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Want an Energy Efficient Home? Push the Green Button
Want more control over electrical use in your home? The Green Button Initiative might be the answer. “Imagine being able to shrink your utility bill, or knowing the optimal size and cost-effectiveness...
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Office Buildings Have to Get on the Smart Grid
Back in the day, hot weather that overtaxed the power grid meant that office buildings had to turn down the air conditioning to save electricity. Meanwhile, the employees would notice that their...
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EPA Putting the Lid on Coal-Fired Power Plants
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new greenhouse-gas standards for power plants, following through with the authority conferred by a 2007 Supreme Court ruling declaring carbon dioxide...
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Antarctic Ice Melting Faster Than Thought
In a sign that global warming is a reality, a new study reveals that ice shelves in western Antarctica are melting at a faster pace than previously known. Data collected by a NASA ice-watching...
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Bonn Climate Change Summit Has Its Own Storm Clouds
Disagreement emerged early during the latest round of international climate change talks in Bonn, with the European Union (EU) and developing countries clashing over the future of the Kyoto protocol....
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2012 CoreLogic Storm Surge Report Contains Some Surprises
Which American city is at the greatest financial risk from a hurricane? If you think it’s New Orleans or Miami, you’re wrong. According to CoreLogic, a data analysis firm, it’s New York City that is...
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Germany Runs Half the Country on Solar Power
During a spell of extremely sunny weather, – on Saturday, May 26 – the solar-energy record by sourcing nearly 50 percent of its daytime electricity needs from sunshine. According to Germany’s...
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Public Transport Booms in the Recession
Soaring gas prices lured Americans out of their cars and onto public transportation, adding up to a five percent increase in ridership in the first three months of 2012, the most significant 1st...
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Ancient Harappan Civilization a Victim of Climate Change
Climate change isn’t new. A recent study found that it destroyed an ancient civilization approximately 4,000 years ago. The gradual eastward movement of monsoons across Asia at first supported the...
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Hostess Liquidation Sets Off Online Twinkie Run
As Hostess Brands, Inc. – the 80-plus-year-old baker of such iconic brands as Twinkies, HoHos, Hostess CupCakes, DingDongs and Wonder Bread – enters into liquidation and probable acquisition, the...
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