The United States market for renewable energy certificate (R.E.C.) has defied the recession, showing continued growth that could potentially treble its size by 2015 and demonstrating the overall resilience of the renewable energy sector, according to market analyst Pike Research. In a new study, Pike Research said that the two distinct R.E.C. markets in the [...]
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California residents inhale some of the most polluted air in the United States, the American Lung Association said in its annual report. According to the 2010 State of the Air report, which measured air quality nationwide, 74 percent of California’s counties got a failing grade in ozone pollution. Almost half of the state’s counties also [...]
The United States must act fast to diversify its electricity-generating technology and eliminate its coal emissions by 2030, according to a study by the Environmental Science & Technology. The study notes that several methods, such as ending fossil fuel subsidies and raising carbon tax, are essential to reach the target within the next two decades. [...]
The World Bank will loan $60 million to aid an afforestation project in Shandong Province in eastern China, which aims to reduce water and soil erosion, protect agricultural land and improve the environment in the province. The Shandong Ecological Afforestation Project will develop about 28,000 hectares of protection forest belts and plantations on saline coastal [...]
A wave of promotion is hitting consumers during this month’s 40th anniversary Earth Day observances: Hanes says it can put you in eco-friendly underwear, Frito-Lay offers Sun Chips from a bag you can toss in a compost pile, and Target stores invite you to use their recycling bins. Some promotions sound more like image-buffing than [...]
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have created a new type of flexible solar cell that is both inexpensive and more efficient than conventional cells available on the market. The new cell is made using arrays of long, thin silicon wires that are embedded in a polymer substrate.
Wired UK takes us inside the Cool and Clean Mission 2010 Convention in California: “Climate change? Isn’t that Al Gore’s problem?” That’s how a typical resident of South San Francisco, an industrial city in the Bay Peninsular separate from its namesake, responds. Changing this attitude is Arup’s problem, although the civil engineering group probably wouldn’t [...]
Urgent action is needed to tackle the “mountains” of e-waste building up in developing nations, says a UN report. Huge amounts of old computers and discarded electronic goods are piling up in countries such as China, India and some Africa nations, it said. India could see a 500% rise in the number of old computers [...]
A bit of disconcerting news for those of us living in California: The habitat of the Sequoia sempervirens is confined to a misty, 30 mile-wide strip along the California coast, stretching from Big Sur in Central California to just north of the Oregon border. The giant trees can reach 380 feet tall and live more than [...]