The airline industry has made a lot of progress in trying to Go Green recently and even the U.S. Air Force is making a lot of progress with algae-based biofuels. The latest announcement comes from British Airways and their new biofuel facility.
British Airways has recently announced plans to develop a new form of waste-to-energy landfill [...]
Norway had shocked many with the announcement of their ambitious emission reduction goals leading into Copenhagen, but recently Norwegian officials have finally released the outline to meet Norway’s ambitious reduction goals.
Prior to Copenhagen, Norway announced that they would reduce their carbon emissions by 30% by 2020. This was more ambitious than any other developed nation [...]
Sometimes of the best of intentions can potentially have severe and devastating, unintentional consequences. Brazil may have accidentally made this mistake with their ambitious biofuel production goals.
It is not that the increase in planting of biofuel crops to meet Brazil’s 2020 biofuel production goals are directly impacting the environment, but it is what these new farms will [...]
Secretary Chu of the U.S. Department of Energy (D.O.E.) announced today the closing of a $1.4 billion loan for Nissan to develop their new all-electric Leaf in the U.S.
The loan was a part of the U.S. Advanced Technology Vehicle Loan Program and was originally set for $1.6 billion.
The funds will be used to develop and [...]
The global package delivery company UPS isn’t just answering the question; “What can Brown do for you?” It is also answering the question; “What can Brown do for Green?”
UPS has just added 245 more compressed natural gas (CNG) delivery trucks to its massive worldwide fleet. The new trucks grow UPS’s Green fleet to 1,900 alternatively [...]
Given enough time and determination, many of today’s Green Businesses are proving that any Green Innovation can be developed and produced. The latest Green Innovation is currently under construction in the United Kingdom (U.K.) and is an initial step in helping the maritime shipping industry reduce its carbon footprint.
B9 Energy might be a name some [...]
More garbage landfills around the U.S. are beginning to realize the benefits of capturing the escaping methane gases and converting it to a clean liquid-natural-gas (LNG) fuel.
Waste Management Inc, one of the nation’s largest landfill operators, already has 270 active methane-to-LNG project around the U.S. and is looking to increase their activities.
In California, Waste Management [...]
With the U.N. Climate Summit in Copenhagen almost here, many scientists have begun to campaign the fact that there are other greenhouse gases we must focus on besides just carbon dioxide.
Scientists from the University of California San Diego are finally starting to get their voices heard in their fight to take action against the lesser [...]
Aviation biofuels have certainly come a long way a lot quicker than automotive based biofuels. Dutch airline KLM has scheduled the first flight that will use aviation biofuels while carrying passengers.
However, the flight is definitely still a test and precautions will be taken. First, the “passengers” will only be a select group of individuals that [...]
In an effort to promote alternative fuel vehicles the state of Colorado is offering tax credits to those who purchase these green vehicles.
The tax credit is equal to the difference in price between the alternative fuel vehicles and its gasoline powered equivalent.
Therefore, when looking at a Prius or Insight the tax credit is only about [...]