footprint
20 Dec 2011 | 8:44 amBack in July of this year (2011), the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), in conjunction with Verdantix, released a report titled Cloud Computing – The IT Solution for the 21st Century [PDF warning] which erroneously claims Cloud Computing is Green. Shortly after it was released, I wrote a long post outlining exactly where the report was flawed. I also contacted the CDP directly outlining my concerns to them and pointing them to the blog post. Then, a couple of weeks back, when preparing my slides for my Cloud Computing’s Green Potential talk for the Cepis and Hepis Green IT… -
Facebook hires Google’s former Green Energy Czar Bill Weihl, and increases its commitment to renewables
19 Dec 2011 | 10:42 amGoogle has had an impressive record in renewable energy. They invested over $850m dollars in renewable energy projects to do with geothermal, solar and wind energy. They entered into 20 year power purchase agreements with wind farm producers guaranteeing to buy their energy at an agreed price for twenty years giving the wind farms an income stream with which to approach investors about further investment and giving Google certainty about the price of their energy for the next twenty years – a definite win-win. Google also set up RE < C – an ambitious research project looking at… -
GreenMonk TV talks flywheel UPS’s with Active Power
16 Dec 2011 | 6:02 amI attended the 2011 DataCenterDynamics Converged conference in London recently and at it I chatted to a number of people in the data center industry about where the industry is going. One of these was Active Power‘s Graham Evans. Active Power make flywheel UPS’s so we talked about the technology behind these and how they are now becoming a more mainstream option for data centers. Tom Raftery: Hi everyone, welcome to GreenMonk TV, we are at the DCD Converge Conference in London and with me I have Graham Evans from Active Power. Graham you guys, you make the spinning UPSs. Graham…
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Solar Space Tugboat Considered by NASA Crowd
7 Feb 2012 | 9:44 pmby Steve Duda We recently reported on Elon Musk’s (of Tesla Motors fame) and his commercial rocket/space vehicle company’s use of solar power in its spacecraft. That mission, which used solar panels and battery storage to power parts of the craft, had full NASA backing. Now, we learn that NASA’s commitment to the use of solar as an important source of power while in space is strengthening. The space agency recently put out a request for proposals looking for a company to prepare a high-power solar electric propulsion flight system technology for NASA deep space and human… -
Wind Power: Putting the Wind in the Sails of Peace
7 Feb 2012 | 9:38 pmby Michael Shank and Melissa Powell With last month’s climate talks in South Africa postponing specific carbon cuts until 2020, it is clear that something more than mere nation-state commitments will be needed to counter climate change and reduce global warming. With nations reluctant to recommit to another climate treaty, replete with binding targets and a global trading scheme for carbon emissions, it will be up to the private sector to pick up the slack. Thankfully, it seems up for the challenge. WindMade: A New Consumer Label Supporting Wind Energy Take, for instance, WindMade. This… -
German-Saudi Partnership to Build Polysilicon Plant in Red Sea City
7 Feb 2012 | 9:31 pmby Andrew Burger Germany’s Centrotherm Photovoltaics, the world’s second-largest manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) equipment, has signed an agreement with IDEA Polysilicon to construct a polysilicon solar PV manufacturing facility in the Saudi Arabian Red Coast city of Yanbu, according to a Reuters News report. The agreement aims to provide IDEA the technology and know-how it needs to become a market force in the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region, a market that’s attracting more and more interest from industry players globally. The value of the contract… -
In Smart Buildings, Co-opetition is on the Rise
6 Feb 2012 | 9:36 pmby Eric Bloom The building equipment and services industries have always been highly fragmented. While leaders such as Honeywell and Johnson Controls have large, multinational presences, most of the market is divvied up among thousands of smaller companies with a relatively narrow regional or technological focus. Even CB Richard Ellis, the real estate firm with the largest footprint of space under management (2.9 billion square feet), has only captured less than 1 percent of the world’s 400 billion sf of commercial space. The result is an industry that has historically consisted of… -
The Wonderbag: Low-Carbon Slow Cooking
6 Feb 2012 | 9:30 pmby Jeff Jeff McIntire-Strasburg Cooking packs a wallop in terms of health and environmental impact in the developing world: I’ve seen the numbers time and time again as I come across new appropriate technology for addressing that impact. Various social enterprises have played with clean, efficient cookstove models to address respiratory disease and deforestation that results from cooking with wood. I’ve been fascinated by these approaches: from rockets stoves to cogeneration concepts, there’s been a lot to admire on this front… and not just because these ideas are…
