Sunset, Monterrey Bay
On a recent visit to northern California, a man told me about going to a Lexus dealer looking for a hybrid.
Archive for May, 2010
Creative finance makes solar possible
Posted in Energy policy, Nuclear power, Solar power, tagged Chivukula, Monterrey, Solar power on May 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Google offsets carbon footprint with garbage
Posted in Carbon, Environment, Story of the week, tagged Berkeley County, Blue Source, Santee Cooper on May 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Osaka City Maishima Incineration Plant
I visited a waste-to-energy plant last week in Rahway, N.J. that wasn’t as beautiful as this one in Osaka, Japan.
Media bias in climate change coverage.
Posted in Climate, Environment, tagged Climategate, Heartland Institute, National Academy of Science on May 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Star-Ledger newsroom on Munchmobile Day.
Yes, that was an eight-foot hot dog and a high school marching band parading through the Star-Ledger newsroom this week.
Recycled plastic railroad bridge
Posted in Green innovation, Story of the week, tagged Axion, recycled plastic, U.S. Army on May 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Bridge in The Netherlands
Sifting through my weekly dose of press releases I found this gem:
Axion announced Monday that it had completed the first railroad bridge constructed from 100 percent recycled post-consumer and industrial plastic. The bridge can support the weight of a 120-ton locomotive.
Post-Obama Clean Water Act
Posted in Carbon, Environment, Nuclear power, tagged Clean Water Act, CSWRCB, EPA on May 17, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Inside an old cooling tower showing lattice structure
Could it be that an EPA call to action actually led to action? In the case of the Clean Water Act it seems so.
Large solar projects cover rooftops
Posted in Energy policy, Solar power, tagged Fed Ex, section 1603, Solar power, SREC's on May 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Solar panel installation in Branchburg, NJ
What started this year as a trickle has become a torrent of press releases from New Jersey businesses unveiling large solar installations.
Atlantic City gambles on wind
Posted in Wind energy, tagged Atlantic City, Fishermen's Energy, Garden State Wind, NRG Bluewater Wind, Wind farm on May 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Fishermen's Energy launches buoy for wind farm off Atlantic City
The causeway to Atlantic City crosses miles of marshy estuary before making a little jog — revealing a cityscape of high-rise casino hotels on the horizon.
