Over the past couple of decades, California has earned a reputation for passing its own environmental standards that are often much more rigorous than those set by the federal government. Following this trend, California’s Air Resources Board (ARB) released a tougher vehicle emissions program for vehicle model years (MY) 2015 through 2025. The Advanced Clean [...]
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California Strengthens Vehicle Emission Standards
February 2nd, 2012 
Chris DeArmond 
Posted in Energy Efficiency, News, Policy, Transportation 
Tags: California, Carbon Dioxide, Cars, Chris DeArmond, Climate Change, Electric Vehicles, Plug-in Hybrid, Pollution 
No Comments »Dioxins in Food, Should There Be a Limit?
February 1st, 2012 Megan Stilley Most people have heard of dioxin even if they do not fully understand what the term means. Dioxins are one of the most toxic known substances. Dioxins are known to cause “ reproductive and developmental problems, damage the immune system, interfere with hormones and also cause cancer.” Currently, “Dioxins mainly enter the food chain as [...]
Poll: Obama’s State of the Union Speech
January 23rd, 2012 Justin Manger On Tuesday, January 24th President Obama will deliver his State of the Union Address from Capitol Hill. How prominently do you think clean energy and the “green” economy will be featured in the speech? Choose from one of the options below:
Is Germany the Model for a Second Green Revolution?
January 20th, 2012 Chris DeArmond In May 2011, shortly after the Fukishima Daiichi nuclear disaster, Germany’s government decided to put the country on track to phase out its nuclear power plants by 2022. In its place will be energy from renewable sources such as wind, solar, geothermal, and bioenergy, as mandated by Germany’s 2012 Renewable Energy Act. As one of [...]
Posted in Policy, Renewable Energy Tags: Chris DeArmond, Geothermal, Nuclear, Solar Energy, Wind Power No Comments »Secretary Chu Says EV Batteries Will Be 70% Cheaper in 3 Years
January 17th, 2012 Justin Manger At a recent speech in Detroit - a kind of pep rally for the city and its car industry – Energy Secretary Dr. Steven Chu had some good news about the cost of the batteries that power electric vehicles. In addition to making inroads on new kinds of battery technology, he talked about the likely decreases in [...]
Posted in Business, Clean Technology, Economics, Green Products, Justin Manger, News, Policy, Transportation Tags: Battery, Cars, Electric Vehicles, Stephen Chu, Washington DC No Comments »2012 Light Bulb Efficiency Standards Delayed until September
December 28th, 2011 Chris DeArmond By passing the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007, congress established efficiency standards for light bulbs that were slated to go into effect in at the beginning of 2012. However, due to a provision included in the massive year-end spending bill that eliminates funding to carry out the standards, the date has been [...]
Could “Green Routing” Play a Role in Our Future?
December 23rd, 2011 Chris DeArmond Though it’s alluring to think that electric and hydrogen vehicles may transform the way we travel, it is more likely that small, incremental changes like route optimization will play dominating roles in our future—at least until we run out of oil. Researchers from the University at Buffalo studying “green routing,” which is achieved when all [...]
Keystone Pipeline and the Future of Fuel
December 18th, 2011 Eric Wilson A few weeks ago news came out that President Obama was stalling the decision on the Keystone Pipeline from Alberta, Canada down to Texas. This was no doubt a political move tied to the 2012 election. Apparently, the company that is building the pipeline acquiesced to demands from environmentalists that the pipeline avoid certain areas of Nebraska [...]
Posted in China, Eric Wilson, Op-Ed, Policy, President Obama Tags: Bio-fuels, Oil Consumption No Comments »