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Green Tech
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NASA mission calculates global ice melt and rising sea levels
8 Feb 2012 | 6:10 pmOver seven years, scientists used data from NASA satellites to measure global ice melt and the effect on sea level rise. Now, a new study shows that during that time, the world's water mass grew by half an inch. -
Google and Stanford early adopters of Honda Fit EV
8 Feb 2012 | 4:44 pmThe Honda Fit EV debuted at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November 2011, and it's expected to be available for lease this summer. However, Google and Stanford University got a special delivery of the tiny EV this week. Originally posted at The Car Tech blog -
Nest vows to fight Honeywell thermostat suit
8 Feb 2012 | 4:24 pmNest Labs barks back after being slapped with a patent infringement lawsuit and accuses Honeywell of trying to stifle innovation in smart thermostats with its "patent-attack strategy." Originally posted at News - Cutting Edge -
Portable camping stove charges gadgets
8 Feb 2012 | 12:03 pmBy converting heat from the fire into usable electricity, the stoves recharge smartphones, lights, and other gadgets while you cook your hot dogs and baked beans. Originally posted at Crave -
Google gets Greenpeace props for work on energy
8 Feb 2012 | 5:38 amGreenpeace tries to cast some light on the energy sources behind data centers and commend IT companies that advance clean energy and efficiency through tech. Facebook and Apple aren't quite there yet, it says. Originally posted at News - Cutting Edge
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Greentech Media: Cleantech Investing
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Large Corporates and Family Offices: A Need to Connect
30 Jan 2012 | 11:41 amOne thing many cleantech VCs are good at is connecting with large corporations' strategy and venture groups. They regularly chat to compare notes, discuss market trends, share investment perspectives, identify areas of needed investment, opportunities to work with the VCs' portfolio companies, etc. It's a win-win. I was surprised upon joining the family office community to discover that these groups are (with some definite exceptions) not as good at this. There are probably several reasons: 1) family offices are often already affiliated with some companies that the family owns,… -
“How Do I Get a Job in Cleantech Venture Capital?”
10 Jan 2012 | 3:38 pmAround this time of year, the amount of inbound requests for coffees and "picking your brain" chats is always pretty overwhelming, as business school students and others start thinking about how they would love to be a cleantech venture capital investor. I wanted to write down a few thoughts for such folks in case they would be helpful. Unfortunately, much of what I have to give is simply tough love. Because it's very, very hard to break into cleantech venture capital. When you account for the few specialist teams out there still actively investing in the sector, and then… -
12 Predictions for ‘12
28 Dec 2011 | 12:52 pm'Tis the season for making year-end predictions, and even though I'm clearly not very good at it, I got dragged into doing them a while back. So here are some for 2012. Enjoy these with the appropriately sized grain of sodium chloride. 1. Both dollar totals and deal totals for U.S. cleantech venture capital will be up more than 20% over 2011. I'm basing this on the hope of a bit more economic stabilization, allowing some of the currently fundraising venture funds in the sector to successfully close and start writing checks. Furthermore, more and more corporate and other large… -
Looking Back on 2011 Cleantech Investing Predictions
27 Dec 2011 | 10:30 amIt's been a tumultuous year for a whole lot of folks, and the cleantech market has been no exception. As we near the end of 2011, I thought it would be good to look back on how our predictions from a year ago turned out. Here's what I predicted last December: 1. The cleantech venture capital shakeout will become more obvious. I'd say this has been true. At least to entrepreneurs seeking financing, especially early stage. A few of us in Boston were recently trying to figure out who's still actively investing in the sector in this region -- and it was a shockingly short… -
Quick Hits: Boston’s Super-Angels, Nordan’s Smart Thoughts, and More
15 Dec 2011 | 5:06 amBeen caught up in a number of year-end projects and thus am way behind on topics I've wanted to write about, so here's a quick set of thoughts on a few unrelated topics, Peter King "Monday Morning Quarterback" style: Had dinner last night with several of Boston's most active cleantech angel investors (thanks to Bic Stevens for the invite). No, none of this went on -- just some thought-provoking conversation over a great Italian meal. One thing that struck me, though, was hearing that Boston-area cleantech VCs are now doing only around three or four Series A rounds…
