Monthly Archives: December 2009
Coal
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Smart Grid Best Practices from San Diego. Aim High Westar!
Jim Avery, senior vice president of power supply for San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), has a story to tell about smart grid technology and workforce education. This pairing has really taken off at his utility and throughout the area. Continue reading
Demonstrating Storage Devices
Balancing the electricity load is a difficult job. The hard part is maintaining that portion of the system that often sits idle but which is necessary to meet high energy times. Continue reading
Natural Gas, The Critical Fossil Fuel
An unlikely source of energy has emerged to meet international demands that the United States do more to fight global warming: It’s cleaner than coal, cheaper than oil and a 90-year supply is under our feet. Continue reading
Blue Skies for Green Investment
International discussions to achieve firm carbon constraints may come up short. But that won’t inhibit national governments and their legacy enterprises from investing in green technologies. Continue reading
Upcoming Event
Building a sustainable Earth community: How Heath and the Environment Connect. A conference featuring keynote speakers Sarah Rush and Roderick Bremby, January 8th and 9th. Continue reading
Science not faked, but not pretty
E-mails stolen from climate scientists show they stonewalled skeptics and discussed hiding data — but the messages don’t support claims that the science of global warming was faked, according to an exhaustive review by The Associated Press. Continue reading
The Story of Cap and Trade
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Sifting Through The Fog
Despite the cries of foul play, the global community is working right now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But the massive uproar from skeptics over global warming has diverted attention and dampened some of the enthusiasm in Copenhagen where those climate talks are occurring. Continue reading
Clean-thinking America prepares to fire the starting gun in its dash for gas
Carbon dioxide is dangerous, says Lisa Jackson, administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It is dangerous, like the growling exhaust pipe of a 25-year-old Chevy Corvette or the sulphurous plume from a coal-fired power station. Overnight, America has decided: carbon-dioxide pollution is a public health hazard and emitters will be shunned like cigarette smokers. Continue reading
