Air wars and the future of green tech firms
Right now American regs for air pollution and greenhouse gases are in suspension. You could say they're up in the air.
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Green tech cars will not get any federal help until November
All those companies working on fuel cell cars, electric cars, plug-in cars and the long-awaited, not expected solar-powered cars...well, they'll not get any federal encouragement until after the November election.
Arctic nations agree to talk, not fight, over new shipping lanes
Courtesy USGS and NOAA.Global warming is opening the once mythical Northwest Passage and ships are expected to be able to move from the Atlantic to the Pacific by going past Greenland,Canada and Alaska.
Gasoline Quiz: the answer
One great thing about blogging for ZDnet, the readers here are smart. The most popular answer to my quiz was the correct one.
Fill 'er up: biodiesel company in ship-shape for future
Innovation's Newark plant.I recently spoke with the head of a biodiesel firm that's on the production side of the business.
Calling all auto engineers: this is an emergency
They're even talking about it on the radio now--can Detroit automakers survive? If you listened to this show on NPR the future of Chrysler is south of bleak.
Would a re-regulated oil market destroy green tech investment?
Today oil analysts told American political leaders that regulating oil speculation could easily cut half the price of crude oil, within thirty days. Wow!
Save the environment: stop eating
So we know many fish species are in trouble due to over-fishing. Heavy production of corn in the American Midwest is killing off life at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
From gas to solid, that's not just physics, that's green tech
Courtesy: Carbon SciencesEvery inspirational speaker will tell an audience to take a negative and turn it into a positive. Politically CO2 emissions have become a negative in many parts of the world.
Water, leaks and big money
It's going to cost a lot of money to fix America's leaky pipes. Not as much as it takes to occupy a country, in say, the Mideast, but a lot of money nonetheless.