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California’s Solar Gold Rush: Feed-in Tariffs, and Complicated Politics
8 Feb 2012 | 10:00 amWith a mandate to obtain 33 percent of its power from renewables by 2020, a governor determined to meet that mandate, and an economy turning toward renewables for renewal, the real potential of California’s “solar gold rush” is no small question. Author and director of the the New America Foundation’s Energy Policy Initiative Lisa Margonelli opened the Zocalo Public Square discussion by describing the dimensions of the gold rush. “We have about 2.5 gigawatts of solar approved,” she said. “We had about 225 megawatts in 2005-2006. We’ve scaled up… -
Albeo Sees 300 Percent Increase in LED Retrofits
8 Feb 2012 | 9:00 amThe LED lighting revolution isn’t quite happening yet in the home, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t settling into certain commercial and industrial sectors. For one company, Albeo Technologies, the focus on the industrial sector has reaped a 50-percent increase in revenue in 2011 and an increase in LED retrofits of 300 percent. In the LED space, Albeo is not alone. Redwood Systems, for example, saw year-over-year growth in sales of more than 300 percent, and Lighting Science Group produced 4.5 million LEDs in 2011, a 450-percent increase compared to 2010. Albeo… -
Greentech Startups Require Gravity-Bending CEOs
8 Feb 2012 | 8:00 am“For successful cleantech companies -- and there have been 23, if success is defined as having gone public on a major U.S. [stock] exchange the average time to go public was nine years,” said Matt Trevithick of Venrock at a recent TiE (formerly The Indus Entrepreneurs) Energy event. “Entrepreneurs in cleantech have to have extraordinary patience. This is a 10-year journey just to get started.” “Maybe the notion of four-year option packages is obsolete [for cleantech]. That is from the IT space,” continued Trevithick. The TiE event… -
Hydrovolts Finds Current Energy Where It Wasn’t Possible Before
8 Feb 2012 | 7:00 amHydrovolts believes its technology can turn the increasingly precious water flowing in ever-larger volumes through wastewater treatment plants into electricity. Veolia Environmental Solutions, the biggest environmental solutions company in the world, and therefore one of the biggest wastewater processors in the world, will partner with Hydrovolts in the effort through its Innovation Accelerator program. There are, according to Hydrovolts CEO Burt Hamner, over 26,000 municipal wastewater treatment plants in the United States and over 100,000 industrial treatment plants. The obvious opportunity… -
What Are the Santorum, Romney and Gingrich Plans for Energy in the US?
8 Feb 2012 | 6:00 amLast month we published an article on the energy policies of Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, the clear front-runners in the GOP at that time. But the Republican presidential primary race remains fluid, and Rick Santorum had a strong night with a sweep of Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri. Barring a brokered convention, one of these gentlemen will likely be the GOP candidate with a chance of becoming the next U.S. president. What follows is a distillation of each candidate's most recent energy policy statement. Santorum's Energy Plan According to Santorum's website, his…
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Holy Kaw!
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Harry Potter in 60 seconds [video]
8 Feb 2012 | 7:49 pmYou resisted the hype for so long, but now, curiosity has gotten the better of you and it’s simply not possible to live another minute without knowing what all the excitement was about. Lucky for you, catching up won’t involve spending a valuable week’s vacation holed up with a ten-pound book in hand thanks to the efforts of Ian Holliday and company. If you like what you see, be sure to follow the YouTube link and give them a hand winning the Virgin Radio Fake Film Festival 2012 contest. It’s what Dumbledore would have wanted. Full story at YouTube via The Mary Sue. -
SYNC: Even in a backwards world, love finds a way [video]
8 Feb 2012 | 7:20 pmDirected by Alberto Corral and filmed with an iPhone 4 and Steadicam Smoothee, SYNC takes a unique approach to retelling a classic story of love at first sight. Full story at YouTube via PetaPixel. Unique movies. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
Every nerd’s worst nightmare: World’s largest dodgeball game [video]
8 Feb 2012 | 6:57 pmIf dodgeball day in gym class left you nursing wounds both physical and psychological during the eternity that is a bad grade school experience, you might not appreciate the efforts of 4,979 people at the University of Alberta trying to set a new world record. On the other hand, if dodgeball marked the high point of your glory days, revel in the chaos… Full story at Vimeo via Official Hype. Games from the good old days. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
Text while you walk (safely this time)
