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Stanford to divest from coal companies In short, Standford University has investments for their endowment funds, and they have decided to stop investing in coal. Let's hope this is the start of a very big, very publicly-visible trend of companies and institutions dropping investments in fossil...

I think this belongs here somewhere... http://energy.gov/articles/agua-caliente-worlds-largest-solar-photovoltaic-plant-helps-advance-americas-solar" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Agua Caliente, Yuma County, Arizona. 290MW. Let the sunshine in 8-) =Smidge=

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/18/business/energy-environment/mountain-of-petroleum-coke-from-oil-sands-rises-in-detroit.html?smid=fb-share&_r=2& Though some may argue this is an improvement for local property values... =Smidge=

Hanging my hat on the "news" part of this :lol: http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2013/04/03/nissan-solves-the-worlds-energy-crisis-in-first-simcity-dlc/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "The charging station actually might be one of the best buildings in the game...

"Before" and "Now" images... http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80152#" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; It's like the city vanished! :o And just think of how much (and how quickly) things improved for the 2008 Olympics. Just goes to show how much of an impact...

A unique visualization of how aerosols - both natural and man-made - travel across the planet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtJzn8A725w =Smidge=

Treasury Dept. Fingers SolarCity in Exploration of the Dark Underbelly of Solar Leasing It appears that SolarCity may be reporting inflated costs for leased solar PV installations to the US government so they can pocket a larger slice of the tax incentives currently on offer. The article also...

DOI authorizes landmark 3,000 MW wind power project site in Wyoming Granted, that's just federal approval - But hey, that's still good news! =Smidge=

World's first commercial demonstration algae-to-energy facility operational According to the article, it's still not full size but it is producing under testing/demonstration conditions. BY 2014 they plan to be producing 100 barrels of "green crude" per day. Not nearly enough IMHO but it's a...

Just dropping by since I didn't see this linked yet (though several other Grist.org pages have been) "Why climate change doesn't spark moral outrage and how it could" http://grist.org/article/why-climate-change-doesnt-spark-moral-outrage-and-how-it-could/"...

http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate1546.html (Click "Download as PDF" on the right to view the actual report.) Thermal power plants such as nuclear and coal need to reject large quantities of heat to the environment. Many plants do this by using water from lakes...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericagies/2012/05/22/massachusetts-addresses-biomass-loophole-and-limits-subsidies/print/ (Link to print version so it's all on one page and there's no spammy sidebar or comments section) Basically the argument goes that since it takes so long for trees to grow...

Shift from coal to natural gas sees CO2 drop in U.S. as global levels peak Step by step, things appear to be improving! Now we just need to replace the natural gas with something... :roll: =Smidge=

This story is from February/March but I'm only just learning of it through the April edition of Powergrid International trade mag. A new type of DC charger system has been demonstrated which runs directly off of the utility distribution grid (demo unit input was 24,000 volts :D ) eliminating...

http://www.thevirtualgreenexpo.com/ The The Virtual Green Expo is currently accepting registrations. The expo is free, open to anyone, and focused mainly on retrofitting existing buildings. Primarily focused on the commercial and institutional crowd, but for anyone interested in what's going on...

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/17/us/vermont-fracking/index.html This certainly sets an interesting precedent! Seems environmental concerns are starting to reach some politicos after all. =Smidge=

So similar to how there's a battery tech thread I thought maybe one for solar tech would be appropriate? Was just reading this article I got off of Slashdot about a new manufacturing technique for solar that manages just 40 cents per watt. http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39887/...

I was doing some work at a vehicle garage for the NYC Department of Sanitation and found this thing just sitting on the floor: :lol: I've come across two so far, and I suspect there's at least one at each of their facilities. Municipal fleets have always been a good fit for hybrids so I...

Earlier today I attended an "Electic Vehicle Implementation Workshop" sponsored by the Greater Long Island Clean Cities Coalition. For those of you who don't regularly attend these sorts of things, "workshop" is codespeak for "company/product pitch presentation" - but that's fine because they...

I got an e-mail from one of the trade magazines we subscribe to at my office. This one is an advertisement "article" from GE promoting the installation of EVSEs. This seems like it would have a positive impact on how businesses and building owners view charging stations as a means to attract...