Although China has faced harsh criticism for its lackadaisical enforcement of environmental regulations, the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) recently issued fines to eight large coal-fired power plants. In each case, they were found to have exceeded the permissible limit for sulfur dioxide, and six of them disabled monitoring equipment or falsified emissions data. China [...]
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Chinese Power Plants Fined for Sulfur Pollution, False Data
November 30th, 2011 
Chris DeArmond 
Posted in China, Conservation, Energy Efficiency, News, Policy, Sustainable Development 
Tags: Chris DeArmond, Coal, Electricity Generation, Environment 
No Comments »EPA’s Battle of the Buildings 2011 Winner Announced
November 16th, 2011 Eric Wilson The Environmental Protection Agency’s Battle of the Buildings recently wrapped up. 245 buildings, including high-rises and rural schools, competed to reduce energy consumption. Hailing from 33 states, as well as the District of Columbia, the entrants represented a range of businesses and organizations. In the end, a parking structure from the University of Central Florida [...]
Posted in Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson Tags: Energy Star, EPA, Florida, Video No Comments »Electric “Hero Car” at Yomiuri Giants Games Saved Energy
November 15th, 2011 Justin Manger Given that Japan has been through so much this year, it is nice to see the country still hasn’t lost its passion for baseball or its penchant for cuteness. Okay, so this post really has nothing to do with cuteness but trust me, the love for all things “kawaii” (cute) remains strong. But on to [...]
U.S. Military to Develop Green Combat Vehicles?
November 9th, 2011 Justin Manger Not tanks, necessarily, but Ground Combat Vehicles (GCV). The part about getting huge, heavy, important military vehicles to go green is accurate, however. Defense contractor BAE Systems is looking to deliver a design for a hybrid-electric, next-generation GCV as the Army looks for ways to modernize its armored fighting vehicles. Similar to a tank, GCVs are large, has mounted [...]
Posted in Behavior, Clean Technology, Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Justin Manger, News, Transportation Tags: Green Technology, Hybrids No Comments »Solar Reflective Car Shells: Simple as Black and White?
November 8th, 2011 Justin Manger You’ve heard the sad tales about dogs (and yes, even children) trapped in hot cars as there owners go to do some shopping. Anyone who’s opened up a car door after it’s been sitting in the summer sun for even a few minutes knows how hot they can get. Cars painted black are the worst. So what [...]
Posted in Behavior, Conservation, Justin Manger, Transportation Tags: Energy Conservation, Environment, Solar Energy No Comments »USGBC Colorado’s Green School Summit Wrap-up
November 7th, 2011 Eric Wilson Although I did not “live blog” the US Green Building Council Colorado Chapter’s recent Green School Summit, here are my notes from the event: There are numerous free resources for energy efficiency available in Colorado. Two key ones are the Governor’s Energy Office and the Community Office of Resource Efficiency. Sangre de Christo School District [...]
Posted in Business, Conferences, Conservation, Education, Eric Wilson, Green Building, Green Economy, Live Blogging Tags: Colorado, Green Schools, LEED, USGBC No Comments »U.S. Inches Away from Foreign Oil Dependency
November 4th, 2011 Chris DeArmond With all the clamoring over our addiction to foreign oil, it may be slightly comforting to know that oil imports have actually dropped significantly over the past several years. According to the Energy Information Administration(EIA), the amount of imported oil (as a percentage of total oil consumed) fell from 60.3 percent in 2005 to 49.3 [...]
Posted in Behavior, Conservation, Economics, Local Energy/Food, News Tags: Chris DeArmond, Oil Consumption No Comments »Radioactive Wolves
November 1st, 2011 Justin Manger “Hope you’ve been having good times in Japan. How’s the life/job been going recently? Hope you don’t have any radiation issues.” So began an email from a long-time friend who I hadn’t heard from in a while. I hope I don’t have any radiation issues either. The Japanese government and TEPCO, the electric company running [...]