8 Feb 2012 | 6:18 pmIf you’re ever twisted your ankle off a curb, bumped a stranger, or walked into a street post while texting—you need this app. ‘Transparent Screen’ for Android allows you to look through your device so you can anticipate any dangerous obstacles in your way while you’re texting on-the-go by harnessing the power of your camera to create the illusion of transparency. Just watch out for your battery life while using the app, as it’ll drain quickly. Full story at GeekOSystem. All the top tech. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
Nintendo and Converse collaborate on an amazing sneaker
8 Feb 2012 | 5:25 pmClear out room in your closets, gamers. Converse is releasing their ‘One Star Super Mario Bros.’ shoe this March! Via Like Cool. Get your Nintendo fix. Permalink | Leave a comment »
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The Green Skeptic
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Is Global Warming Dead? The Green Skeptic on FOX Business
31 Jan 2012 | 3:27 pmI sat down to do a "lightning round" on environmental issues with Stuart Varney on FOX Business this morning. We talked about global warming, car emissions, and green jobs. According to Stuart, I took two out of three -- although I think it may be more like 3-0 -- and I got the last laugh! Here's the video: Watch the latest video at <a href="http://video.foxbusiness.com">video.foxbusiness.com</a> And in case your browser doesn't support the format, here is a link: The Green Skeptic on FOX Business -
The Future of Biofuels: What's Hot, Hype, and Possible
27 Jan 2012 | 5:55 amRenmatix Super Converter What is the future of BioFuels? From algae to switchgrass and wood waste to sewer grease, many advances in next generation biofuels are being made today. But what is realistic and how do you cut through the hope and hype to get at viable solutions? The US military is one of the largest investors in advanced biofuels development and is in a position to make the market ripe for commercialization on a massive scale. Can it do for biofuels what it did for GPS and the Internet? I'll be moderating an informative and lively dialogue with industry experts, entrepreneurs and… -
Cleanweb Hackathon Focuses on Killer Apps Built in a Day...or Two
23 Jan 2012 | 9:40 amHackers hacking at Cleanweb Hackathon, NYC. What if you put a bunch of developers in the room, gave them access to datasets and APIs and set them loose on the planet's resource problems over a weekend? Well, the folks behind Cleanweb Hackathon did just that on Saturday and Sunday in New York City. The result may just be the start of a revolution in cleanweb solutions. The cleanweb, as defined by the hackathon's organizers, uses information technology, the Internet, and social media to address the issues of energy, transportation, and smart grid. "Information technology is the most powerful… -
Tar Sands, Pipelines and Nukes: The Green Skeptic on FOX Business
20 Jan 2012 | 10:18 amThis morning I sat down with Charles Payne on FOX Business's Varney & Co to talk tar sands, the Keystone XL pipeline, and environmental victories. My opinions shouldn't surprise you if you're a regular reader of The Green Skeptic. Here's the video: Watch the latest video at &lt;a href="http://video.foxbusiness.com"&gt;video.foxbusiness.com&lt;/a&gt; And here is a link in the event that your browser doesn't accept the format: The Green Skeptic on FOX Business -
The Green Skeptic Goes Black to Protest #SOPA and #PIPA
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A Shining Star of Bipartisan Cleantech Support
8 Feb 2012 | 6:55 amAmid all the negative publicity that Solyndra’s failure has brought to the Administration’s cleantech efforts, one cleantech program has received broad bipartisan support: DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-e). In 2012, ARPA-e will receive $275 million, a 53 percent increase from the prior year with -
Assessing the Risks in Solar Project Development
8 Feb 2012 | 6:28 amOver the next four years, 5.7 GW of utility-scale solar PV projects is expected to be built in the U.S. and another 1.3 GW in Canada for a total of 7 GW. Both amounts represent a significantly larger volume than what has been installed to date and is expected to be the dominating type of solar installation for that period of time. Yet, 7 GW only represent a fraction of the total capacity of large-scale solar PV projects initiated and under development in the same period, illustrating that solar project development still is a high-risk undertaking. -
Iowa Considering Feed-in Tariffs
8 Feb 2012 | 6:00 amSenators in the heartland state of Iowa have introduced a modest feed-in tariff bill into the state legislature. The move is the first serious effort to introduce a system of feed-in tariffs anywhere in the U.S. during the current legislative session. -
BP: Too Big to Fail?
8 Feb 2012 | 6:00 amBP issued its Energy Outlook for 2030, and the coverage and commentary it generated suggests it's an authoritative voice on medium-term energy trends, and as such will have some influence on policy and investment decisions. Leaving aside that one of the world's major fossil fuel incumbents cannot realistically be an impartial arbiter, there was something to like whether your view leans toward the inevitability of renewable energy or necessity of fossil fuels.
