Last week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it added protections to the Clean Air Act aimed at reducing smokestack emissions that are responsible for causing air pollution in neighboring cities and states. The protections are aimed to replace the EPA’s 2005 Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR). According to the EPA, “a December 2008 [...]
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Making Road Construction More Environmentally Friendly
July 9th, 2011 
Eric Wilson Let’s face it, there’s nothing really sustainable about the current transportation sector in this country. While bike sharing programs and walkable, carless cities have emerged both domestically and abroad, the reliance on infrastructure – namely roads and rails, not to mention air travel – alone comes at a great cost to both the pocket book [...]
Posted in Economics, Eric Wilson, Recylcing, Sustainability, Transportation 
Tags: Bike Sharing, Carless Cities, Coal, Environment, Lifecycle, Natural Gas, Solar Roadways, USGBC 
No Comments »Denver Federal Center Completes 2nd Solar Installation
July 6th, 2011 Eric Wilson The Denver Federal Center, home to numerous federal agencies, recently finished installing the second photovoltaic array. Located in the western suburb of Lakewood, the Federal Center is located just south of Highway 6 and on the new light rail line that will run out to nearby Golden starting in 2013. According to 9 News, The [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, News, Renewable Energy Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Coal, Colorado, Denver, Photovoltaic, Solar Energy, Stimulus Bill, Xcel Energy No Comments »Germany Eschews Nuclear in Favor of Renewable Energy
June 30th, 2011 Eric Wilson As yet further evidence of the backlash from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant’s post earthquake crisis in Japan, German officials have announced that they will shutter all remaining nuclear reactors within the next decade. Last month, the BBC reported that the German leadership would move in this direction. Officially, all reactors will be taken [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Japan, News, Renewable Energy Tags: Biomass, Carbon Dioxide, Coal, Electricity Generation, Geothermal, Hydroelectricity, Nuclear, Solar Energy, Wind Power No Comments »Five Friday Facts: Plan B 4.0 – Wind Energy Capacity
June 17th, 2011 Eric Wilson The following facts come from the preface of Lester Brown’s Plan B 4.0, which was published in 2009. The book is available in print or as a downloadable PDF from The Earth Policy Institute’s website. It also provided the facts for a Five Friday Facts from last month. In Texas, as of July 2009 (when [...]
Posted in China, Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Renewable Energy Tags: Coal, Electricity Generation, Plan B 4.0, T Boone Pickens, Wind Power No Comments »Five Friday Facts: China’s Great Green Leap Forward
June 3rd, 2011 Eric Wilson As of 2007 China generated 8 gigatons of carbon dioxide annually (which amounts to 6 tons/person). In addition, there were 21 cars per every 1,000 people. As a point of comparison for the previous fact, the United States produced 7 gigatons annually in 2007, with 451 cars per every 1,000 people. Canada generated 24 metric [...]
Posted in China, Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Renewable Energy Tags: Brazil, Carbon Dioxide, Cars, Coal, Electricity Generation, Hydroelectricity, Wind Power No Comments »Energy Autonomy- Freeing Ourselves From the Threats of Oil, Coal, and Nuclear Power
May 4th, 2011 Phil Sauve Our energy future is a topic of constant discussion and the recent issues with the nuclear reactor in Fukushima, Japan have further heightened the debate. The cost of oil will continue to rise as we approach peak oil (although the current U.S. average of $3.69 per gallon is still much cheaper than most other countries), [...]
Posted in Business, Clean Technology, Economics, Op-Ed, Policy, Smart Grid, Sustainable Development Tags: Clean Energy, Coal, Electricity in America, Nuclear, Phil Sauve No Comments »The Hegemony of Nonrenewable Energy Sources
April 24th, 2011 Eric Wilson One of the unique aspects about being in school again is the exposure to concepts, ideas, writers, and philosophers that I would not necessarily come across in my general reading. One idea in particular, which was not new, but was covered in more depth than I thought possible this semester, was the notion of hegemony. [...]
Posted in Education, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Policy, Renewable Energy Tags: Bio-fuels, Coal, Electric Vehicles, Energy, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Oil Consumption No Comments »
