Recycled Energy Development (RED), a clean energy company that cuts manufacturers’ energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions simultaneously, today released an educational video proposing policies to encourage more efficient generation of power. The video, which focuses on energy recycling techniques such as waste heat recovery and cogeneration, comes as the Senate prepares to consider climate [...]

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Who came up with the term “clean coal”? It is the most toxic phrase in the greenwash lexicon. George W Bush, by promising to pump hundreds of millions of dollars into the pursuit of advanced “clean” coal technologies, certainly popularised it. But I’d love to know where it came from. Any thoughts out there?
It is, [...]

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Highly colored industrial waste water is a serious environmental problem as it seriously discolors waterways as well as blocking sunlight for photosynthesizing plant species in the water. Now, researchers in Algeria have discovered that nothing more sophisticated than orange peel could be used to remove acidic dyes from industrial effluent.
They describe their findings in a [...]

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We are now in a time where renewable energy is becoming increasingly sophisticated, viable, and affordable. That is, if you’re in the developed world. What if you are on the Caribbean coastal region of Nicaragua, the poorest in the country, Nicaragua itself being the second poorest in the western hemisphere, where 80% go without electricity?
In [...]

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Barack Obama delivers clean energy, jobs and savings for America
America’s energy future is at stake
America is facing an energy crisis. Costs are rising. Pollution from fossil fuel use threatens our health and contributes to global warming. And America’s dependence on imported energy puts our economy and national security at risk.
Americans have a clear choice this [...]

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As we Ecogeeks ogle our ever-expanding supply of fancy gadgets and even fancier chargers it’s hard to imagine a life without these lux comforts.  How could I run 3 miles without my Ipod to distract me?  Do you really expect me to write a blog post with a pencil? We get so wrapped up in [...]

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General Electric and Google on Wednesday announced a collaboration to lobby for renewable energy policies and to jointly develop clean technologies.
During the Google Zeitgeist conference in Mountain View, Calif., Google CEO Eric Schmidt interviewed GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt onstage about the maturity of renewable energy technologies and current policies.
Schmidt said that the two companies will [...]

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When fishing gear is lost off boats, it’s not really gone. In webs and rolling clumps, the nets, ropes and traps endure for decades as destructive artifacts of the fishery, suffocating life on the ocean floor, snaring fish and twisting into propellers.
But this “derelict gear” might actually be able to do some good. A program [...]

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In yet another indication of Nissan’s renewed commitment to alternative-fuel vehicles, the Japanese automaker on Thursday introduced the clean diesel X-Trail 20GT. The clean-diesel SUV will go on sale in Japan only on September 18.
The X-Trail 20GT sport utility vehicle, powered by an engine lead-developed by partner Renault SA, is also the world’s first “clean” [...]

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The world’s first complete demonstration of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology will begin next week at a coal-fired power station in Germany.
Built alongside the 1,600MW Schwarze Pumpe power plant in north Germany, the demonstration experiment will capture up to 100,000 tonnes of CO2 a year, compress it and bury it 3,000m below the surface [...]

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