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Heat is Power Association Launches


In his recent State of the Union address, President Obama called upon an America built to last, “an economy built on American manufacturing, American energy, skills for American workers, and a renewal of American values.” Today, the Heat is Power Assoc…

Hydrokinetic Technologies: Will the U.S. Lose Ocean Energy to Europe?


The earth is the water planet, so it should come as no great surprise that forms of water power have been one of the world’s most popular “renewable” energy sources.

Are Aluminum Bottles Greener than Glass?


Aluminum as a substitute for glass bottles has been inching its way into the consumer experience in the last few years, most notably in the US in the form of beer bottles from Anheuser-Busch and Iron City Beer, a popular regional brand founded in Pittsburgh. Coca-cola has also announced plans to roll out aluminum bottles in this country, though only in limited venues.

G8 Urges Economic Stability Measures, Fails to Pass Climate Bill


Today in L’Aquila, Italy, the Group of 8 (G8) Summit failed to pass unanimously a climate bill which would have mandated halving of global CO2 emissions by 2050 as part of the Group’s larger economic-stabilization plan. The Group – consisting of the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Canada, and Russia – believed passage of the bill would likely have broken the deadlock over sharing of the burden of cutting greenhouse gasses. The bill’s passage also would have laid the groundwork for an expected future U.N. climate pact in Copenhagen in December.

Combined Heat and Power for the Home Now a Reality


Imagine taking an already efficient gas furnace and generating a home’s electricity directly from it, while it heats? That’s the reality that Marathon Engine has in store for the North American market today.

Chinese Companies Creating Better Green Products


Ten companies received Business Week’s (BW) Greener China Business Awards. Although still the world’s biggest user of coal powered energy, China is emerging as an “incubator for clean technology,” as BW puts it.

Electric Vehicles May Fail to Achieve Mass Adoption Without Support


When President Obama announced his commitment to increase America’s fuel-economy standards to an average of 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016, a collection of stakeholders who historically have not shared a unified vision stood behind him. Today, these automotive executives, elected officials, environmental leaders, union representatives and others largely support a new, fuel-efficient direction for the United States transportation industry.

U.S. climate fix to cost consumers $175 a year-CBO


Climate change legislation pending in Congress would cost U.S. households only about $175 annually in higher energy and consumer prices, far less than the $3,100 “burden” opponents have claimed would result, according to a Congressional Budget Office estimate.

The Truth About Glass Recycling


Before you deposit the next beer or wine bottle into your blue bin, here are a few things to know about recycling your favorite sand-based product:

1. It has the quickest turnaround of any curbside product, back on store shelves in as little as 30 days
2. There’s a strong market for recycled glass, and the demand is not currently met
3. A good portion of glass that you place in your recycling bin is not actually recycled

Wired Science News for Your Neurons High-Altitude Wind Machines Could Power New York City


The wind blowing through the streets of Manhattan couldn’t power the city, but wind machines placed thousands of feet above the city theoretically could.

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