A new trend that may be popular among sun-bathed golf courses is a new model of golf cart with 72 built in photovoltaic cells. The addition of the solar cells allows for 33% more range than a standard cart because it charges while you’re on the go. A full charge can reportedly last for a full 10 [...]
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Next month, the already world-renowned Audi Q7 3.0 TDI will be released in the United States, and in order to celebrate, Audi is taking the car out in their two week cross country drive, dubbed the Audi Mileage Marathon. 4,800 miles will be travelled between New York and Los Angeles, and will put the vehicle in real world conditions and [...]
Read more →As news on each political candidate’s platform is increasing the closer we get to the election, more stars and public figures are weighing in on who they support. With Leonardo DiCaprio’s environmental track record, it’s no surprise what his position is this November: “I’m going to vote for the candidate that I believe has the better environmental policy. [...]
Read more →If you love the comfort of leather boots in the winter, but have been second-guessing your next purchase due to environmental reasons, a new leather tannery opening in Vietnam in 2009 may be able to ease your mind. The “green” leather tannery will be decked out with a solar hot water system, a windmill water pump, a [...]
Read more →Last Thursday, ten states from Maryland to Maine launched the first greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program in the United States. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative has stepped in to start controlling the the amount of CO2 that’s being leaked into the atmosphere by corporations that aren’t being regulated by the federal government. 12.5 million permits (equivalent [...]
Read more →Last night was the first of three Presidential debates for the upcoming November election, and although the hottest topics were the economy, homeland security, and the military, each candidate was given the opportunity to outline what they would do as President that is different from the current administration. While McCain focussed mostly on cutting spending, [...]
Read more →A new Energy Star campaign, titled Change a Light, Change the World, has just received a huge partnership in the Subway restaurant chain, who announced yesterday that their 22,000 stores in the United States will be taking action. Each store will replace one incandescent light bulb with one Philips energy efficient compact fluorescent light bulb. Although one light bulb per store doesn’t seem [...]
Read more →Next Tuesday, HDNet is running a television special on American billionaire Ira Rennert, and all that his factories have done for La Oroya, Peru. Namely, raising the levels of lead, arsenic and cadmium in childrens’ blood by contaminating all of the ground around the metal processing and lead smelting plant. When Rennert bought the factory, it was under [...]
Read more →At one point or another, Kraft products, whether it be Kraft Dinner, Macaroni and Cheese, or just cheese slices to make grilled cheese, have given energy to all of us (mostly in the college years, though). But did you know that Kraft Cheese is also helping to power the plants that produce it? The leftover cheese is compressed, [...]
Read more →In the spirit of Queen Elizabeth purchasing the world’s largest wind turbine, here are some things you might not have known about wind energy.1. Wind is incredibly expensive – from the start up costs, to the non-windy days, a wind turbine takes many years to recoup the expenses that go into installing it.2. America produces more wind energy [...]
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