Should the Earth be a Sun?

Posted on December 20th, 2012 by Barry Stevens

Several years ago, the University of Texas at Arlington’s (UTA) Maverick Lecture Series featured one of America’s most-famous and most-beloved astronauts, Sally Ride. With much[...]

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Tags: climate change, earth from space, emissions, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas, Sally Ride, UTA

Companies are Climate Change Believers (even when politicians are not)

Posted on March 30th, 2012 by B. Scott Sadler, CFA

Without question, some companies stand to be harmed by climate change, while others could benefit from new opportunities. Still others are merely afraid to be impacted by[...]

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Tags: climate change, ge, investors, sustainability

Leveling the (Carbon) Playing Field

Posted on February 15th, 2012 by B. Scott Sadler, CFA

The International Energy Agency’s annual World Energy Outlook, released in November, sent a stark message to the participants at the climate negotiations in Durban: “The[...]

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Tags: carbon, climate change, energy efficiency, renewable energy, World Energy Outlook

Earthquakes, Water Pollution and Increased Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Fracking – Strike Number Three?

Posted on December 26th, 2011 by John Daly

The last decade has seen a sustained campaign by the hydraulic fracturing (‘fracking”) industry against its critics, as the fracking industry in the U.S. alone[...]

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Tags: climate change, Cornell, environment, fracking, global warming, halliburton, hydraulic fracturing, methane, natural gas, Robert Howarth, safe, shale gas

Richest Governments Won’t Act on Climate Change until 2020

Posted on December 21st, 2011 by Priyanka Samant

The United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, and members of the European Union have all revealed that there will be no treaty signed at the[...]

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Tags: climate change, climate crisis, Climategate, emissions, fossil fuels, global warming, Kyoto protocol, renewable energy

Startling the Global Community, Canada Withdraws from the Kyoto Convention

Posted on December 16th, 2011 by John Daly

Canada has announced its intention to withdraw from the Kyoto treaty on greenhouse gas emissions (GGE), sandbagging the other signatories to the convention. The Kyoto[...]

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Tags: Canada, carbon emissions, climate change, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, Kyoto treaty, oil, tar sands

World-class scientific research sponsor The Novim Group releases BEST climate change study visualization today for free via “Just Science” iPad and iPhone app

Posted on December 14th, 2011 by Priyanka Samant

San Francisco, CA — December 1, 2011 — Fueled by an aim to resolve widespread public and scientific criticisms of incumbent studies on the global[...]

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Tags: Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature, BEST, climate change, global surface temperature record, Just Science, mobile device

Addressing today’s energy dilemmas in commercial buildings through demand response

Posted on October 26th, 2011 by Don Rickey

A growing number of incentives are heating up demand response (DR) adoption in the commercial building sector. The commercial sector, faced with factors such as[...]

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Tags: buildings, climate change, commercial buildings, costs, demand management, demand response, energy efficiency, energy savings, Show, smart grid

Should Earth Consider Jenny Craig?

Posted on August 31st, 2011 by Barry Stevens

Last week’s discussion, “Climate Change and Global Warming Uncovered Myth?,” centered around Randolph E. Schmid’s column “Global warming continues as greenhouse gas grows,” published by[...]

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Tags: Anthropogenic, bulging earth, climate change, fossil fuels, GHG, Global Distortion, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, Jenny Craig, mother earth, Randolph E. Schmid, rising oceans level, warming oceans

Arizona State University #1 For Solar Panels Used By A University

Posted on May 27th, 2011 by Ben Lack

Arizona State University becomes #1 In solar power production for a University, details about the DOE's new America's Home Energy Education Challenge.

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Tags: alternative energy, America's Home Energy Education Challenge, Arizona, arizona state university, climate change, department of energy, doe, environmental protection agency, epa, solar panel, solar power

Obama Vows to Side with EPA on Energy Tax Bill

Posted on April 11th, 2011 by Krishna Patel

President Obama promises to veto the Energy Tax Prevention Bill, to act in favor of the EPA, if the act passes through the Senate. Also, Secretary Chu increases the funding further for the SunShot Initiative.

Taking Account of Full Costs and Total Benefits in achieving a more efficient building sector: Architecture 2030 Challenge for Products

Posted on February 22nd, 2011 by Sharon Shapiro

Simply put, Architecture 2030 (Ed Mazria) is among my favorite organizations. Architecture 2030 has been developing and promoting well-thought through and practical concepts for shifting America’s built[...]

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Tags: A Siegel, architecture, architecture 2030, climate change, environmental, Get Energy Smart Now, global warming, Show

Let There Be Light

Posted on February 22nd, 2011 by Sharon Shapiro

In physics, energy is a quantity that is often understood as the ability a physical system has to do work on other physical systems. Since[...]

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Tags: climate change, David Fisher, energy finance, geothermal heat, natural resources, rain, renewable energy, Show, sunlight, The Web Lender Ltd, tides, wind, wind power

How Carbon Capture and Storage Work

Posted on February 13th, 2011 by Sharon Shapiro

We are currently heading towards irreversible climate change. Too much CO2 in our atmosphere is leading to global warming, which is causing climate change. The[...]

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Tags: carbon capture and storage, CCS, climate change, co2, energy consumption, energy efficiency, Eric Drosin, fossil fuels, global emissions, global warming, oxy-fuel, post-combustion, pre-combustion, renewable energies, Zero Emissions Platform

Investors Rush to Cash In on Climate Change

Posted on January 12th, 2011 by Ben Lack

Climate change-sustainable investing has a big head of steam. And the effects of planetary climate change on most industries are going to be huge. Trillions[...]

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Tags: climate change, europe, investing, Ron Robins, Social Investment Forum, sustainable investing

COP 16 Recap & Starbucks Store Lighting More Energy Efficient

Posted on December 13th, 2010 by Ben Lack

COP 16 comes to a close, now what, the US administration makes a key appointment to the DOE’s Nuclear Energy Team, guess how many lights have[...]

Posts Tagged ‘climate change’

Should the Earth be a Sun?

Companies are Climate Change Believers (even when politicians are not)

Leveling the (Carbon) Playing Field

Earthquakes, Water Pollution and Increased Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Fracking – Strike Number Three?

Richest Governments Won’t Act on Climate Change until 2020

Startling the Global Community, Canada Withdraws from the Kyoto Convention

World-class scientific research sponsor The Novim Group releases BEST climate change study visualization today for free via “Just Science” iPad and iPhone app

Addressing today’s energy dilemmas in commercial buildings through demand response

Should Earth Consider Jenny Craig?

Arizona State University #1 For Solar Panels Used By A University

Obama Vows to Side with EPA on Energy Tax Bill

Taking Account of Full Costs and Total Benefits in achieving a more efficient building sector: Architecture 2030 Challenge for Products

Let There Be Light

How Carbon Capture and Storage Work

Investors Rush to Cash In on Climate Change

COP 16 Recap & Starbucks Store Lighting More Energy Efficient

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