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  • Green powerless in chemicals

    The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Energy (DOE), and the Center for Resource Solutions awarded late last month their annual Green Power Leadership Awards to 25 organizations/companies who either purchase, supply or develop renewable energy (solar, wind, geothermal, low-impact...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-17-2008
  • Oil weaning should be shared

    I was watching the show 60 Minutes where the US President-elect Obama was being interviewed for the first time after winning the election. According to Obama, despite that the price of oil has gone down energy and a green economy will remain at the forefront of his agenda along with trying to fix the...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-17-2008
  • Busting solar myths

    Wind turbine syndrome, vibro-acoustic disorder, and now solar blindness...Fact or fiction? The myth busters may have to work on these ones but for now, other myths in the solar energy area are being dispelled by the company Sunrise Solar . Myth 1: Solar electricity cannot provide a significant part of...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-27-2008
  • Is there such a thing as clean coal?

    While the US Congress is debating on offshore drilling , another debate that has been going on for years is government funding on another supposedly clean energy source, liquid coal. Environmentalists are definitely dead-set against using any types of coal even if they're supposedly clean. Here's...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-14-2008
  • China and biomass

    Speaking of China again, it seems that biomass could answer (partially at least) two of the country's biggest problems: pollution and energy source. According to this study from AMBIO (a nonprofit publication of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences), China could reduce pollution as much as 46-60...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-23-2008
  • Green burnout for the blog

    For those who can't get enough of solar information (I have), here's another solar study from research firm Clean Edge and green-economy organization Co-op America. The study finds, among others, that solar photovoltaic prices are projected to decline from an average 15-32 cents kWh today to...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-30-2008
  • The Future of Energy from The Economist

    On my way back to New York from Paris, I was able to grab a free copy of The Economist's June 21st issue from an American Airlines stewardess as their copies of Vanity Fair magazine (featuring Angelina Jolie) were already gone. I guess I am unable to escape my green blogging job as the issue's...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-27-2008
  • US energy emissions are up

    Consumers emit more greenhouse gas emissions than from the industrial sector, according to this preliminary analysis from the the Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration (EIA) . EIA reported that carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels increased by 1.6% last year, and...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-02-2008
  • From trash to cash

    Here's a new report from IBISWorld listing the industries that are cashing in on American's poor environmental habits. Revenue from the waste collection industry is said to have risen 4.5 percent to $39.87 billion, following several strong years in terms of increased demand for waste management...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-29-2008
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